reverse engineering for self-defined language

[Jsc]

Hi Everyone,

I have written a new code generation template to generate PLC code, which is a self-defined language. Now i would like to try the reverse engineering for these codes.
From this link: https://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/model_domains/grammar_editor_for_imported_co.html

I have known that, i should write my own grammer to realize the reverse engineering. I have tried the example from EA: test.ssl and SSL.nbnf from:
https://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/model_domains/example_grammars.html

But the problem is, after the parsing i can only get the abstract syntax tree. How can i eventuelle get the uml model from the code.

thanks

[qwerty]

If you wrote the compiler yourself, you're best of to dump the syntax tree as sort of XMI you can read with a script to create a class structure. Or you modify your compiler and create a 2nd version to cross-compile to EA (creating the class structure inside EA).

Creating XMI directly for EA-import would likely be a PITA.

q.

[Eve]

If you've got an abstract syntax tree that matches the items EA will look for as described at https://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/model_domains/context_labels.html.

Add the grammar into an MDG technology and EA will provide the import functions.

https://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/modeling/addingcodemodulesinmdgtec.html