CSharpParser v0.3.3.61 released!

This new version is the first release of CSharpParser supporting C# 3.0 syntax. This version will be built on .NET 2.0 with Visual Studio 2008. The new release only parses the syntax of C# 3.0 files, currently no semantic analysis is supported.

CSharpParser moved to Visual Studio 2008

I have moved CSharpParser to Visual Studio 2008. I know, it is not a good new for those who used the source code under VS 2005, but it is a real time-saving thing for me while developing C# 3.0 syntax parsing.

More samples to come...

I have announced a "mini C# Parser competition" among the members of the Hungarian Architect Forumto create samples of CSharpParser applications. The "competition" has been closed and samples are about to put into the existing C# Parser samples.

Document tab added to the CodeExplorer

CSharpParser now supports an initial version of parsing XML documentation comments. The CodeExplorer sample has been expanded with a "Documentation" tab where documentation comments of the selected language element can be read.



Brief project definition
The purpose of this project is to create a syntactical and semantical parser for C# compilation units that can be used together with LINQ as a solid base for refactoring and software QA tools. Right now the project is in an experimental phase. The planned phases are the followings:

• Phase 1: Syntax parsing of C# compilation units, building up a syntax tree as a base for LINQ queries (Done!)
• Phase 2: Semantical parsing of C# compilation units, building up a semantical tree as a base for LINQ queries (Under development)
• Phase 3: Tuning - making the performance of parsing and LINQ queries better, polishing the C# compilation unit model toward cleaner queries

Future directions:

• Not just parsing, but building up a C# compilation unit model
• Tight integration with Visual Studio 2005/2008

Project documentation
To provide you with information about the project (e.g. how source code should be downoladed and used, how C# parser works, etc.) I put documents into this shared folder. Currently the following documents are available:

• Parsing C# Code: Document describing how C# Parser of LINQ over C# works. This document is available in .pdf and .xps formats.

Project documents are updated between releases, so it is woth to check them regularly.

Releases

• CSharpParser v0.3.3.61 released! Read the project documents above to use it.

Known Issues

• Type parameter constraints are not fully checked.
• Base class checking does not catches all declaration errors for generic classes
• Members of partial types are not fully merged yet.