Irony parse null value in c#

Question

I am looking for a way to parse a string (key-value pair) that has null value. I am using Irony nuget in c#.

Example string 1: key = "value"

Example string 2: key = null

I am able to parse Example string 1 using the below way:

var stringLiteral = new StringLiteral("String", "\"");
var filterRule = new BnfExpression();
filterRule |= ((new NonTerminal("Key") { Rule = "Key" }) + (new NonTerminal("ComparisonOp")) + stringLiteral);

I am not quite sure with Example string 2. Is there actually a way to parse nullable values in Irony?

you could check for string.isnullorempty then change it to empty? — Leandro Bardelli, Apr 10 '23 at 19:50
Yes but this is just an example string. The actual string comes from user fields and I can’t traverse and check for null value and replace it with empty string as the string can be way more complex. I am just looking for a way of doing this similar to StringLiteral — Deepak, Apr 10 '23 at 20:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 11 '23 at 11:21

I guess I found an answer to this. Posting here so someone with the same requirement can get it.

var nullLiteral = new RegexBasedTerminal("Nullable", "(NULL)");
var filterRule = new BnfExpression();
filterRule |= ((new NonTerminal("Key") { Rule = "Key" }) + (new NonTerminal("ComparisonOp")) + nullLiteral );

This regular expression gets the null match and then you can parse without errors.

Irony parse null value in c#

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