Antlr4 CodeGenerator tool

Just a commandline wrapper around the ANTLR (Java) tool (Version 4.13.1) for generating grammar artifacts.

The ANTLR (Java) tool is bundled, so no need to download it.

Dependencies

• Java runtime

Installation

• Install as dotnet global tool:

  dotnet tool install --global Antlr4CodeGenerator.Tool

• Install as dotnet local tool (inside a dotnet project where you want to generate language artifacts):

  • See also sample project
  • Enable local dotnet tools for your project by the following command on solution file directory level:

  dotnet new tool-manifest

  • Install as local tool to your project:

  dotnet tool install Antlr4CodeGenerator.Tool

Usage

This tool only proxies the arguments to the ANTLR (Java) tool. (See also ANTLR (Java) tool arguments documentation)

• global tool:

  dotnet antlr4-tool -Dlanguage=CSharp MyGrammar.g4

• local tool via MsBuild target:

  • See also sample project

  <Target Name="GenerateAntlrArtifacts" BeforeTargets="BeforeResolveReferences">
    <PropertyGroup>
      <_GrammarFile>$(ProjectDir)calculator.g4</_GrammarFile>
      <_Generated>$(ProjectDir).generated\</_Generated>
      <_Namespace>MyCalculator</_Namespace>
    </PropertyGroup>
     <Exec Command="dotnet antlr4-tool -Dlanguage=CSharp  -o &quot;$(_Generated)&quot; -visitor -listener -package $(_Namespace) &quot;$(_GrammarFile)&quot;" />
  </Target>