sdlang-d ~schema

SDLang-D

An SDLang (Simple Declarative Language) library for D, to read and write SDLang. Both a DOM and a Pull Parser are provided.

Officially supported compiler versions are shown in .travis.yml.

SDL is a data language like JSON, XML or YAML, except it's:

• Less verbose than JSON and XML.
• Type-aware.
• Easier to learn and read than YAML.

This is what SDL looks like (some of these examples, and more, are from the original SDL site:

// A couple basic values
first "Joe"
last "Coder"

// Supports values, named attributes, and various data types
numbers 12 53 2 635
names "Sally" "Frank N. Stein"
pets chihuahua="small" dalmation="hyper" mastiff="big"

mixed 34.7f "Tim" somedate=2010/08/14

// Supports child tags
folder "myFiles" color="yellow" protection=on {
    folder "my images" {
        file "myHouse.jpg" color=true date=2005/11/05
        file "myCar.jpg" color=false date=2002/01/05
    }
    folder "my documents" {
        document "resume.pdf"
    }
}

Tags are of this form:

[tag name] [values] [attributes] [children]

Attributes are simply values with names.

Tag and attribute names can optionally include a namespace prefix (ie, `namespace:name`). All parts are optional, the only exception being that an anonymous (ie, no name) tag must have at least one value.

Also:

• Tags are separated by either newline or semicolon.
• Whitespace and indentation is not significant (other than newlines).
• The line-continuation operator is `\` (backslash). This can be used to split a tag across multiple lines.
• Line comments start with either `#, // or --`.
• Block comments start with `/* and end with the first occurrence of */` (ie, they do not nest).
• Values always come before the attributes.
• All the data types and syntax details are described in the Language Guide.
• Note that, unlike C-based languages, opening curly braces must be on the same line, not the next line. Why?.

For more details on the langauge, see the Language Guide.

Differences from original Java implementation

• License is zlib/libpng, not LGPL. (No source from the Java or Ruby implementations was used or looked at. The libraries were used to test compatibility, but the actual source code was not viewed.)
• API is completely redesigned for D.
• Anonymous tags are named `"" (empty string) not "content"`.
• Dates with unknown or invalid time zones use a special type indicating "unknown time zone" (`DateTimeFracUnknownZone`) instead of assuming GMT.

Documentation

• Language Guide
• How to use SDLang-D (Tutorial / DOM API Overview)
• Pull Parse SDLang
• API Reference
• Changelog
• SDLang Wiki
• SDLang-D FAQ
• SDLang Language FAQ
• Included tools and scripts
• License (zlib/libpng)
• Old Official SDL Site [mirror]