I've seen CSS parsers in other languages, and they don't look very complex (the grammar is remarkably simple). I want one in C# (er, .NET), but I can't seem to find one, and I'd rather not write one if I can reasonably avoid it. Does one exist?
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A quick search turned up this, but I've never used it: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/recipes/CSSParser.aspx
Jon Tackabury
2009-02-04 18:53:03
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And a slightly slower search turns up this one: http://blog.dynamicprogrammer.com/2008/01/20/CSSParserClassInNET.aspx
mercator
2009-02-04 18:58:32
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Here you can find another one especially for C# with sample source.
BloodySmartie
2009-02-04 19:11:51
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I wrote one, using the grammar specified in the CSS 2.1 spec. I have also released it now: for details, see http://www.modeltext.com/css/
ChrisW
2009-07-06 02:35:19
Cool. Is it available for the rest of us to try/buy?
Jørn Schou-Rode
2010-02-18 14:19:46
Send email: my gmail id is "cwellsx".
ChrisW
2010-02-18 19:10:42
@Jørn It's available now.
ChrisW
2010-08-10 22:04:09
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There is a CSS grammar file for GoldParser:
http://www.devincook.com/goldparser/grammars/index.htm
GoldParser is easy to include in a C# project, and generates an real LALR parser - not some regex hack.
LALR parser - not some regex Info on their site"GOLD grammars are based on Backus-Naur form and regular expressions"
Justin
2009-07-08 21:57:16
This is a very simplified version of the CSS grammar. Instead I ported the CSS reference grammer (from the CSS 2.1 spec) to work with the GOLD parser ... and I've written a C# assembly to implement the rest of it (use the parser output to compute the style for an element in a DOM, using rule specificity, inheritance, default values, etc.).
ChrisW
2009-09-18 14:24:16
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Have you tried the one featured in JsonFx? It's written in C#, parses CSS3 syntax and is distributed under a MIT style license.
m0sa
2010-09-01 18:27:58