Help with analyzing a log file (ANTLR3)

Question

I need a little grammar writing guide to parse Aion's game log file. I decided to use Antlr3 (because it is a tool that can do this work, and I decided that it is useful for me to learn how to use it). However, I ran into problems because the log file is not precisely structured.

The log file I need will look like this:

2010.04.27 22:32:22 : You changed the connection status to Online. 
2010.04.27 22:32:22 : You changed the group to the Solo state. 
2010.04.27 22:32:22 : You changed the group to the Solo state. 
2010.04.27 22:32:28 : Legion Message: www.xxxxxxxx.com (forum)



ventrillo: 19x.xxx.xxx.xxx

Port: 3712

Pass: xxxx (blabla) 

 4/27/2010 7:47 PM 
2010.04.27 22:32:28 : You have item(s) left to settle in the sales agency window.

As you can see, most lines start with a timestamp, but there are exceptions. What I would like to do in Antlr3 is to write a parser that uses only lines starting with a timestamp and silently discarding the rest.

This is what I wrote so far (I start with such things, so please don't laugh: D)

grammar Antlr;

options {
  language = Java;
}

logfile: line* EOF;

line : dataline | textline;

dataline: timestamp WS ':' WS text NL ;
textline: ~DIG text NL;

timestamp: four_dig '.' two_dig '.' two_dig WS two_dig ':' two_dig ':' two_dig ;

four_dig: DIG DIG DIG DIG;
two_dig: DIG DIG;

text: ~NL+;

/* Whitespace */ 
WS: (' ' | '\t')+;

/* New line goes to \r\n or EOF */
NL: '\r'? '\n' ;

/* Digits */
DIG : '0'..'9'; 

, , .

!

Answer 1

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: . NL , . , () , , . , . ( ) T:

grammar T;

// parser rule
foo
  :  ~A
  ;

// lexer rules
A
  :  'a'
  ;

B
  :  'b'
  ;

C
  :  'c'
  ;

, lexer A foo. foo , 'a', lexer, A. , 'b' 'c'.

, :

options {
  language = Java;
}

: Java ( , ).

, , data - text -line . :

logfile
  :  line+
  ;

line
  :  dataline 
  |  textline
  ;

dataline
  :  DataLine
  ;

textline
  :  TextLine
  ;

DataLine
  :  TwoDigits TwoDigits '.' TwoDigits '.' TwoDigits Space+ TwoDigits ':' TwoDigits ':' TwoDigits Space+ ':' TextLine
  ;

TextLine
  :  ~('\r' | '\n')* (NewLine | EOF)
  ;

fragment
NewLine
  :  '\r'? '\n'
  |  '\r'
  ;

fragment
TwoDigits
  :  '0'..'9' '0'..'9'
  ;

fragment
Space
  :  ' ' 
  |  '\t'
  ;

, fragment lexer , : lexer. , : DataLine TextLine.

Answer 2

, . lexer, lexer. - , , . , , . , :

logfile: line* EOF;

//line : dataline | textline;
line : dataline | textline | discardline;

dataline: timestamp WS COLON WS text NL ;
textline: ~DIG text NL;

//"new"
discardline: (WS)+ discardtext (text|DIG|PERIOD|COLON|SLASH|WS)* NL
    | (WS)* NL;
discardtext: (two_dig| DIG) WS* SLASH;
// two_dig SLASH four_dig;

timestamp: four_dig PERIOD two_dig PERIOD two_dig WS two_dig COLON two_dig COLON two_dig ;

four_dig: DIG DIG DIG DIG;
two_dig: DIG DIG;

//Following is very different
text: CHAR (CHAR|DIG|PERIOD|COLON|SLASH|WS)*;

/* Whitespace */ 
WS: (' ' | '\t')+ ;

/* New line goes to \r\n or EOF */
NL: '\r'? '\n' ;

/* Digits */
DIG : '0'..'9'; 

//new lexer rules
CHAR : 'a'..'z'|'A'..'Z';
PERIOD : '.';
COLON : ':';
SLASH : '/' | '\\';

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