package GraphViz::Parse::Yapp; use strict; use warnings; use vars qw($VERSION); use Carp; use lib '../..'; use lib '..'; use GraphViz; # This is incremented every time there is a change to the API $VERSION = '0.01'; =head1 NAME GraphViz::Parse::Yapp - Visualise grammars =head1 SYNOPSIS use GraphViz::Parse::Yapp; # Pass in a file generated via yapp -v my $g = GraphViz::Parse::Yapp->new('Yapp.output'); print $g->as_png; =head1 DESCRIPTION This module makes it easy to visualise Parse::Yapp grammars. Writing Parse::Yapp grammars is tricky at the best of times, and grammars almost always evolve in ways unforseen at the start. This module aims to visualise a grammar as a graph in order to make the structure clear and aid in understanding the grammar. Rules are represented as nodes, which have their name on the left of the node and their productions on the right of the node. The subrules present in the productions are represented by edges to the subrule nodes. Thus, every node (rule) should be connected to the graph - otherwise a rule is not part of the grammar. This uses the GraphViz module to draw the graph. Thanks to Damian Conway for the original idea. =head1 METHODS =head2 new This is the constructor. It takes one mandatory argument, which is a filename of the output file generated by running "yapp -v " on the grammar file. For example, if your Parse::Yapp grammar file is called "calc.yp", you would run "yapp -v calc.yp" and pass in "calc.output" as an argument here. A GraphViz object is returned. # Pass in a file generated via yapp -v my $graph = GraphViz::Parse::Yapp->new('Yapp.output'); print $g->as_png; =cut sub new { my $proto = shift; my $class = ref($proto) || $proto; my $filename = shift; return _init($filename); } =head2 as_* The grammar can be visualised in a number of different graphical formats. Methods include as_ps, as_hpgl, as_pcl, as_mif, as_pic, as_gd, as_gd2, as_gif, as_jpeg, as_png, as_wbmp, as_ismap, as_imap, as_vrml, as_vtx, as_mp, as_fig, as_svg. See the GraphViz documentation for more information. The two most common methods are: # Print out a PNG-format file print $g->as_png; # Print out a PostScript-format file print $g->as_ps; =cut sub _init { my $filename = shift; my ( @links, %edges, %labels, %is_rule ); my $graph = GraphViz->new(); open( IN, $filename ) || carp("Couldn't read file $filename"); foreach my $line () { chomp $line; next unless $line =~ /\w/; next unless $line =~ s/^\d+:\s+//; my ( $rule, $text ) = $line =~ /^(.+) -> (.+)$/; $is_rule{$rule}++; $text = "(empty)" if $text eq '/* empty */'; my $rule_label; foreach my $item ( split ' ', $text ) { $edges{$rule}{$item}++; $rule_label .= $item . " "; } $rule_label .= '\n'; $labels{$rule} .= $rule_label; } foreach my $from ( keys %edges ) { next unless $is_rule{$from}; foreach my $to ( keys %{ $edges{$from} } ) { next unless $is_rule{$to}; $graph->add_edge( $from => $to ); } } foreach my $rule ( keys %labels ) { $graph->add_node( $rule, label => [ $rule, $labels{$rule} ] ); } close(IN); return $graph; } =head1 AUTHOR Leon Brocard EFE =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2001, Leon Brocard This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut 1;