diff --git a/ASTJsonConverter.cpp b/ASTJsonConverter.cpp
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+/*
+ This file is part of cpp-ethereum.
+
+ cpp-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ cpp-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with cpp-ethereum. If not, see .
+*/
+/**
+ * @author Lefteris
+ * @date 2015
+ * Converts the AST into json format
+ */
+
+#include
+#include
+
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace dev
+{
+namespace solidity
+{
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::addKeyValue(Json::Value& _obj, string const& _key, string const& _val)
+{
+ // special handling for booleans
+ if (_key == "const" || _key == "public" || _key == "local" ||
+ _key == "lvalue" || _key == "local_lvalue" || _key == "prefix")
+ _obj[_key] = (_val == "1") ? true : false;
+ else
+ // else simply add it as a string
+ _obj[_key] = _val;
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::addJsonNode(string const& _nodeName,
+ initializer_list> _list,
+ bool _hasChildren = false)
+{
+ Json::Value node;
+
+ node["name"] = _nodeName;
+ if (_list.size() != 0)
+ {
+ Json::Value attrs;
+ for (auto& e: _list)
+ addKeyValue(attrs, e.first, e.second);
+ node["attributes"] = attrs;
+ }
+
+ m_jsonNodePtrs.top()->append(node);
+
+ if (_hasChildren)
+ {
+ Json::Value& addedNode = (*m_jsonNodePtrs.top())[m_jsonNodePtrs.top()->size() - 1];
+ Json::Value children(Json::arrayValue);
+ addedNode["children"] = children;
+ m_jsonNodePtrs.push(&addedNode["children"]);
+ }
+}
+
+ASTJsonConverter::ASTJsonConverter(ASTNode const& _ast): m_ast(&_ast)
+{
+ Json::Value children(Json::arrayValue);
+
+ m_astJson["name"] = "root";
+ m_astJson["children"] = children;
+ m_jsonNodePtrs.push(&m_astJson["children"]);
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::print(ostream& _stream)
+{
+ m_ast->accept(*this);
+ _stream << m_astJson;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(ImportDirective const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Import", { make_pair("file", _node.getIdentifier())});
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(ContractDefinition const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Contract", { make_pair("name", _node.getName()) }, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(StructDefinition const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Struct", { make_pair("name", _node.getName()) }, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(ParameterList const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("ParameterList", {}, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(FunctionDefinition const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Function",
+ { make_pair("name", _node.getName()),
+ make_pair("public", boost::lexical_cast(_node.isPublic())),
+ make_pair("const", boost::lexical_cast(_node.isDeclaredConst())) },
+ true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(VariableDeclaration const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("VariableDeclaration",
+ { make_pair("name", _node.getName()),
+ make_pair("local", boost::lexical_cast(_node.isLocalVariable()))},
+ true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(TypeName const&)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(ElementaryTypeName const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("ElementaryTypeName", { make_pair("name", Token::toString(_node.getTypeName())) });
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(UserDefinedTypeName const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("UserDefinedTypeName", { make_pair("name", _node.getName()) });
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(Mapping const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Mapping", {}, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(Statement const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Statement", {}, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(Block const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Block", {}, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(IfStatement const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("IfStatement", {}, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(BreakableStatement const&)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(WhileStatement const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("WhileStatement", {}, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(ForStatement const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("ForStatement", {}, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(Continue const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Continue", {});
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(Break const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Break", {});
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(Return const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Return", {}, true);;
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(VariableDefinition const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("VariableDefinition", {}, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(ExpressionStatement const&)
+{
+ addJsonNode("ExpressionStatement", {}, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(Expression const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Expression",
+ { make_pair("type", getType(_node)),
+ make_pair("lvalue", boost::lexical_cast(_node.isLValue())),
+ make_pair("local_lvalue", boost::lexical_cast(_node.isLocalLValue())) },
+ true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(Assignment const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Assignment",
+ { make_pair("operator", Token::toString(_node.getAssignmentOperator())),
+ make_pair("type", getType(_node)) },
+ true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(UnaryOperation const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("UnaryOperation",
+ { make_pair("prefix", boost::lexical_cast(_node.isPrefixOperation())),
+ make_pair("operator", Token::toString(_node.getOperator())),
+ make_pair("type", getType(_node)) },
+ true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(BinaryOperation const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("BinaryOperation",
+ { make_pair("operator", Token::toString(_node.getOperator())),
+ make_pair("type", getType(_node))},
+ true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(FunctionCall const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("FunctionCall",
+ { make_pair("type_conversion", boost::lexical_cast(_node.isTypeConversion())),
+ make_pair("type", getType(_node)) },
+ true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(NewExpression const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("NewExpression", { make_pair("type", getType(_node)) }, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(MemberAccess const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("MemberAccess",
+ { make_pair("member_name", _node.getMemberName()),
+ make_pair("type", getType(_node)) },
+ true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(IndexAccess const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("IndexAccess", { make_pair("type", getType(_node)) }, true);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(PrimaryExpression const&)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(Identifier const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("Identifier",
+ { make_pair("value", _node.getName()), make_pair("type", getType(_node)) });
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(ElementaryTypeNameExpression const& _node)
+{
+ addJsonNode("ElementaryTypenameExpression",
+ { make_pair("value", Token::toString(_node.getTypeToken())), make_pair("type", getType(_node)) });
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(Literal const& _node)
+{
+ char const* tokenString = Token::toString(_node.getToken());
+ addJsonNode("Literal",
+ { make_pair("string", (tokenString) ? tokenString : "null"),
+ make_pair("value", _node.getValue()),
+ make_pair("type", getType(_node)) });
+ return true;
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(ImportDirective const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(ContractDefinition const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(StructDefinition const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(ParameterList const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(FunctionDefinition const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(VariableDeclaration const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(TypeName const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(ElementaryTypeName const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(UserDefinedTypeName const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(Mapping const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(Statement const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(Block const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(IfStatement const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(BreakableStatement const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(WhileStatement const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(ForStatement const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(Continue const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(Break const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(Return const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(VariableDefinition const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(ExpressionStatement const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(Expression const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(Assignment const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(UnaryOperation const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(BinaryOperation const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(FunctionCall const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(NewExpression const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(MemberAccess const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(IndexAccess const&)
+{
+ goUp();
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(PrimaryExpression const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(Identifier const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(ElementaryTypeNameExpression const&)
+{
+}
+
+void ASTJsonConverter::endVisit(Literal const&)
+{
+}
+
+string ASTJsonConverter::getType(Expression const& _expression)
+{
+ return (_expression.getType()) ? _expression.getType()->toString() : "Unknown";
+}
+
+}
+}
diff --git a/ASTJsonConverter.h b/ASTJsonConverter.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d9b9bc04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ASTJsonConverter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ This file is part of cpp-ethereum.
