Executable UML Class Method Parser

Parses an *.mtd file (method) to yield an abstract syntax tree using python named tuples

Why you need this

You need to process an *.mtd file in preparation for populating a database or some other purpose

Installation

Create or use a python 3.11+ environment. Then

% pip install mtd-parser

At this point you can invoke the parser via the command line or from your python script.

From your python script

You need this import statement at a minimum:

from mtd-parser.parser import MethodParser

You then specify a path as shown:

result = MethodParser.parse_file(file_input=path_to_file, debug=False)

Then result will be a list of parsed method statements. You may find the header of the visitor.py file helpful in interpreting these results.

From the command line

This is not the intended usage scenario, but may be helpful for testing or exploration. Since the parser may generate some diagnostic info you may want to create a fresh working directory and cd into it first. From there...

% mtd ping.mtd

The .mtd extension is not necessary, but the file must contain mtd text. See this repository's wiki for more about the xsm language. The grammar is defined in the method.peg file. (if the link breaks after I do some update to the code, just browse through the code looking for the method.peg file, and let me know so I can fix it)

You can also specify a debug option like this:

% mtd ping.mtd -D

This will create a diagnostics folder in your current working directory and deposit a couple of PDFs defining the parse of both the state model grammar: method_tree.pdf and your supplied text: method.pdf.

You should also see a file named mtd-parser.log in a diagnostics directory within your working directory