A tool that provides autocompletion for various sql dialects.
In order to parse any language, you need a lexer (tokenizer) and a parser (ast builder)
Resources to research:
- The ANTLR Mega Tutorial: https://tomassetti.me/antlr-mega-tutorial/
- Code Completion with ANTLR4-c3: https://tomassetti.me/code-completion-with-antlr4-c3/
- ANTLR4 grammar and lexer for different
{dialect}
are defined insrc/autocomplete/{dialect}/grammar
directories. - Actual parsers and lexers for different
{dialect}
are generated intosrc/autocomplete/{dialect}/generated
directories. - Dialect specific code, which is required for the core logic to work, is put in
src/autocomplete/{dialect}/{dialect}Autocomplete.ts
files. - The core logic is inside
src/index.ts
file. It uses dialect specific helpers to generate autocomplete suggestions based on current cursor position.
-
npm run generate
- Generate parsers and lexers -
npm run test
- Run tests