+
+ cpp-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ cpp-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with cpp-ethereum. If not, see .
+*/
+/**
+ * @author Lefteris
+ * @date 2015
+ * Converts the AST into json format
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+namespace dev
+{
+namespace solidity
+{
+
+/**
+ * Converter of the AST into JSON format
+ */
+class ASTJsonConverter: public ASTConstVisitor
+{
+public:
+ /// Create a converter to JSON for the given abstract syntax tree.
+ ASTJsonConverter(ASTNode const& _ast);
+ /// Output the json representation of the AST to _stream.
+ void print(std::ostream& _stream);
+
+ bool visit(ImportDirective const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(ContractDefinition const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(StructDefinition const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(ParameterList const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(FunctionDefinition const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(VariableDeclaration const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(TypeName const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(ElementaryTypeName const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(UserDefinedTypeName const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(Mapping const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(Statement const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(Block const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(IfStatement const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(BreakableStatement const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(WhileStatement const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(ForStatement const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(Continue const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(Break const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(Return const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(VariableDefinition const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(ExpressionStatement const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(Expression const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(Assignment const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(UnaryOperation const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(BinaryOperation const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(FunctionCall const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(NewExpression const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(MemberAccess const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(IndexAccess const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(PrimaryExpression const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(Identifier const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(ElementaryTypeNameExpression const& _node) override;
+ bool visit(Literal const& _node) override;
+
+ void endVisit(ImportDirective const&) override;
+ void endVisit(ContractDefinition const&) override;
+ void endVisit(StructDefinition const&) override;
+ void endVisit(ParameterList const&) override;
+ void endVisit(FunctionDefinition const&) override;
+ void endVisit(VariableDeclaration const&) override;
+ void endVisit(TypeName const&) override;
+ void endVisit(ElementaryTypeName const&) override;
+ void endVisit(UserDefinedTypeName const&) override;
+ void endVisit(Mapping const&) override;
+ void endVisit(Statement const&) override;
+ void endVisit(Block const&) override;
+ void endVisit(IfStatement const&) override;
+ void endVisit(BreakableStatement const&) override;
+ void endVisit(WhileStatement const&) override;
+ void endVisit(ForStatement const&) override;
+ void endVisit(Continue const&) override;
+ void endVisit(Break const&) override;
+ void endVisit(Return const&) override;
+ void endVisit(VariableDefinition const&) override;
+ void endVisit(ExpressionStatement const&) override;
+ void endVisit(Expression const&) override;
+ void endVisit(Assignment const&) override;
+ void endVisit(UnaryOperation const&) override;
+ void endVisit(BinaryOperation const&) override;
+ void endVisit(FunctionCall const&) override;
+ void endVisit(NewExpression const&) override;
+ void endVisit(MemberAccess const&) override;
+ void endVisit(IndexAccess const&) override;
+ void endVisit(PrimaryExpression const&) override;
+ void endVisit(Identifier const&) override;
+ void endVisit(ElementaryTypeNameExpression const&) override;
+ void endVisit(Literal const&) override;
+
+private:
+ void addKeyValue(Json::Value& _obj, std::string const& _key, std::string const& _val);
+ void addJsonNode(std::string const& _nodeName,
+ std::initializer_list> _list,
+ bool _hasChildren);
+ std::string getType(Expression const& _expression);
+ inline void goUp()
+ {
+ solAssert(!m_jsonNodePtrs.empty(), "Uneven json nodes stack. Internal error.");
+ m_jsonNodePtrs.pop();
+ };
+
+ Json::Value m_astJson;
+ std::stack m_jsonNodePtrs;
+ std::string m_source;
+ ASTNode const* m_ast;
+ int m_depth;
+};
+
+}
+}