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;;; -*- Mode: LISP; Syntax: COMMON-LISP; Package: CL-PPCRE; Base: 10 -*-
;;; $Header: /usr/local/cvsrep/cl-ppcre/regex-class.lisp,v 1.31 2007/01/01 23:43:10 edi Exp $

;;; This file defines the REGEX class and some utility methods for
;;; this class. REGEX objects are used to represent the (transformed)
;;; parse trees internally

;;; Copyright (c) 2002-2007, Dr. Edmund Weitz. All rights reserved.

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(in-package #:cl-ppcre)

;; Genera need the eval-when, here, or the types created by the class
;; definitions aren't seen by the typep calls later in the file.
(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
  (locally
    (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
    (defclass regex ()
         ()
      (:documentation "The REGEX base class. All other classes inherit
from this one."
)
)



    (defclass seq (regex)
         ((elements :initarg :elements
                    :accessor elements
                    :type cons
                    :documentation "A list of REGEX objects."
)
)

      (:documentation "SEQ objects represents sequences of
regexes. (Like
\"ab\" is the sequence of \"a\" and \"b\".)"
)
)


    (defclass alternation (regex)
         ((choices :initarg :choices
                   :accessor choices
                   :type cons
                   :documentation "A list of REGEX objects"
)
)

      (:documentation "ALTERNATION objects represent alternations of
regexes. (Like
\"a|b\" ist the alternation of \"a\" or \"b\".)"
)
)


    (defclass lookahead (regex)
         ((regex :initarg :regex
                 :accessor regex
                 :documentation "The REGEX object we're checking."
)

          (positivep :initarg :positivep
                     :reader positivep
                     :documentation "Whether this assertion is positive."
)
)

      (:documentation "LOOKAHEAD objects represent look-ahead assertions.")
)


    (defclass lookbehind (regex)
         ((regex :initarg :regex
                 :accessor regex
                 :documentation "The REGEX object we're checking."
)

          (positivep :initarg :positivep
                     :reader positivep
                     :documentation "Whether this assertion is positive."
)

          (len :initarg :len
               :accessor len
               :type fixnum
               :documentation "The (fixed) length of the enclosed regex."
)
)

      (:documentation "LOOKBEHIND objects represent look-behind assertions.")
)


    (defclass repetition (regex)
         ((regex :initarg :regex
                 :accessor regex
                 :documentation "The REGEX that's repeated."
)

          (greedyp :initarg :greedyp
                   :reader greedyp
                   :documentation "Whether the repetition is greedy."
)

          (minimum :initarg :minimum
                   :accessor minimum
                   :type fixnum
                   :documentation "The minimal number of repetitions."
)

          (maximum :initarg :maximum
                   :accessor maximum
                   :documentation "The maximal number of repetitions.
Can be NIL for unbounded."
)

          (min-len :initarg :min-len
                   :reader min-len
                   :documentation "The minimal length of the enclosed regex."
)

          (len :initarg :len
               :reader len
               :documentation "The length of the enclosed regex. NIL
if unknown."
)

          (min-rest :initform 0
                    :accessor min-rest
                    :type fixnum
                    :documentation "The minimal number of characters which must
appear after this repetition."
)

          (contains-register-p :initarg :contains-register-p
                               :reader contains-register-p
                               :documentation "If the regex contains a register."
)
)

      (:documentation "REPETITION objects represent repetitions of regexes.")
)


    (defclass register (regex)
         ((regex :initarg :regex
                 :accessor regex
                 :documentation "The inner regex."
)

          (num :initarg :num
               :reader num
               :type fixnum
               :documentation "The number of this register, starting from 0.
This is the index into *REGS-START* and *REGS-END*."
)
)

      (:documentation "REGISTER objects represent register groups.")
)


    (defclass standalone (regex)
         ((regex :initarg :regex
                 :accessor regex
                 :documentation "The inner regex."
)
)

      (:documentation "A standalone regular expression.")
)

