Program Visualization using Reference Attributed Grammars

Eva Magnusson; Görel Hedin

Program Visualization using Reference Attributed Grammars

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This paper describes how attribute grammars can be used to integrate
program visualization in language-based environments and how program visualizations can be specified and generated from grammars. It is discussed how a general solution for a simple grammar can be reused in grammars for other specific languages. As an example we show how diagram generation for a very simple state transition language can be integrated in a more complex specific state transition language. We use an extended form of attribute grammars, RAGs, which permits attributes to be references to nodes in the syntax tree. An external graph drawing tool is used to visualize the diagrams. The solution is modularized to support reuse for different languages and exchange of the external drawing tool for different types of visualization.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of NWPER'2000 - The Ninth Nordic Workshop on Programming and Software Development Environment Research
Publisher	Department of Informatics, University of Os
Pages	76-96
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	82-7368-231-5
Publication status	Published - 2000
Event	NWPER 2000 - Nordic Workshop on Programming Environment Research - Lillehammer, Norway Duration: 2000 May 28 → 2005 May 30

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ISSN (Print)	0806-3036

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Conference	NWPER 2000 - Nordic Workshop on Programming Environment Research
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Lillehammer
Period	2000/05/28 → 2005/05/30

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reference attributes
attribute grammars
Program visualization

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Program Visualization using Reference Attributed Grammars. / Magnusson, Eva; Hedin, Görel.
Proceedings of NWPER'2000 - The Ninth Nordic Workshop on Programming and Software Development Environment Research. Department of Informatics, University of Os, 2000. p. 76-96.

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