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Yacc equivalent for Java

I'm working on a compiler design project in Java. Lexical analysis is done (using jflex) and I'm wondering which yacc-like tool would be best(most efficient, easiest to use, etc.) for doing syntactical analysis and why.

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  • If you specifically want YACC-like behavior (table-driven), the only one I know is CUP.

    In the Java world, it seems that more people lean toward recursive descent parsers like ANTLR or JavaCC.

    And efficiency is seldom a reason to pick a parser generator.