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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 09:22:09 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 09:22:09 +0000 |
commit | 43a97878ce14b72f0981164f87f2e35e14151312 (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 110.0.1.upstream/110.0.1upstream
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diff --git a/parser/html/java/README.txt b/parser/html/java/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..13eeb9a5cf --- /dev/null +++ b/parser/html/java/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +If this is your first time building the HTML5 parser, you need to execute the +following commands (from this directory) to bootstrap the translation: + + make sync # fetch remote source files and licenses + make translate # perform the Java-to-C++ translation from the remote + # sources + make named_characters # Generate tables for named character tokenization + +If you make changes to the translator or the javaparser, you can rebuild by +retyping 'make' in this directory. If you make changes to the HTML5 Java +implementation, you can retranslate the Java sources from the htmlparser +repository by retyping 'make translate' in this directory. + +The makefile supports the following targets: + +sync_htmlparser: + Retrieves the HTML parser and Java to C++ translator sources from GitHub. +sync_javaparser: + Retrieves the javaparser sources from GitHub. +sync: + Runs both sync_javaparser and sync_htmlparser. +javaparser: + Builds the javaparser library retrieved earlier by sync_javaparser. +translator: + Runs the javaparser target and then builds the Java to C++ translator from + sources retrieved earlier by sync_htmlparser. +libs: + The default target. Alias for translator +translate: + Runs the translator target and then translates the HTML parser sources + retrieved by sync_htmlparser copying the Java sources to ../javasrc. +translate_from_snapshot: + Runs the translator target and then translates the HTML parser sources + stored in ../javasrc. +named_characters: + Generates data tables for named character tokenization. + +## How to add an attribute + +# starting from the root of a mozilla-central checkout +cd parser/html/java/ +make sync +# now you have a clone of https://github.com/validator/htmlparser/tree/master in parser/html/java/htmlparser/ +cd htmlparser/src/ +$EDITOR nu/validator/htmlparser/impl/AttributeName.java +# Search for the word "uncomment" and uncomment stuff according to the comments that talk about uncommenting +# Duplicate the declaration a normal attribute (nothings special in SVG mode, etc.). Let's use "alt", since it's the first one. +# In the duplicate, replace ALT with the new name in all caps and "alt" with the new name in quotes in lower case. +# Search for "ALT,", duplicate that line and change the duplicate to say the new name in all caps followed by comma. +# Save. +javac nu/validator/htmlparser/impl/AttributeName.java +java nu.validator.htmlparser.impl.AttributeName +# Copy and paste the output into nu/validator/htmlparser/impl/AttributeName.java replacing the text below the comment "START GENERATED CODE" and above the very last "}". +# Recomment the bits that you uncommented earlier. +# Save. +cd ../.. # Back to parser/html/java/ +make translate +cd ../../.. +./mach clang-format + +## How to add an element + +# First, add an entry to parser/htmlparser/nsHTMLTagList.h or dom/svg/SVGTagList.h! +# Then, starting from the root of a mozilla-central checkout +cd parser/html/java/ +make sync +# now you have a clone of https://github.com/validator/htmlparser/tree/master in parser/html/java/htmlparser/ +cd htmlparser/src/ +$EDITOR nu/validator/htmlparser/impl/ElementName.java +# Search for the word "uncomment" and uncomment stuff according to the comments that talk about uncommenting +# Duplicate the declaration a normal element. Let's use "bdo", since it's the first normal one. +# In the duplicate, replace BDO with the new name in all caps and "bdo" with the new name in quotes in lower case (twice). +# Search for "BDO,", duplicate that line and change the duplicate to say the new name in all caps followed by comma. +# Save. +javac nu/validator/htmlparser/impl/ElementName.java +java nu.validator.htmlparser.impl.ElementName ../../../../../parser/htmlparser/nsHTMLTagList.h ../../../../../dom/svg/SVGTagList.h +# Copy and paste the output into nu/validator/htmlparser/impl/ElementName.java replacing the text below the comment "START GENERATED CODE" and above the very last "}". +# Recomment the bits that you uncommented earlier. +# Save. +cd ../.. # Back to parser/html/java/ +make translate +cd ../../.. +./mach clang-format + +Ben Newman (23 September 2009) +Henri Sivonen (10 August 2017, 10 February 2020) |