DOI

Most general-purpose programming languages allow to use string literals as source code in other languages (they are named string-embedded languages). Such strings can be executed or interpreted by dedicated runtime component. This way host program can communicate with DBMS or web browser. The most common example of string-embedded language is Dynamic SQL or SQL embedded into C#, C++, Java or other general-purpose programming languages. Standard Integrated Development Environment functionality such as syntax highlighting or static error checking in embedded languages can help developers who use such technique, but it is necessary to process string literals as a code to provide these features. We present a platform allowing to create tools for string-embedded languages processing easily, and compare it with other similar tools like IntelliLang. We also demonstrate a plug-in for ReSharper created by using the platform. The plug-in provides code highlighting and static error checking for string-embedded T-SQL in C#.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCEE-SECR 2014 - Proceedings of the 10th Central and Eastern European Software Engineering Conference in Russia
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450328890
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Oct 2014
Event10th Central and Eastern European Software Engineering Conference in Russia, CEE-SECR 2014 - Moscow, Russian Federation
Duration: 23 Oct 201424 Oct 2014

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume23-24-October-2014

Conference

Conference10th Central and Eastern European Software Engineering Conference in Russia, CEE-SECR 2014
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityMoscow
Period23/10/1424/10/14

    Research areas

  • Abstract parsing, Dynamic SQL, IDE, Integrated development environment, Lexer generator, Parser generator, String-embedded language

    Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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