lexgrm.erl

-module(lexgrm).
-export([  start/0
         , parse_cmd/1
       ]).

%% Generate lexer and parser
%% We should only distribute the .erl files with skeleton
start() ->
    leex:file(lex),     %% lex.xrl -> lex.erl
    compile:file(lex),  %% lex.erl -> lex.beam
    yecc:file(grm),     %% grm.yrl -> grm.erl
    compile:file(grm),  %% grm.erl -> grm.beam
    ok.

%% Making a parser of the command line.
%% It returns:
%%              {msg, String}
%%              {connect, Server}
%%              {join, Channel}
%%              ignore
%%
%% The token ignore is used to avoid sending a failed command
%% as a message.
parse_cmd(Line) ->
    case lex:string(Line) of
         {error,_, _}       -> tried_a_cmd(Line) ;

         {ok, Tokens, _} ->
               case grm:parse(Tokens) of
                    {ok, Cmd}  -> Cmd ;
                    {error,_}  -> tried_a_cmd(Tokens,Line)
               end
     end.

tried_a_cmd(Line) ->
    case string:str(string:strip(Line),"/") of
        1 -> {ignore, Line} ;
        _ -> {msg, Line}
    end.

tried_a_cmd([{'/connect',_,_} | _],Line) -> {ignore,Line} ;
tried_a_cmd([{'/join',_,_} | _],Line) -> {ignore,Line} ;
tried_a_cmd([{'/nick',_,_} | _],Line) -> {ignore,Line} ;
tried_a_cmd([{'/ping',_,_} | _],Line) -> {ignore,Line} ;
tried_a_cmd([{'/whoami',_,_} | _],Line) -> {ignore,Line} ;
tried_a_cmd(_,Line) -> {msg, Line}.