Implementing transpiler for python code output

[mnoomnoo]

I was looking at Implementing ITranspilerSink to produce python code.

I looked at MtconnectTranspiler.Sinks.CSharp as an example and had a few questions:

• Whats the main difference between MtconnectTranspiler.Sinks.CSharp and MtconnectTranspiler.Sinks.CSharp.Example ?
• Do I need to create a project similar to MtconnectTranspiler.Sinks.CSharp but for python in order to produce a foundation for my implementation?
  • The classes under Contracts/Interfaces like the IClass.cs or the *.cs files under Models ; would I need to impl those for python? IClass.py, or Models/Classes/DataItemTypes/EventClass.py , etc ?
• Should my focus be on writing python templates within MtconnectTranspiler.Sinks.CSharp.Example ? Then running the exe with those new templates?

Thanks.

[tbm0115]

@mnoomnoo The transpiler architecture has changed as we transition from v2.4 to v2.5. In the latest release, the MtconnectTranspiler.Sinks.CSharp project is now intended to be a full representation of the MTConnect standard in C#. So, if you're more familiar with the C# language, you can traverse the standard using the MtconnectTranspiler.Sinks.CSharp library (available on NuGet).

If you're not [as] familiar with C#, then the MtconnectTranspiler.Sinks.CSharp.Example serves as an example of how to use the MtconnectTranspiler library to represent the MTConnect standard in another language (like Python). The MTConnect Institute aims to offer a full representation of the standard in Python and C++, similar to what we've done with MtconnectTranspiler.Sinks.CSharp.

My recommendation

For your use case, I would recommend referencing the MtconnectCore (view) project's latest transpiler implementation to generate the representations for MTConnect Types/SubTypes in Python.

Do you have an example of the .py template you're looking to generate?

[mnoomnoo]

I don't have an example template at this moment.

Thanks for the reference to the MtconnectCore's transpiler sink example.

I'll check it out and see if I can get a python transpiler working.

Thanks