Parboiled (Java)

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Developer(s)Mathias Doenitz
Initial releaseNovember 12, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-11-12)
Stable release
1.4.1 / March 11, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-03-11)[1]
Repository
parboiled Library
Developer(s)Mathias Doenitz
Initial releaseNovember 12, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-11-12)
Stable release
1.4.1 / March 11, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-03-11)[1]
Repository
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websiteparboiled.org

parboiled is an open-source Java library released under an Apache License. It provides support for defining PEG parsers directly in Java source code.[2][3]

parboiled is commonly used as an alternative for regular expressions or parser generators (like ANTLR or JavaCC), especially for smaller and medium-size applications.

Apart from providing the constructs for grammar definition parboiled implements a complete recursive descent parser with support for abstract syntax tree construction, parse error reporting and parse error recovery.

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