The tool =koala-normalize= performs Koala normalizations without code generation. It takes a Koala composition as input and produces an abstract syntax tree (AST) of the normalized Koala composition as output.

<pre>
	koala-normalize -I &lt;directory with Koala components> \\

						 -i &lt;top-level component> \\

						 -o composition.af
</pre>

The output of =koala-normalize= can be connected to the input of additional (third-party) backends. This way, support for new languanges in addition to C can be added, or new levels of composition can be defined (see http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/Merijn/PaperMultiLevelComponentComposition).

As a simple example, the output can be connected to a pretty-printer:

<pre>
	pp-koala -i composition.af
</pre>

If certain normalization steps are not needed, they can be turned off with the '--no' switchs. E.g.,

<pre>
	koala-normalize -I &lt;directory with Koala components> \\

						 -i &lt;top-level component> \\

						 -o composition.af \\

						 --no koala-pruner
</pre>

The list of normalization steps can be obtained with the '--help' switch. Note that disabling arbitrary normalization steps may yield unpredictable results. Use with care.



-- Main.MerijnDeJonge - 22 Dec 2004