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# Unreal Engine Log Parser
Unreal Engine Log Parser is a Rust-based command-line tool designed to parse and filter Unreal Engine log files. It leverages the pest
parser for efficient log parsing and clap
for a user-friendly CLI interface.
§Grammar Specification
The Unreal Engine Log Parser utilizes a PEG (Parsing Expression Grammar) defined using the pest
parser generator. Below is a detailed breakdown of the grammar rules used to parse Unreal Engine log files.
§Overview
A typical Unreal Engine log line follows this structure:
[2024.04.27-12.34.56:789][ 1]LogTemp: Warning: This is a warning message.
This line consists of:
- Timestamp:
[2024.04.27-12.34.56:789]
- Frame Number:
[ 1]
- Category:
LogTemp:
- Verbosity:
Warning:
- Message:
This is a warning message.
§Grammar Rules
- Whitespace and Newline
WHITESPACE: Defines what constitutes whitespace in the log file. It includes spaces, tabs, and newlines.
WHITESPACE = _{ " " | "\t" | NEWLINE }
NEWLINE: Recognizes both Unix (\n) and Windows (\r\n) newline characters.
NEWLINE = _{ "\n" | "\r\n" }
- File Structure
file: Represents the entire log file. It starts at the beginning of the input (SOI) and consists of zero or more line entries, ending at the end of the input (EOI).
file = { SOI ~ line* ~ EOI }
- Log Line Structure
line: Defines a single log entry. Each line may optionally start with a timestamp and frame_num, followed by mandatory category, optional verbosity, and the message. An optional newline may follow.
line = { timestamp? ~ frame_num? ~ category ~ verbosity? ~ message ~ NEWLINE? }
- Timestamp Parsing
timestamp: Enclosed in square brackets, it contains the datetime.
timestamp = { "[" ~ datetime ~ "]" }
datetime: Breaks down the timestamp into its constituent parts: year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond.
datetime = { year ~ "." ~ month ~ "." ~ day ~ "-" ~ hour ~ "." ~ minute ~ "." ~ second ~ ":" ~ millisecond }
Individual Components:
year: Exactly four digits.
year = @{ ASCII_DIGIT{4} }
month, day, hour, minute, second: Exactly two digits each.
month = @{ ASCII_DIGIT{2} }
day = @{ ASCII_DIGIT{2} }
hour = @{ ASCII_DIGIT{2} }
minute = @{ ASCII_DIGIT{2} }
second = @{ ASCII_DIGIT{2} }
millisecond: Exactly three digits.
millisecond = @{ ASCII_DIGIT{3} }
- Frame Number Parsing
frame_num: Enclosed in square brackets, it contains the frame_number.
frame_num = { "[" ~ frame_number ~ "]" }
frame_number: Consists of one or more digits, potentially followed by spaces or tabs. Leading and trailing whitespace is allowed.
frame_number = @{ ws? ~ ws? ~ ASCII_DIGIT+ }
Example Matches:
[1] → 1
[ 123 ] → 123
[1 2 3] → 123
- Category Parsing
category: An identifier followed by a colon and optional whitespace.
category = { identifier ~ ":" ~ ws }
identifier: Consists of one or more alphanumeric characters, underscores, or forward slashes.
identifier = @{ (ASCII_ALPHANUMERIC | "_" | "/")+ }
Example Matches:
LogTemp:
LogRender:
- Verbosity Parsing
verbosity: A predefined verbosity string followed by a colon and optional whitespace.
verbosity = { verbosity_str ~ ":" ~ ws }
verbosity_str: Enumerates the allowed verbosity levels.
verbosity_str = { "Verbose" | "VeryVerbose" | "Display" | "Log" | "Warning" | "Error" | "Fatal" }
Allowed Values:
- Verbose
- VeryVerbose
- Display
- Log
- Warning
- Error
- Fatal
- Message Parsing message: Captures the rest of the line as the log message. It includes any character except for a newline.
Structs§
- LogEntry
- Example log: [2024.04.27-12.34.56:789][ 1]LogTemp: Warning: This is a warning message.
- LogFile
- Timestamp
- Example timestamp: [2024.04.27-12.34.56:789]
Enums§
Constants§
- VERBOSITY_
DISPLAY - VERBOSITY_
ERROR - VERBOSITY_
FATAL - VERBOSITY_
LOG - VERBOSITY_
VERBOSE - VERBOSITY_
VERY_ VERBOSE - VERBOSITY_
WARNING
Traits§
- Parser
- A trait with a single method that parses strings.