ANTLR4 C++ runtime

This project holds a copy of the ANTLR4 C++ runtime as a standalone library, in order to be imported and to be linked to by means of CMake targets.

The source code under the runtime/src directory comes directly from the official ANTLR4 C++ runtime.

This version of the ANTLR4 C++ runtime is intended to:

• Be linked to in any project using ANTLR4-generated C++ code.
• Be shipped as part of any project where the ANTLR4 C++ runtime is a dependency.
• Be as lightweight as possible, including only the necessary .h and .cpp files

This version of the ANTLR4 C++ runtime is not intended to:

• Generate C++ code from ANTLR4 grammars.
• Interact with the ANTLR4 tool.

Table of contents

1. Supported versions
2. Dependencies
3. Installation
4. Build
   1. CMake

Supported versions

The master branch on this repository is always (at least) up-to-date with the latest tag available, and thus is stable.

Tag versions correspond to those on the official ANTLR4 repository. The following tags are available:

• 4.8
• 4.9
• 4.9.1

Dependencies

• C++ compiler with support for (at least) C++11
• CMake (>=3.0)
• Make

Installation

This library is standalone and autocontained; it does not have any dependencies on external libraries. To start using it, simply add this repository as a subtree or submodule in your own project's structure.

Build

Supported build methods are:

• CMake

CMake

To configure building with CMake, simply add the subdirectory where this repository resides in your CMakeLists.txt file. Both the target antlr4_cpp_runtime and the symbol ANTLR4_CPP_RUNTIME will be available; they are autocontained and simply need to be linked to in your own targets, wherever an ANTLR4 header is used. No need to further action, nor to include any directories.

add_subdirectory(antlr4-cpp-runtime)

target_link_libraries(YOUR_TARGET
    antlr4_cpp_runtime
)

After this, simply build as usual:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && make -j

Since the runtime takes quite a while to compile, consider building with make -j to speed up the process.