How can I parse code to build a compiler in Java?

Question

I need to write a compiler. It\'s homework at the univ. The teacher told us that we can use any API we want to do the parsing of the code, as long as it is a good one. That way

Answer 1

I'd recommend using either a metacompiler like ANTLR, or a simple parser combinator library. Functional Java has a parser combinator API. There's also JParsec. Both of these are based on the Parsec library for Haskell.