Need help about "A2LParser-2.3.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar"

[ramkrganesh]

Hi,
I am trying to use the A2L parser but, I am unable to figure the part about "A2LParser-2.3.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar".
Short background :
I use python scripting and would like to access the Java object structure returned by this package.
And here are few questions -

1. Is the "A2LParser-2.3.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar" be somehow created by me using the existing Java files from the repository ?
2. In the README.md file, there is a reference to "A2LParser.jar". Is this also a file to be generated by myself ?
   Coming from C and Python background, maybe the questions I have asked are obvious for a java developer. but, please excuse me for my lack of understanding.
   Thanks !
   BR,
   Ram

[Luncher91]

Hi Ram,

Sure, no worries!

The only jar file you would need is the "A2LParser-#-jar-with-dependencies.jar" (# replaces the version you are using; the most current one is 2.6.3).
Whenever I reference A2LParser.jar I actually mean the mentioned jar "with-dependencies".

You can compile it by yourself using maven. The easier way would be to use the already prepared versions attached to the releases of the Repository
There you can download the "with-dependencies" jar file and also the .py file which contains the generated classes for python.

I prepared a sample how to use the library with python in https://github.com/Luncher91/A2LParser/blob/master/codegen_python/sample.py
Summarized it is a matter of "import a2l", running the jar file with parameters to convert the A2L to Json and parsing the json then into the Object structure by calling "a2l.Asap2File.parse_raw(jsonContent)".

Does that help you to get started?

[ramkrganesh]

Hello Lenzen,

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. The script works very well.
I was also able to parse an actual complex A2L from my project.

I will make further testings and will reach out to you in case I encounter an issue which I could not solve.

Thanks !
BR,
Ram