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<div class="summary">Creating a XML representation of the AST allows to analyze the AST with other tools.</div>
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<h2 id="command-line-usage">Command line usage</h2>
<div class="language-shell highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nv">$ </span>run.sh ast-dump <span class="nt">--help</span>
Usage: ast-dump <span class="o">[</span>options]
Options:
<span class="nt">--encoding</span>, <span class="nt">-e</span>
Encoding of the <span class="nb">source </span>file.
Default: UTF-8
<span class="nt">--file</span>
The file to dump
<span class="nt">--format</span>, <span class="nt">-f</span>
The output format.
Default: xml
<span class="nt">--help</span>, <span class="nt">-h</span>
Display usage.
<span class="nt">--language</span>, <span class="nt">-l</span>
Specify the language to use.
Default: java
<span class="nt">--read-stdin</span>, <span class="nt">-i</span>
Read <span class="nb">source </span>from standard input
Default: <span class="nb">false</span>
<span class="nt">-P</span>
Properties <span class="k">for </span>the renderer.
Syntax: <span class="nt">-Pkey</span><span class="o">=</span>value
Default: <span class="o">{}</span>
Available languages: apex ecmascript java jsp modelica plsql pom scala text vf vm wsdl xml xsl
Available formats: xml XML format with the same structure as the one used <span class="k">in </span>XPath
+ Properties
+ singleQuoteAttributes Use single quotes to delimit attribute values <span class="o">(</span>default <span class="nb">true</span><span class="o">)</span>
+ lineSeparator Line separator to use. The default is platform-specific. <span class="o">(</span>default <span class="se">\n</span><span class="o">)</span>
+ renderProlog True to output a prolog <span class="o">(</span>default <span class="nb">true</span><span class="o">)</span>
+ renderCommonAttributes True to render attributes like BeginLine, EndLine, etc. <span class="o">(</span>default <span class="nb">false</span><span class="o">)</span>
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<h2 id="example">Example</h2>
<div class="language-shell highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nv">$ </span><span class="nb">cat </span>Foo.java
public class Foo <span class="o">{</span>
int a<span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">}</span>
<span class="nv">$ </span>run.sh ast-dump <span class="nt">--format</span> xml <span class="nt">--language</span> java <span class="nt">--file</span> Foo.java <span class="o">&gt;</span> Foo.xml
<span class="nt">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span>
This <span class="nb">command </span>line utility is experimental. It might change at any <span class="nb">time </span>without
prior notice.
<span class="nt">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span>
<span class="nv">$ </span><span class="nb">cat </span>Foo.xml
&lt;?xml <span class="nv">version</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'1.0'</span> <span class="nv">encoding</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'UTF-8'</span> ?&gt;
&lt;CompilationUnit <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">''</span> <span class="nv">PackageName</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">''</span> <span class="nv">declarationsAreInDefaultPackage</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'true'</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
&lt;TypeDeclaration <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">''</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
&lt;ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration <span class="nv">Abstract</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">BinaryName</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'Foo'</span> <span class="nv">Default</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Final</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'Foo'</span> <span class="nv">Interface</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Local</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Modifiers</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'1'</span> <span class="nv">Native</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Nested</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">PackagePrivate</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Private</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Protected</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Public</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'true'</span> <span class="nv">SimpleName</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'Foo'</span> <span class="nv">Static</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Strictfp</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Synchronized</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Transient</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">TypeKind</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'CLASS'</span> <span class="nv">Volatile</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
&lt;ClassOrInterfaceBody <span class="nv">AnonymousInnerClass</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">EnumChild</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">''</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
&lt;ClassOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration <span class="nv">AnonymousInnerClass</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">EnumChild</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">''</span> <span class="nv">Kind</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'FIELD'</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
&lt;FieldDeclaration <span class="nv">Abstract</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">AnnotationMember</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Array</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">ArrayDepth</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'0'</span> <span class="nv">Default</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Final</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">''</span> <span class="nv">InterfaceMember</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Modifiers</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'0'</span> <span class="nv">Native</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">PackagePrivate</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'true'</span> <span class="nv">Private</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Protected</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Public</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Static</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Strictfp</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Synchronized</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">SyntacticallyFinal</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">SyntacticallyPublic</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">SyntacticallyStatic</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Transient</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">VariableName</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'a'</span> <span class="nv">Volatile</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
