Hi Matt, thanks: one step further! I tried now
<path id="antlr.classpath"> <fileset dir="${basedir}/jars"> <include name="ant-antlr3.jar"/> <include name="antlr-3.5-complete.jar"/> </fileset> </path> <taskdef name="ant-antlr3" classname="org.apache.tools.ant.antlr.ANTLR3" classpathref="antlr.classpath"/> <target name="genParser" depends="init" description="Generate parsers. "> <ant-antlr3 target="${parserDirRelana}/CClass.g" outputdirectory="${parserTargetDirRelana}" verbose="true" > <classpath refid="antlr.classpath"/> </ant-antlr3> ... It seems to create parsers only when grammar changed, so it is ok, but: it is very slow: 11 secs if no parser is created and 30 if grammars are created. So a large portion of time goes into actions i cannot understand. Whats the point here?? As you can see, i added the attribute verbose="true" because otherwise, the task does not display the grammer it works on. You gave me the hint, that the name of the task i defined is ant-antlr3. I had a look at ant-doc "Writing Your Own Task" at http://ant.apache.org/manual/develop.html. Well they have forgotten to mention where the taskname comes from. Is it the name of the defining jar? or is it defined by the file org/apache/tools/ant/antlr/antlib.xml in the jar which looks like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <antlib> <taskdef name="ant-antlr3" classname="org.apache.tools.ant.antlr.ANTLR3" /> </antlib> When I run the task however the output indicates a problem: genParser: [ant-antlr3] Failed to change file modification time [ant-antlr3] ANTLR Parser Generator Version 3.5 [ant-antlr3] /home/ernst/Software/src/main/antlr3/eu/simuline/relana/parser/CClass.g [ant-antlr3] Failed to change file modification time [ant-antlr3] /home/ernst/Software/src/main/antlr3/eu/simuline/relana/parser/SClass.g [ant-antlr3] ANTLR Parser Generator Version 3.5 [ant-antlr3] Failed to change file modification time [ant-antlr3] ANTLR Parser Generator Version 3.5 [ant-antlr3] /home/ernst/Software/src/main/antlr3/eu/simuline/relana/parser/Formula.g [ant-antlr3] Failed to change file modification time The message: Failed to change file modification time seems to belong to the touch task. I really cannot figure out which file could me meant. This message comes even if no parser is defined yet. greetings, Ernst > See inline for some commentary: > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Ernst Reissner <[hidden email] > </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5714362&i=0>> wrote: > > > Ok, got one step further: > > now i have: > > > > <path id="antlr.classpath"> > > <fileset dir="${basedir}/jars"> > > <include name="ant-antlr3.jar"/> > > </fileset> > > </path> > > > > > Here you define the task as being named "ant-antlr3": > > > > <taskdef name="ant-antlr3" > > classname="org.apache.tools.ant.antlr.ANTLR3" > > classpathref="antlr.classpath"/> > > > > which seems to work. > > > > But when i try to use the new task by > > > > > Here you try use a task named "antlr", which is the ANTLR v2 task that > has > shipped with Ant prior to the release of ANTLRv3 and before the Ant PMC > began to push for third parties managing their own Ant tasks rather than > Ant trying to provide them all: > > > > <antlr target="${parserDirRelana}/CClass.g" > > outputdirectory="${parserTargetDirRelana}"> > > <classpath refid="antlr.classpath"/> > > </antlr> > > > > ant complaints > > > > ernst@localhost:~/Software> ant genParser > > Buildfile: /home/ernst/Software/build.xml > > > > init: > > > > genParser: > > > > BUILD FAILED > > /home/ernst/Software/build.xml:377: Unable to determine generated class > > > > Total time: 0 seconds > > > > Who can tell me what this means, and even better: what to do now. > > > > Don't try to use ANTLR 2 on a v3 grammar. ;P > > Matt > > > > Ernst > > > > > > > Hi Jan, > > > i tried > > >> <taskdef > > >> name="ant-antlr3" > > >> classname="org.apache.tools.ant.antlr.ANTLR3" > > >> /> > > > as you suggested (which looks much better than what i did before). > > > Result > > > > > > ernst@localhost:~/Software> ant genParser > > > Buildfile: /home/ernst/Software/build.xml > > > > > > BUILD FAILED > > > /home/ernst/Software/build.xml:360: taskdef class > > > org.apache.tools.ant.antlr.ANTLR3 cannot be found > > > using the classloader AntClassLoader[] > > > > > > I am very confused about that, because i integrated ant-antlr3.jar > the > > > same way > > > suse distribution integrated ant-antlr.jar and other taskdefs. > > > > > > As I wrote before, ant -diagnostics yields > > > ------- Ant diagnostics report ------- > > > Apache Ant(TM) version 1.8.2 compiled on January 27 2013 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > Implementation Version > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > core tasks : 1.8.2 in file:/usr/share/java/ant.jar > > > > > > ... > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > ANT_HOME/lib jar listing > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > ant.home: /usr/share/ant > > > ant-jmf.jar (6709 bytes) > > > ant-bootstrap.jar (19876 bytes) > > > ant-junit.jar (102344 bytes) > > > ant.jar (1963225 bytes) > > > ant-jsch.jar (40235 bytes) > > > ant-launcher.jar (12433 bytes) > > > ant-javamail.jar (7959 bytes) > > > ant-testutil.jar (15194 bytes) > > > ant-antlr3.jar (20889 bytes) > > > ant-jdepend.jar (8221 bytes) > > > ant-antlr.jar (5750 bytes) > > > ant-swing.jar (7547 bytes) > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > USER_HOME/.ant/lib jar listing > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > user.home: /home/ernst > > > No such directory. > > > > > > > > > as you can see, ant-antlr3.jar (20889 bytes) is present. > > > Also: > > > java.class.path : > > > > > > /usr/share/java/ant.jar:/usr/share/java/ant-launcher.jar:/usr/share/java/jaxp_parser_impl.jar:/usr/share/java/xml-commons-apis.jar: > > > /usr/share/java/antlr.jar: > > > > > > /usr/share/java/ant/ant-antlr.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-javamail.jar:/usr/share/java/jdepend.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-jdepend.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-jmf.jar:/usr/share/java/jsch.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-jsch.jar:/usr/share/java/junit.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-junit.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-swing.jar:/usr/share/java/ant/ant-testutil.jar:/usr/lib64/jvm/java/lib/tools.jar:/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-jmf.jar:/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-bootstrap.jar:/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-junit.jar:/usr/share/ant/lib/ant.jar:/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-jsch.jar:/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-launcher.jar:/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-javamail.jar:/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-testutil.jar: > > > /usr/share/ant/lib/ant-antlr3.jar: > > > > > > /usr/share/ant/lib/ant-jdepend.jar:/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-antlr.jar:/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-swing.jar > > > > > > I am not an expert, but it looks fine for me. > > > > > > What could be the problem? 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