This is a COBOL parser based on an ANTLR4 grammar, which generates an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) and Abstract Semantic Graph (ASG) for COBOL code. The AST represents plain COBOL source code in a syntax tree structure. The ASG is generated from the AST by semantic analysis and provides data and control flow information (e. g. variable access). EXEC SQL, EXEC SQLIMS and EXEC CICS statements are extracted as texts.
The parser is developed test-driven, passes the NIST test suite and has successfully been applied to numerous COBOL files from banking and insurance. It is used by the ProLeap analyzer, interpreter & transformer for COBOL.
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Identification Division.
Program-ID.
HELLOWORLD.
Procedure Division.
Display "Hello world".
STOP RUN.
(startRule
(compilationUnit
(programUnit
(identificationDivision Identification Division .
(programIdParagraph Program-ID .
(programName
(cobolWord HELLOWORLD)) .))
(procedureDivision Procedure Division .
(procedureDivisionBody
(paragraphs
(sentence
(statement
(displayStatement Display
(displayOperand
(literal "Hello world")))) .)
(sentence
(statement
(stopStatement STOP RUN))) .)))))) <EOF>)
To include the parser in your Maven project build it and add the dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>io.github.uwol</groupId>
<artifactId>proleap-cobol-parser</artifactId>
<version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>
Use the following code as a starting point for developing own code.
// generate ASG from plain COBOL code
java.io.File inputFile = new java.io.File("src/test/resources/io/proleap/cobol/asg/HelloWorld.cbl");
io.proleap.cobol.preprocessor.CobolPreprocessor.CobolSourceFormatEnum format = io.proleap.cobol.preprocessor.CobolPreprocessor.CobolSourceFormatEnum.TANDEM;
io.proleap.cobol.asg.metamodel.Program program = new io.proleap.cobol.asg.runner.impl.CobolParserRunnerImpl().analyzeFile(inputFile, format);
// navigate on ASG
io.proleap.cobol.asg.metamodel.CompilationUnit compilationUnit = program.getCompilationUnit("HelloWorld");
io.proleap.cobol.asg.metamodel.ProgramUnit programUnit = compilationUnit.getProgramUnit();
io.proleap.cobol.asg.metamodel.data.DataDivision dataDivision = programUnit.getDataDivision();
io.proleap.cobol.asg.metamodel.data.datadescription.DataDescriptionEntry dataDescriptionEntry = dataDivision.getWorkingStorageSection().getDataDescriptionEntry("ITEMS");
Integer levelNumber = dataDescriptionEntry.getLevelNumber();// generate ASG from plain COBOL code
java.io.File inputFile = new java.io.File("src/test/resources/io/proleap/cobol/asg/HelloWorld.cbl");
io.proleap.cobol.preprocessor.CobolPreprocessor.CobolSourceFormatEnum format = io.proleap.cobol.preprocessor.CobolPreprocessor.CobolSourceFormatEnum.TANDEM;
io.proleap.cobol.asg.metamodel.Program program = new io.proleap.cobol.asg.runner.impl.CobolParserRunnerImpl().analyzeFile(inputFile, format);
// traverse the AST
io.proleap.cobol.CobolBaseVisitor<Boolean> visitor = new io.proleap.cobol.CobolBaseVisitor<Boolean>() {
@Override
public Boolean visitDataDescriptionEntryFormat1(final io.proleap.cobol.CobolParser.DataDescriptionEntryFormat1Context ctx) {
io.proleap.cobol.asg.metamodel.data.datadescription.DataDescriptionEntry entry = (io.proleap.cobol.asg.metamodel.data.datadescription.DataDescriptionEntry) program.getASGElementRegistry().getASGElement(ctx);
String name = entry.getName();
return visitChildren(ctx);
}
};
for (final io.proleap.cobol.asg.metamodel.CompilationUnit compilationUnit : program.getCompilationUnits()) {
visitor.visit(compilationUnit.getCtx());
}- ANTLR4 COBOL grammar
- ANTLR4 COBOL preprocessor grammar
- Unit test code examples
- ProLeap analyzer, interpreter & transformer for COBOL
Please cite ProLeap COBOL parser in your publications, if it helps your research. Here is an example BibTeX entry:
@misc{wolffgang2018cobol,
title={ProLeap COBOL parser},
author={Wolffgang, Ulrich and others},
year={2018},
howpublished={\url{https://github.com/uwol/proleap-cobol-parser}},
}
EXEC SQLstatements,EXEC SQLIMSstatements andEXEC CICSstatements are extracted by the preprocessor and provided as texts in the ASG.- Passes the NIST test suite.
- Rigorous test-driven development.
- To be used in conjunction with the provided preprocessor, which executes
COPY,REPLACE,CBLandPROCESSstatements.
The build process is based on Maven (version 3 or higher). Building requires a JDK 17 and generates a Maven JAR, which can be used in other Maven projects as a dependency.
- Clone or download the repository.
- In Eclipse import the directory as a an
existing Maven project. - To build, run:
$ mvn clean package
- The test suite executes AST and ASG tests against COBOL test code and NIST test files. NIST test files come from Koopa repo. Unit tests and parse tree files were generated by class
io.proleap.cobol.TestGeneratorfrom COBOL test files. The generator derives the COBOL line format from the containing folder name. - You should see output like this:
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
...
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T E S T S
-------------------------------------------------------
Running io.proleap.cobol.ast.fixed.FixedTest
Preprocessing file Fixed.cbl.
Parsing file Fixed.cbl.
Comparing parse tree with file Fixed.cbl.tree.
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 6.202 sec
Running io.proleap.cobol.ast.fixed.QuotesInCommentEntryTest
...
Results :
Tests run: 680, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- To install the JAR in your local Maven repository:
$ mvn clean install
- To only run the tests:
$ mvn clean test
- Milestones of the grammar are published in the ANTLR grammars repo.
Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
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