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+/*  zweic -- a compiler for zwei
+ *
+ *  Stephane Micheloud & LAMP
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ */
+
+package zweic;
+
+
+/**
+ * A small parser test class; it reads in a file and prints out
+ * every/the first syntax error that is found. Programs which
+ * do not yield error messages are supposed to be syntactically
+ * correct.
+ *
+ * usage: scala zweic.ParserTest <file.zwei>
+ */
+object ParserTest {
+  import java.io.{FileInputStream, IOException};
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    if (args.length == 0) {
+      Console.println("usage: scala zweic.ParserTest <file.zwei>");
+      System.exit(1)
+    }
+    try {
+      val in = new FileInputStream(args(0));
+      new Parser(in).parse;
+      in.close();
+      if (Report.errors > 0)
+        System.err.println(Report.errors + " errors found." );
+      System.exit(if (Report.errors > 0) 1 else 0);
+    }
+    catch {
+      case e: IOException => Report.fail(e.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
+}