  
    (defclass back-reference (regex)
         ((num :initarg :num
               :accessor num
               :type fixnum
               :documentation "The number of the register this
reference refers to."
)

          (case-insensitive-p :initarg :case-insensitive-p
                              :reader case-insensitive-p
                              :documentation "Whether we check
case-insensitively."
)
)

      (:documentation "BACK-REFERENCE objects represent backreferences.")
)


    (defclass char-class (regex)
         ((hash :initarg :hash
                :reader hash
                :type (or hash-table null)
                :documentation "A hash table the keys of which are the
characters; the values are always T."
)

          (case-insensitive-p :initarg :case-insensitive-p
                              :reader case-insensitive-p
                              :documentation "If the char class
case-insensitive."
)

          (invertedp :initarg :invertedp
                     :reader invertedp
                     :documentation "Whether we mean the inverse of
the char class."
)

          (word-char-class-p :initarg :word-char-class-p
                             :reader word-char-class-p
                             :documentation "Whether this CHAR CLASS
represents the special class WORD-CHAR-CLASS."
)
)

      (:documentation "CHAR-CLASS objects represent character classes.")
)


    (defclass str (regex)
         ((str :initarg :str
               :accessor str
               :type string
               :documentation "The actual string."
)

          (len :initform 0
               :accessor len
               :type fixnum
               :documentation "The length of the string."
)

          (case-insensitive-p :initarg :case-insensitive-p
                              :reader case-insensitive-p
                              :documentation "If we match case-insensitively."
)

          (offset :initform nil
                  :accessor offset
                  :documentation "Offset from the left of the whole
parse tree. The first regex has offset 0. NIL if unknown, i.e. behind
a variable-length regex."
)

          (skip :initform nil
                :initarg :skip
                :accessor skip
                :documentation "If we can avoid testing for this
string because the SCAN function has done this already."
)

          (start-of-end-string-p :initform nil
                                 :accessor start-of-end-string-p
                                 :documentation "If this is the unique
STR which starts END-STRING (a slot of MATCHER)."
)
)

      (:documentation "STR objects represent string.")
)


    (defclass anchor (regex)
         ((startp :initarg :startp
                  :reader startp
                  :documentation "Whether this is a \"start anchor\"."
)

          (multi-line-p :initarg :multi-line-p
                        :reader multi-line-p
                        :documentation "Whether we're in multi-line mode,
i.e. whether each #
\\Newline is surrounded by anchors."
)

          (no-newline-p :initarg :no-newline-p
                        :reader no-newline-p
                        :documentation "Whether we ignore #\\Newline at the end."
)
)

      (:documentation "ANCHOR objects represent anchors like \"^\" or \"$\".")
)


    (defclass everything (regex)
         ((single-line-p :initarg :single-line-p
                         :reader single-line-p
                         :documentation "Whether we're in single-line mode,
i.e. whether we also match #
\\Newline."
)
)

      (:documentation "EVERYTHING objects represent regexes matching
\"everything\", i.e. dots."
)
)


    (defclass word-boundary (regex)
         ((negatedp :initarg :negatedp
                    :reader negatedp
                    :documentation "Whether we mean the opposite,
i.e. no word-boundary."
)
)

      (:documentation "WORD-BOUNDARY objects represent word-boundary assertions.")
)


    (defclass branch (regex)
         ((test :initarg :test
                :accessor test
                :documentation "The test of this branch, one of
LOOKAHEAD, LOOKBEHIND, or a number."
)

          (then-regex :initarg :then-regex
                      :accessor then-regex
                      :documentation "The regex that's to be matched if the
test succeeds."
)

          (else-regex :initarg :else-regex
                      :initform (make-instance 'void)
                      :accessor else-regex
                      :documentation "The regex that's to be matched if the
test fails."
)
)

      (:documentation "BRANCH objects represent Perl's conditional regular
expressions."
)
)

    
    (defclass filter (regex)
         ((fn :initarg :fn
              :accessor fn
              :type (or function symbol)
              :documentation "The user-defined function."
)

          (len :initarg :len
               :reader len
               :documentation "The fixed length of this filter or NIL."
)
)

