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AXE 1.5

AXE is a recursive descent parser generator C++ library with the following characteristics:

uses C++11 facilities for natural EBNF-like grammar specification
a large set of predefined syntax rules and semantic actions
easily extensible with custom rules
in-site rules and semantic actions creation using lambda functions
most rules are character type agnostic, and can be reused with different iterator types
can be used to create parsers for text, binary, and mixed data
no arbitrary distinction between lexical analisys (tokenezation) and parsing
small run-time overhead resulting in fast, compact executable
header only library, no linking required
platform agnostic, uses only standard C++11 compiler

Examples:

Telephone number parser.

EBNF:


                phone_number ::= "(" area_code ")" prefix "-" suffix;

                area_code ::= number number number;

                prefix ::= number number number;

                suffix ::= number number number number;

AXE:


                auto area_code = axe::r_numstr(3);

                auto prefix = axe::r_numstr(3);

                auto suffix = axe::r_numstr(4);

                auto phone_number = '(' & area_code & ')' & prefix & '-' & suffix;

Library Reference (pdf)
Doxygenated sources

Version Matrix

C++11 compliant compiler required (supported VC++2010,2012, clang 3.2, gcc 4.7.0 and later)

Library	Revision	License Type	Downloads
AXE 1.5 Community Edition	1.5.4.164	Boost 1.0	Windows Installer Zipped files