Parser

A parser is something that performs syntax and/or semantic analysis on code and often returns parse data such as an abstract syntax tree (AST), list of syntax errors, symbol table, etc. Syntax languages can have parsers registered with them that get called automatically via worker threads when text changes in code documents occur.

Creating a Parser for a Language

Please see the text/parsing framework's Parsing series of topics for details on how to create a parser.

Once a parser has been written, it needs to be associated with the language.

Registering a Parser with a Language

Associating a parser with a language is done by registering the parser instance as an IParser service on the language.

This code, called from a syntax language constructor, assigns a parser named MyParser to the language:

public MySyntaxLanguage() {
	this.RegisterParser(new MyParser());
}