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JavaCC (Java Compiler Compiler) is a parser generator for the Java programming language. JavaCC is similar to Yacc in that it generates a parser for a grammar provided in BNF notation, except the output is Java source code.
In 1996, Sun Microsystems released a parser generator called Jack. The developers responsible for Jack created their own company called Metamata and changed the Jack name to JavaCC. Metamata eventually became part of