2 research outputs found
Fling - A Fluent API Generator (Artifact)
The first general and practical solution of the fluent API problem is presented. We give an algorithm that given a deterministic context free language (equivalently, LR(k), k >= 0 language) encodes it in an unbounded parametric polymorphism type system employing only a polynomial number of types. The theoretical result is employed in an actual tool Fling - a fluent API compiler-compiler in the style of YACC, tailored for embedding DSLs in Java
Fluent APIs in Functional Languages (full version)
Fluent API is an object-oriented pattern for smart and elegant embedded DSLs.
As fluent API designs typically rely on function overloading, they are hard to
realize in functional programming languages. We show how to write functional
fluent APIs using parametric polymorphism and unification instead of
overloading. Our designs support all regular and deterministic context-free
DSLs and beyond