/* expr.c - an expression class. * This module contains all code needed to represent expressions. Most * importantly, that means code to parse and execute them. Expressions * heavily depend on (loadable) functions, so it works in conjunction * with the function manager. * * Module begun 2007-11-30 by Rainer Gerhards * * Copyright 2007 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH. * * This file is part of rsyslog. * * Rsyslog is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Rsyslog is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with Rsyslog. If not, see . * * A copy of the GPL can be found in the file "COPYING" in this distribution. */ /* This is the syntax of an expression. I keep it as inline documentation * as this enhances the chance that it is updates should there be a change. * * expr = (simple-string / template-string / function / property) [* expr ] * simple-string = "'" chars "'" * template-string = '"' template-as--1.19.11-and-below '"' * ; string as used in previous $template directive * function = function-name "(" expr ")" * property = [list of property names] */ /* vi:set ai: */