Optimizing error parsing in an integrated development environment
View Patent ↗A system to enable an integrated development environment to efficiently parse error expressions generated by tools used to generate processing environment-specific executable code, where the tools are external to the integrated development environment, is provided. The system groups error parsers configured to parse the error expressions into two groups: error parsers that handle output from a tool using a single output line of regular expression, and error parsers that require something more than a single output line of regular expression to determine the nature of an error. Embodiments of the system can determine whether a particular output regular expression should be analyzed by a selected set of the error parsers by comparing the output regular expression against a concatenated list of all the regular expressions corresponding to those error parsers that handle output from the tool using a single output line of regular expression.
1. A method for generating code executable in a target processing environment, the method comprising:
processing a first command line by a first processor, wherein the first command line is generated by an integrated development environment (IDE), said processing the first command line executes a command line tool as a step to produce code executable by the target processing environment and generates one or more output entries;
comparing the one or more output entries to a concatenated regular expression to determine whether the one or more output entries correspond to a first class of error identifiers, wherein the concatenated regular expression comprises a complete set of trigger expressions corresponding to the first class of error identifiers;
if the one or more output entries correspond to the first class of error identifiers, then
determining an error identifier of the first class of error identifiers corresponding to the one or more output entries, and
providing information corresponding to the error identifier and the one or more output entries to the IDE; and
if the one or more output entries do not correspond to the first class of error identifiers and if the one or more output entries correspond to one of a second class of error identifiers, then providing information corresponding to the one of the second class of error identifiers and the one or more output entries to the IDE.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
if the one or more output entries do not correspond to the first class of error identifiers and if the one or more output entries do not correspond to one of the second class of error identifiers, then providing information corresponding to the one or more output entries to the IDE.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
generating the first class of error identifiers using a set of stateless error parsers, wherein a stateless error parser comprises an error parser that uses a single output line of regular expression to determine the nature of an error.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein said determining an error identifier of the first class of error identifiers corresponding to the one or more output entries comprises:
submitting each of the one or more output entries to an error parser of the set of stateless error parsers; and
if the error parser matches a regular expression of the one or more output entries, then the error identifier corresponds to the error parser.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the second class of error identifiers corresponds to a set of stateful error parsers, wherein a stateful error parser comprises an error parser using multiple output lines of regular expressions to determine the nature of an error.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein said determining if the one or more output entries correspond to one of the second class of error identifiers comprises:
submitting each of the one or more output entries to a stateful error parser of the set of stateful error parsers; and
if the stateful error parser matches regular expressions in the one or more output entries, then the one or more output entries correspond to an error identifier associated with the stateful error parser.
7. A development environment system comprising:
a first system, comprising a first processor and a first memory, configured to provide an integrated development environment, wherein
the first memory stores instructions executable by the first processor to provide the integrated development environment which is configured to generate one or more command lines configured to generate executable code for a target processing environment; and
a second system, comprising a second processor and a second memory and communicatively coupled to the first system, wherein the second memory stores instructions executable by the second processor to provide a set of command line tools configured to process a first command line of the one or more command lines received from the first system, wherein said processing provides a step to generate the executable code for the target processing environment and generates one or more output entries,
compare the one or more output entries to a concatenated regular expression to determine whether the one or more output entries correspond to a first class of error identifiers wherein the concatenated regular expression comprises a complete set of trigger expressions corresponding to the first class of error identifiers,
if the one or more output entries correspond to the first class of error identifiers, then determine an error identifier of the first class of error identifiers corresponding to the one or more output entries and transmit information corresponding to the error identifier and the one or more output entries to the first system, and
if the one or more output entries do not correspond to the first class of error identifiers and if the one or more output entries correspond to one of a second class of error identifiers, then transmit information corresponding to the one of the second class of error identifiers and the one or more output entries to the first system.
8. The system of claim 7 wherein the second memory comprises further instructions executable by the second processor to transmit information corresponding to the one or more output entries to the first system if the one or more output entries do not correspond to the first class of error identifiers and if the one or more output entries do not correspond to one of the second class of error identifiers.
9. The system of claim 7 wherein the second memory comprises further instructions executable by the second processor to generate the first class of error identifiers using a set of stateless error parsers.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the second memory comprises further instructions executable by the second processor to determine whether the one or more output entries corresponds to the first class of identifiers by being further configured to:
generate a concatenated regular expression comprising each of the first class of error identifiers; and
compare each of the one or more output entries to the concatenated regular expression.
11. The system of claim 9 wherein the second memory comprises further instructions executable by the second processor to determine an error identifier of the first class of error identifiers corresponding to the one or more output entries by being further configured to:
submit each of the one or more output entries to an error parser of the set of stateless error parsers; and
if the error parser matches a regular expression of the one or more output entries, then the error identifier corresponds to the error parser.
12. The system of claim 7 wherein the second class of error identifiers corresponds to a set of stateful error parsers.
13. The system of claim 12 wherein the second memory comprises further instructions executable by the second processor to determine if the one or more output entries correspond to one of the second class of error identifiers by being further configured to:
submit each of the one or more output entries to a stateful error parser of the set of stateful error parsers; and
if the stateful error parser matches regular expressions in the one or more output entries, then the one or more output entries correspond to an error identifier associated with the stateful error parser.