From: pondus <pjakobsen@...>
Date: 2006-10-30T14:30:12+09:00
Subject: Regex to transform java code to ecma script

Hi,

I was hoping someone could provide me with a better way to accomplish
(preferrably in one line) the following simple task:

# typical  method declaration in a java interface
code = "public void myFunction(String foo);"

# needs to be transformed into the following e.g. Actionscript 2.0
(ECMA)
# public function myFunction(foo:String):Void;

java =  code.gsub(/(public) (.*?) (.*).*(;)/) {  $1 + ' function ' + $3
+ ':' + $2.capitalize + ";" }
puts code.gsub(/\((String) (foo)\)/,'(\2:\1)')



It works, but it's not very slick..

Thanks! 

Peder :)