Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering
Vol. 37 No. 04 (2022): Proceedings of the Faculty of Technical Sciences
TRANSFORMATIONS OF ABSTRACT SYNTAX TREES INTO SOURCE CODE
Abstract
Most of the advanced tools for automated source code modifications, such as automated refactoring tools, are based on modifications of the abstract syntax tree. The modifications which are done on the abstract syntax tree must be applied to the original source code, which can be done by transforming the tree back into a textual representation. In this paper, solutions for such transformations are researched and implemented, focusing on the problems of preserving the non-semantic elements of the original source code, such as comments and manual formatting.
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