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Cucumber ANTLR grammar
grammar Gherkin;
//options {
// language=Ruby;
//}
feature : NEWLINE* comment? NEWLINE* SPACE* tags? NEWLINE* SPACE* feature_keyword SPACE* line_to_eol NEWLINE+ (feature_elements .)* feature_elements ;
fragment
feature_elements
: (scenario_outline | scenario)* ;
scenario
: comment? tags? scenario_keyword SPACE* line_to_eol NEWLINE+ steps ;
scenario_outline
: comment? tags? scenario_outline_keyword SPACE* line_to_eol NEWLINE+ steps examples_sections ;
steps : step* ;
step : step_keyword SPACE* line_to_eol NEWLINE+ multiline_arg? ;
examples_sections
: examples+ ;
examples
: examples_keyword SPACE* line_to_eol NEWLINE+ table ;
multiline_arg
: table ;
table : table_row+ ;
table_row
: SPACE* '|' (cell '|')+ SPACE* (NEWLINE+) ;
cell : (~('|' | NEWLINE) .)* ;
tags : tag (SPACE tag)* NEWLINE+ ;
tag : '@' tag_name=ID ;
comment
: (comment_line NEWLINE)* ;
comment_line
: '#' line_to_eol;
line_to_eol
: (~NEWLINE)* ;
feature_keyword
: 'Feature' ':'? ;
scenario_keyword
: 'Scenario' ':'? ;
scenario_outline_keyword
: 'Scenario Outline' ':'? ;
step_keyword
: 'Given' | 'When' | 'Then' | 'And' | 'But' ;
examples_keyword
: 'Examples' ':'? ;
ID : ('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_')+ ;
NEWLINE : (('\r')? '\n' )+ ;
SPACE : (' '|'\t')+ {skip();};
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gaffo commented Apr 7, 2010

@josephwilk what version of antlr was this for? Did it ever work?

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I had trouble with the Ruby bindings so I was never quite sure it worked. It was a spike to test the ground for moving away from treetop.
We ended up going with Ragel instead.

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