Having multiple representations of the same instance is common in software language
engineering: models can be visualised as graphs, edited as text, serialised as XML. When …

There are many declarative frameworks that allow us to implement code formatters relatively
easily for any specific language, but constructing them is cumbersome. The first problem is …

To exchange complex data structures in distributed systems, documents written in context-
free languages are exchanged among communicating parties. Unparsing these documents …

Software Language Engineering (SLE) has emerged as a field in computer science
research and software engineering, but it has yet to become entrenched as part of the …

There are many declarative frameworks that allow us to implement code formatters relatively
easily for any specific language, but constructing them is cumbersome. The first problem is …

Developers writing software for a niche platform are denied the luxury of a first-class vendor-
supported integrated development environment and a large community crafting platform …

Durch die zunehmende Verbreitung von IT Systemen in jedem Bereich unseres Lebens
wachsen die Anforderungen an die korrekte Funktionsweise dieser Systeme. Außerdem …

Because resources for today's software are used primarily for maintenance and evolution,
researchers are striving to make software engineers more efficient through automation …

Any expert researcher in the field of parsing knows exactly what parsing is, and does not
need any definition for it. With some expendable mental effort, we can all read one another's …

This chapter discusses implementation aspects of textual concrete syntax: parsing,
abstraction, formatting, and the use of concrete as opposed to abstract object syntax in …