intellij-pluginjflexgrammar-kit

How to generate autocompletion via grammar structure?


I configured the grammar of a structured language and now want to code the autocompletion behaviour. Is there a way to generate that based on the grammar which is defined like this?

RootObject ::= ROOT ( NameAttr | TitleAttr )* END
private NameAttr ::= NAME string
private TitleAttr ::= TITLE string

Hitting the Autocompletion Hotkey after ROOT should suggest END, NAME and TITLE - which is clearly defined in the grammar

Here is a link to the complete grammar: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dnltsk/intellij-mapfile-plugin/master/src/org/dnltsk/mapfileplugin/Mapfile.bnf


Solution

  • After I figured out that the an PsiElement already contains a generic error description like "FooTokenType.NAME, FooTokenType.TITLE or FooTokenType.END expected, got 'IntellijIdeaRulezzz'" I've managed the Autocompletion in a very pragmatical way:

    public void addCompletions(@NotNull CompletionParameters parameters, ProcessingContext context, @NotNull CompletionResultSet resultSet) {
        PsiElement element = parameters.getPosition().getParent();
        String genericErrorDescription = ((PsiErrorElementImpl) element).getErrorDescription();
        errorDescription = errorDescription.substring(0, errorDescription.indexOf(" expected, got "));
        errorDescription = errorDescription.replaceAll("FooTokenType\\.", "");
        String[] suggestedTokens = errorDescription.split("(, )|( or )");
        for (String suggestedToken : suggestedTokens) {
            resultSet.addElement(LookupElementBuilder.create(suggestedToken));
        }
    }
    

    Which results in the expected behavior. I hope this helps others and please let me know if there is a better solution around.