Hello Matt.

Le ven. 18 déc. 2020 à 16:16, Matt Juntunen
<matt.juntu...@hotmail.com> a écrit :
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> Hi all,
>
> I've created a simple text parser

Did you consider leaving that job to a specialized tool[1] ?
Because...

> class [1] as part of writing the 3D file format IO functionality for 
> GEOMETRY-101. One of the primary goals of the class is to provide 
> standardized and informative parse errors that include line and column 
> numbers from the text input.

... that's what they do. ;-)

> (Nothing is worse than attempting to process a file and receiving a 
> completely generic, unhelpful exception message.) That portion is working 
> well. However, I'm wondering what exception type to use for these 
> standardized parse errors. I'm currently using IllegalStateException since 
> you can conceptualize the parser as a state machine. However, I feel like 
> there is probably a better solution.
>
> Any ideas?

Any reason for not reusing an existing tool?
If not, I'd be weary to introduce/maintain such a (usually lengthy) code.

In either case (using an existing library or implementing the parser if there
is indeed a good reason to do it), I'd think that it is a good time to create
a new maven module for hosting this functionality; it is more than a usage
"example", and could become the indispensable complement to the "core"
modules (as IIUC the parser creates the Java objects specific to this
component).

Regards,
Gilles

[1] E.g. https://javacc.github.io/javacc (I'm not using it, I've not tested it).

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