Parslet::ClassMethods

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rule(name, &definition) click to toggle source

Define an entity for the parser. This generates a method of the same name that can be used as part of other patterns. Those methods can be freely mixed in your parser class with real ruby methods.

class MyParser
  include Parslet

  rule(:bar) { str('bar') }
  rule(:twobar) do
    bar >> bar
  end

  root :twobar
end

# File lib/parslet.rb, line 118
def rule(name, &definition)
  define_method(name) do
    @rules ||= {}     # <name, rule> memoization
    return @rules[name] if @rules.has_key?(name)
    
    # Capture the self of the parser class along with the definition.
    definition_closure = proc {
      self.instance_eval(&definition)
    }
    
    @rules[name] = Atoms::Entity.new(name, &definition_closure)
  end
end

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