&lt;Type <span class="nv">Array</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">ArrayDepth</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'0'</span> <span class="nv">ArrayType</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">''</span> <span class="nv">TypeImage</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'int'</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
&lt;PrimitiveType <span class="nv">Array</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">ArrayDepth</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'0'</span> <span class="nv">Boolean</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'int'</span> /&gt;
&lt;/Type&gt;
&lt;VariableDeclarator <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">''</span> <span class="nv">Initializer</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'a'</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
&lt;VariableDeclaratorId <span class="nv">Array</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">ArrayDepth</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'0'</span> <span class="nv">ArrayType</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">ExceptionBlockParameter</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">ExplicitReceiverParameter</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Field</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'true'</span> <span class="nv">Final</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">FormalParameter</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'a'</span> <span class="nv">LambdaParameter</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">LocalVariable</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">ResourceDeclaration</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">TypeInferred</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'false'</span> <span class="nv">VariableName</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'a'</span> /&gt;
&lt;/VariableDeclarator&gt;
&lt;/FieldDeclaration&gt;
&lt;/ClassOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration&gt;
&lt;/ClassOrInterfaceBody&gt;
&lt;/ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration&gt;
&lt;/TypeDeclaration&gt;
&lt;/CompilationUnit&gt;
<span class="nv">$ </span>xmlstarlet <span class="k">select</span> <span class="nt">-t</span> <span class="nt">-c</span> <span class="s2">"//VariableDeclaratorId[@VariableName='a']"</span> Foo.xml
&lt;VariableDeclaratorId <span class="nv">Array</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"false"</span> <span class="nv">ArrayDepth</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"0"</span> <span class="nv">ArrayType</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"false"</span> <span class="nv">ExceptionBlockParameter</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"false"</span> <span class="nv">ExplicitReceiverParameter</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"false"</span> <span class="nv">Field</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"true"</span> <span class="nv">Final</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"false"</span> <span class="nv">FormalParameter</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"false"</span> <span class="nv">Image</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"a"</span> <span class="nv">LambdaParameter</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"false"</span> <span class="nv">LocalVariable</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"false"</span> <span class="nv">ResourceDeclaration</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"false"</span> <span class="nv">TypeInferred</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"false"</span> <span class="nv">VariableName</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"a"</span>/&gt;
</code></pre></div></div>
<p>This example uses <a href="http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/">xmlstarlet</a> to query the xml document for any variables/fields
with the name “a”.</p>
<h2 id="programmatic-usage">Programmatic usage</h2>
<p>Just parse your source code to get the AST and pass it on to the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">XmlTreeRenderer</code>:</p>
<div class="language-java highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">java.io.IOException</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">java.io.StringReader</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersionHandler</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Parser</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">net.sourceforge.pmd.util.treeexport.XmlTreeRenderer</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">class</span> <span class="nc">TreeExport</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kt">void</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nc">String</span><span class="o">[]</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="kd">throws</span> <span class="nc">IOException</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="nc">LanguageVersionHandler</span> <span class="n">java</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nc">LanguageRegistry</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getLanguage</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">"Java"</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">getDefaultVersion</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getLanguageVersionHandler</span><span class="o">();</span>
<span class="nc">Parser</span> <span class="n">parser</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">java</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getParser</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">java</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getDefaultParserOptions</span><span class="o">());</span>
<span class="nc">Node</span> <span class="n">root</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">parser</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">parse</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">"foo"</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nc">StringReader</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">"class Foo {}"</span><span class="o">));</span>
<span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">XmlTreeRenderer</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">renderSubtree</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">root</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nc">System</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">out</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="o">}</span>
<span class="o">}</span>
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