OpenC++ is a software tool to parse and analyze C++ source code. It uses a metaobject protocol (MOP) to provide services for language extensions .

The following tools provide similar capabilities:

• CLOS
• GCC RDF Introspector
• Flexible object generator language
• ObjVLisp
• OpenJava
• Python
• Smalltalk
• XOTcl

Application areas

• Static code analysis
• Parsing
• Compilation
• Translation
• Code generation
• Precompiler
• Preprocessor
• Persistence
• Object database
• Object serialization
• Interface repository
• Source formatter
• Code beautifier
• Obfuscator
• Test coverage
• Profiler
• Metaprogramming
• Reflective programming

See also

• Anibus
• Intrigue
• Pointer swizzling
• Classdesc
• Metaclass
• Meta-information protocol
• CppReflection
• Reflection
• Introspection
• Dynamism
• Transparency
• DyReCT
• RTTI
• EDG
• GNU Compiler Collection
• LLVM
• PCCTS
• TenDRA
• ANTLR
• Loki
• SWIG
• CppFrontEnd
• Typelist
• Artefaktur (AAL)
• Abstract syntax tree (AST)
• Language syntax tree (LST)
• Semantic resolution tree (RST)
• Interpretation syntax tree (IST)
• Code generation syntax tree (CST)
• Symbol table

External links

• OpenC++ Homepage
• "A Metaobject Protocol for C++" by Shigeru Chiba
• "A metalevel architecture for dynamism and reflection in C++" by O. Jautzy and F. Lebastard
• Meta object protocol in C++, Article "Metaclasses and Reflection in C++" by Detlef Vollmann
• "A system for reflection in C++" by Duraid Madina and Russell K. Standish
• "Generic<Programming>: Typelists and Applications" by Andrei Alexandrescu
• Reflection Package for C++ by Konstantin Knizhnik
• Product "C++ Front End"
• Discussions in the group news:comp.lang.c++.*:
  • C++ parser front end
  • Bjarne Stroustrup launches 'C++0x'
  • C++ Reflection
  • Reflections in C++
  • Introspection in C++
• Article "Parsing C++" by Andrew Birkett