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A Simple Compiler for the Common Language Runtime

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An end-to-end example of a bottom up LALR(1) compiler for a fictitious language targeting the Common Language Runtime
/*
Magic IDE
Copyright (C) 2003  Michael Bebenita

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
*/

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Magic_IDE
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Project.
	/// </summary>
	public class Project
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Tree node in project explorer.
		/// </summary>
		public TreeNode Node;

		private string m_Name;
		public string Name
		{
			get{return m_Name;}
			set{m_Name = value;}
		}

		private string m_Path;
		public string Path
		{
			get{return m_Path;}
		}

		public string Directory
		{
			get{return System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(m_Path);}
		}

		private ProjectFileCollection m_ProjectFiles = null;
		public ProjectFileCollection ProjectFiles
		{
			get{return m_ProjectFiles;}
		}

		public static Project Open(string path)
		{
			Project newProject = new Project(path);
			return newProject;
		}
	
		public static Project Create(string path, string name)
		{
			XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
			XmlElement xProject = xmlDocument.CreateElement("Project");
			xProject.SetAttribute("Name",name);
			xmlDocument.AppendChild(xProject);
			xmlDocument.Save(path);
			return new Project(path);
		}

		private Project(string path)
		{
			m_Path = path;
			XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
			xmlDocument.Load(path);
			XmlElement xProject = xmlDocument.DocumentElement;
			m_Name = xProject.Attributes.GetNamedItem("Name").Value;
			XmlNodeList xProjectFiles = xProject.SelectNodes("File");
			m_ProjectFiles = new ProjectFileCollection();
			foreach(XmlElement xFile in xProjectFiles)
			{
				ProjectFile file = new ProjectFile(this,xFile.Attributes.GetNamedItem("Path").Value);
				m_ProjectFiles.Add(file);
			}
		}

		public void Save()
		{
			SaveAs(m_Path);
		}

		public void SaveAs(string path)
		{
			XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
			XmlElement xProject = xmlDocument.CreateElement("Project");
			xProject.SetAttribute("Name",m_Name);
			xmlDocument.AppendChild(xProject);
			foreach(ProjectFile file in m_ProjectFiles)
			{
				XmlElement xFile = xmlDocument.CreateElement("File");
				xFile.SetAttribute("Path",file.Path);
				xProject.AppendChild(xFile);
			}
			xmlDocument.Save(path);
		}


	}
}

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