I have the following EBNF that I want to parse:
PostfixExp -> PrimaryExp ( "[" Exp "]"
| . id "(" ExpList ")"
| . length )*
And this is what I got:
def postfixExp: Parser[Expression] = (
primaryExp ~ rep(
"[" ~ expression ~ "]"
| "." ~ ident ~"(" ~ repsep(expression, "," ) ~ ")"
| "." ~ "length") ^^ {
case primary ~ list => list.foldLeft(primary)((prim,post) =>
post match {
case "[" ~ length ~ "]" => ElementExpression(prim, length.asInstanceOf[Expression])
case "." ~ function ~"(" ~ arguments ~ ")" => CallMethodExpression(prim, function.asInstanceOf[String], arguments.asInstanceOf[List[Expression]])
case _ => LengthExpression(prim)
}
)
})
But I would like to know if there is a better way, preferably without having to resort to casting (asInstanceOf).