This package contains a Java 1.8 Parser with AST generation and visitor support.

The AST records the source code structure, javadoc and comments. It is also possible to change the AST nodes or create new ones to modify the source code.

• Light weight
• Performant
• Easy to use
• Modifiable AST
• Create AST from scratch
• Support of comments

The project binaries are available in Maven Central. Just add the following to your maven configuration or taylor to your own dependency management system.

Current 1.8 Release

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.javaparser</groupId>
    <artifactId>javaparser-core</artifactId>
    <version>2.1.0</version>
</dependency>

Final 1.7 Release

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.code.javaparser</groupId>
    <artifactId>javaparser</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.11</version>
</dependency>

If you have checkout the project from GitHub you can build the project with maven using:

mvn clean install

If you checkout the sources and want to view the project in an IDE, it is best to generate the additional source files; otherwise you will get many compilation complaints in the IDE

mvn javacc:javacc

Examples of how to use the library can be found on the Manual page of the wiki

In the first instance try the wiki

In the second instance please feel free to open an issue.

The libraries javadoc can be found here

This parser is based on work by Sreenivasa Viswanadha and Júlio Vilmar Gesser. The original project, now inactive, was originally hosted at Google Code and supported only parsing Java 1.5.

The project now supports parsing Java 1.8 and aims to continue support for features in future versions of the Java language.

Offered under the GNU Lesser General Public License: COPYING.LESSER, COPYING.