Patent Document ID: 9367290
Application ID: 14686998

Base Claim:
1. A method for parsing a domain-specific language (DSL) statement, the method comprising: accessing, by one or more processors, a DSL statement that includes contracted phrases; identifying, by one or more processors, one or more contracted phrases in the DSL statement utilizing an annotated domain vocabulary for a DSL associated with the DSL statement and grammar rules for the DSL; determining, by one or more processors, expanded phrases corresponding to the identified one or more contracted phrases based on the annotated domain vocabulary and the grammar rules; creating, by one or more processors, an expanded abstract syntax tree (AST) that is representative of the DSL statement with the determined expanded phrases replacing the identified one or more contracted phrases; determining, by one or more processors, whether the expanded AST includes any contracted phrases; and responsive to determining that the expanded AST does include contracted phrases, identifying, by one or more processors, one or more contracted phrases in the expanded AST utilizing the annotated domain vocabulary for the DSL and the grammar rules for the DSL.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: identifying, by one or more processors, operators in the DSL statement that are associated with annotations in the annotated domain vocabulary; and determining, by one or more processors, extensions to add to the annotated domain vocabulary based on the identified operators.