diff -r 752ec68da94d -r bbd1e1744c91 plcopen/VariableInfoCollector.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/plcopen/VariableInfoCollector.py	Tue Feb 20 11:24:10 2018 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# This file is part of Beremiz.
+# See COPYING file for copyrights details.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from plcopen.XSLTModelQuery import XSLTModelQuery, _StringValue, _BoolValue, _translate_args
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#                 Helpers object for generating pou var list
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class _VariableInfos(object):
+    __slots__ = ["Name", "Class", "Option", "Location", "InitialValue",
+                 "Edit", "Documentation", "Type", "Tree", "Number"]
+
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        for attr, value in zip(self.__slots__, args):
+            setattr(self, attr, value if value is not None else "")
+
+    def copy(self):
+        return _VariableInfos(*[getattr(self, attr) for attr in self.__slots__])
+
+
+class VariablesInfosFactory(object):
+    """ Helpers object for generating pou var list """
+
+    def __init__(self, variables):
+        self.Variables = variables
+        self.TreeStack = []
+        self.Type = None
+        self.Dimensions = None
+
+    def SetType(self, context, *args):
+        self.Type = args[0][0]
+
+    def GetType(self):
+        if len(self.Dimensions) > 0:
+            return ("array", self.Type, self.Dimensions)
+        return self.Type
+
+    def GetTree(self):
+        return (self.TreeStack.pop(-1), self.Dimensions)
+
+    def AddDimension(self, context, *args):
+        self.Dimensions.append(tuple(
+            _translate_args([_StringValue] * 2, args)))
+
+    def AddTree(self, context, *args):
+        self.TreeStack.append([])
+        self.Dimensions = []
+
+    def AddVarToTree(self, context, *args):
+        var = (args[0][0], self.Type, self.GetTree())
+        self.TreeStack[-1].append(var)
+
+    def AddVariable(self, context, *args):
+        self.Variables.append(_VariableInfos(*(
+            _translate_args([_StringValue] * 5 + [_BoolValue] + [_StringValue], args) +
+            [self.GetType(), self.GetTree()])))
+
+
+class VariableInfoCollector(XSLTModelQuery):
+    def __init__(self, controller):
+        XSLTModelQuery.__init__(self,
+                                controller,
+                                "variables_infos.xslt",
+                                [(name, self.FactoryCaller(name)) 
+                                    for name in [
+                                        "SetType",
+                                        "AddDimension",
+                                        "AddTree",
+                                        "AddVarToTree",
+                                        "AddVariable"]])
+
+    def FactoryCaller(self, funcname):
+        def CallFactory(*args):
+            return getattr(self.factory, funcname)(*args)
+        return CallFactory
+
+    def Collect(self, root, debug, variables, tree):
+        self.factory = VariablesInfosFactory(variables)
+        self._process_xslt(root, debug, tree=str(tree))
+        res = self.factory
+        self.factory = None
+        return res
+