TinyBNF ::=	#ignore(JAVA) [classDeclaration]* #empty
	=> { traceLine("this file has been parsed successfully"); };
classDeclaration ::=
	IDENT:"class"
//note: the name of the class is put into the local variable \samp{sName}. Note that the first
//note: time a variable is encountered after a token, it is declared as local automatically.
	IDENT:sName
//note: we populate the parse tree as we have proceeded manually,
	=> insert project.listOfClasses[sName].name = sName;
	[
		':'
//note: the name of the parent class is put into the local variable \samp{sParent},
		IDENT:sParent
		=> {
//note: the parent class must have been declared before: the item is searched into the list
//note: of classes,
			if !findElement(sParent, project.listOfClasses)
				error("class '" + sParent + "' should have been declared before");
//note: we populate the parse tree as we have proceeded manually,
			ref project.listOfClasses[sName].parent = project.listOfClasses[sParent];
		}
	]?
//note: clauses may accept parameters; here, the current class is passed to \samp{classBody}
//note: that will populate it with attributes,
	classBody(project.listOfClasses[sName]);
//note: the clause \samp{classBody} expects a parameter as a node; a parameter may be passed
//note: as \samp{value} or \samp{node} or \samp{reference},
classBody(myClass : node) ::=
	'{' [attributeDeclaration(myClass)]* '}';
//note: little exercise: complete the clause \samp{attributeDeclaration} that takes in charge
//note: of parsing an attribute of the class given to the argument \textit{myClass},
attributeDeclaration(myClass : node) ::=
//note: remember that you must parse the class name of the association here (attribute
//note: \textit{myClass.listOfAttributes\#back.class} refers to the associated class),
	IDENT
//note: remember that you must parse the multiplicity of the association here (attribute
//note: \textit{myClass.listOfAttributes\#back.isArray} is worth \samp{true} if \textbf{'[]'} is present),
	['[' ']']?
//note: remember that you must parse the name of the association here (to put into attribute
//note: \textit{myClass.listOfAttributes\#back.name}),
	IDENT;
IDENT ::= #!ignore ['a'..'z'|'A'..'Z']+;