1 /* Copyright (c) 2012-2017 The ANTLR Project. All rights reserved.
2 * Use of this file is governed by the BSD 3-clause license that
3 * can be found in the LICENSE.txt file in the project root.
8 #include "antlr4-common.h"
13 /// This class provides access to the current version of the ANTLR 4 runtime
14 /// library as compile-time and runtime constants, along with methods for
15 /// checking for matching version numbers and notifying listeners in the case
16 /// where a version mismatch is detected.
19 /// The runtime version information is provided by <seealso cref="#VERSION"/> and
20 /// <seealso cref="#getRuntimeVersion()"/>. Detailed information about these values is
21 /// provided in the documentation for each member.</para>
24 /// The runtime version check is implemented by <seealso cref="#checkVersion"/>. Detailed
25 /// information about incorporating this call into user code, as well as its use
26 /// in generated code, is provided in the documentation for the method.</para>
29 /// Version strings x.y and x.y.z are considered "compatible" and no error
30 /// would be generated. Likewise, version strings x.y-SNAPSHOT and x.y.z are
31 /// considered "compatible" because the major and minor components x.y
32 /// are the same in each.</para>
35 /// To trap any error messages issued by this code, use System.setErr()
36 /// in your main() startup code.
41 class ANTLR4CPP_PUBLIC RuntimeMetaData {
43 /// A compile-time constant containing the current version of the ANTLR 4
47 /// This compile-time constant value allows generated parsers and other
48 /// libraries to include a literal reference to the version of the ANTLR 4
49 /// runtime library the code was compiled against. At each release, we
50 /// change this value.</para>
52 /// <para>Version numbers are assumed to have the form
54 /// <em>major</em>.<em>minor</em>.<em>patch</em>.<em>revision</em>-<em>suffix</em>,
56 /// with the individual components defined as follows.</para>
59 /// <li><em>major</em> is a required non-negative integer, and is equal to
60 /// {@code 4} for ANTLR 4.</li>
61 /// <li><em>minor</em> is a required non-negative integer.</li>
62 /// <li><em>patch</em> is an optional non-negative integer. When
63 /// <em>patch</em> is omitted, the {@code .} (dot) appearing before it is
64 /// also omitted.</li>
65 /// <li><em>revision</em> is an optional non-negative integer, and may only
66 /// be included when <em>patch</em> is also included. When <em>revision</em>
67 /// is omitted, the {@code .} (dot) appearing before it is also omitted.</li>
68 /// <li><em>suffix</em> is an optional string. When <em>suffix</em> is
69 /// omitted, the {@code -} (hyphen-minus) appearing before it is also
72 static const std::string VERSION;
75 /// Gets the currently executing version of the ANTLR 4 runtime library.
78 /// This method provides runtime access to the <seealso cref="#VERSION"/> field, as
79 /// opposed to directly referencing the field as a compile-time constant.</para>
81 /// <returns> The currently executing version of the ANTLR 4 library </returns>
83 static std::string getRuntimeVersion();
86 /// This method provides the ability to detect mismatches between the version
87 /// of ANTLR 4 used to generate a parser, the version of the ANTLR runtime a
88 /// parser was compiled against, and the version of the ANTLR runtime which
89 /// is currently executing.
92 /// The version check is designed to detect the following two specific
96 /// <li>The ANTLR Tool version used for code generation does not match the
97 /// currently executing runtime version.</li>
98 /// <li>The ANTLR Runtime version referenced at the time a parser was
99 /// compiled does not match the currently executing runtime version.</li>
103 /// Starting with ANTLR 4.3, the code generator emits a call to this method
104 /// using two constants in each generated lexer and parser: a hard-coded
105 /// constant indicating the version of the tool used to generate the parser
106 /// and a reference to the compile-time constant <seealso cref="#VERSION"/>. At
107 /// runtime, this method is called during the initialization of the generated
108 /// parser to detect mismatched versions, and notify the registered listeners
109 /// prior to creating instances of the parser.</para>
112 /// This method does not perform any detection or filtering of semantic
113 /// changes between tool and runtime versions. It simply checks for a
114 /// version match and emits an error to stderr if a difference
115 /// is detected.</para>
118 /// Note that some breaking changes between releases could result in other
119 /// types of runtime exceptions, such as a <seealso cref="LinkageError"/>, prior to
120 /// calling this method. In these cases, the underlying version mismatch will
121 /// not be reported here. This method is primarily intended to
122 /// notify users of potential semantic changes between releases that do not
123 /// result in binary compatibility problems which would be detected by the
124 /// class loader. As with semantic changes, changes that break binary
125 /// compatibility between releases are mentioned in the release notes
126 /// accompanying the affected release.</para>
129 /// <strong>Additional note for target developers:</strong> The version check
130 /// implemented by this class is designed to address specific compatibility
131 /// concerns that may arise during the execution of Java applications. Other
132 /// targets should consider the implementation of this method in the context
133 /// of that target's known execution environment, which may or may not
134 /// resemble the design provided for the Java target.</para>
136 /// <param name="generatingToolVersion"> The version of the tool used to generate a parser.
137 /// This value may be null when called from user code that was not generated
138 /// by, and does not reference, the ANTLR 4 Tool itself. </param>
139 /// <param name="compileTimeVersion"> The version of the runtime the parser was
140 /// compiled against. This should always be passed using a direct reference
141 /// to <seealso cref="#VERSION"/>. </param>
142 static void checkVersion(const std::string &generatingToolVersion, const std::string &compileTimeVersion);
145 /// Gets the major and minor version numbers from a version string. For
146 /// details about the syntax of the input {@code version}.
147 /// E.g., from x.y.z return x.y.
149 /// <param name="version"> The complete version string. </param>
150 /// <returns> A string of the form <em>major</em>.<em>minor</em> containing
151 /// only the major and minor components of the version string. </returns>
152 static std::string getMajorMinorVersion(const std::string &version);
155 } // namespace antlr4