ANTLR ANTLR Targets/Language Runtimes Python parser setup

Example

After running your grammar .g4 file with ANTLR.jar you should have a number of files generated such as :

1.yourGrammarNameListener.py
2.yourGrammarNameParser.py
3.yourGrammarName.tokens
...

To use these in a python project include the Python runtime in your workspace so any application you are developing can access the ANTLR library. This can be done by extracting the runtime into your current project folder or importing it within your IDE into your project dependencies.

#main.py
import yourGrammarNameParser
import sys

#main method and entry point of application

def main(argv):
    """Main method calling a single debugger for an input script"""
    parser = yourGrammarNameParser
    parser.parse(argv)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main(sys.argv) 

This setup includes your parser and accepts input from commandline to allow processing of a file passed as a parameter.

#yourGrammarNameParser.py
from yourGrammarNameLexer import yourGrammarNameLexer
from yourGrammarNameListener import yourGrammarNameListener
from yourGrammarNameParser import yourGrammarNameParser
from antlr4 import *
import sys

class yourGrammarNameParser(object):
    """
    Debugger class - accepts a single input script and processes
    all subsequent requirements
    """
def __init__(self): # this method creates the class object.
    pass
        
        
#function used to parse an input file
def parse(argv):
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        input = FileStream(argv[1]) #read the first argument as a filestream
        lexer = yourGrammarNameLexer(input) #call your lexer
        stream = CommonTokenStream(lexer)
        parser = yourGrammarNameParser(stream)
        tree = parser.program() #start from the parser rule, however should be changed to your entry rule for your specific grammar.
        printer = yourGrammarNameListener(tree,input)
        walker = ParseTreeWalker()
        walker.walk(printer, tree)
    else:
        print('Error : Expected a valid file')

These files coupled with the ANTLR runtime and your files generated from your grammar file will accept a single filename as an argument and read and parse your grammar rules.

To extend the basic functionality you should also expand on the default listener to handle relevant events for tokens that are encountered during runtime.