      (:documentation "FILTER objects represent arbitrary functions
defined by the user."
)
)


    (defclass void (regex)
         ()
      (:documentation "VOID objects represent empty regular expressions.")
)
)
)


(defmethod initialize-instance :after ((char-class char-class) &rest init-args)
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  "Make large hash tables smaller, if possible."
  (let ((hash (getf init-args :hash)))
    (when (and hash
               (> *regex-char-code-limit* 256)
               (> (hash-table-count hash)
                  (/ *regex-char-code-limit* 2)
)
)

      (setf (slot-value char-class 'hash)
              (merge-inverted-hash (make-hash-table)
                                   hash
)

            (slot-value char-class 'invertedp)
              (not (slot-value char-class 'invertedp))
)
)
)
)


(defmethod initialize-instance :after ((str str) &rest init-args)
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (declare (ignore init-args))
  "Automatically computes the length of a STR after initialization."
  (let ((str-slot (slot-value str 'str)))
    (unless (typep str-slot 'simple-string)
      (setf (slot-value str 'str) (coerce str-slot 'simple-string))
)
)

  (setf (len str) (length (str str)))
)


;;; The following four methods allow a VOID object to behave like a
;;; zero-length STR object (only readers needed)

(defmethod len ((void void))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  0
)


(defmethod str ((void void))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ""
)


(defmethod skip ((void void))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  nil
)


(defmethod start-of-end-string-p ((void void))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  nil
)


(defgeneric case-mode (regex old-case-mode)
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (:documentation "Utility function used by the optimizer (see GATHER-STRINGS).
Returns a keyword denoting the case-(in)sensitivity of a STR or its
second argument if the STR has length 0. Returns NIL for REGEX objects
which are not of type STR."
)
)


(defmethod case-mode ((str str) old-case-mode)
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (cond ((zerop (len str))
          old-case-mode
)

        ((case-insensitive-p str)
          :case-insensitive
)

        (t
          :case-sensitive
)
)
)


(defmethod case-mode ((regex regex) old-case-mode)
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (declare (ignore old-case-mode))
  nil
)


(defgeneric copy-regex (regex)
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (:documentation "Implements a deep copy of a REGEX object.")
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((anchor anchor))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'anchor
                 :startp (startp anchor)
                 :multi-line-p (multi-line-p anchor)
                 :no-newline-p (no-newline-p anchor)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((everything everything))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'everything
                 :single-line-p (single-line-p everything)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((word-boundary word-boundary))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'word-boundary
                 :negatedp (negatedp word-boundary)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((void void))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'void)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((lookahead lookahead))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'lookahead
                 :regex (copy-regex (regex lookahead))
                 :positivep (positivep lookahead)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((seq seq))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'seq
                 :elements (mapcar #'copy-regex (elements seq))
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((alternation alternation))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'alternation
                 :choices (mapcar #'copy-regex (choices alternation))
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((branch branch))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (with-slots (test)
      branch
    (make-instance 'branch
                   :test (if (typep test 'regex)
                           (copy-regex test)
                           test
)

                   :then-regex (copy-regex (then-regex branch))
                   :else-regex (copy-regex (else-regex branch))
)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((lookbehind lookbehind))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'lookbehind
                 :regex (copy-regex (regex lookbehind))
                 :positivep (positivep lookbehind)
                 :len (len lookbehind)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((repetition repetition))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'repetition
                 :regex (copy-regex (regex repetition))
                 :greedyp (greedyp repetition)
                 :minimum (minimum repetition)
                 :maximum (maximum repetition)
                 :min-len (min-len repetition)
                 :len (len repetition)
                 :contains-register-p (contains-register-p repetition)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((register register))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'register
                 :regex (copy-regex (regex register))
                 :num (num register)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((standalone standalone))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'standalone
                 :regex (copy-regex (regex standalone))
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((back-reference back-reference))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'back-reference
                 :num (num back-reference)
                 :case-insensitive-p (case-insensitive-p back-reference)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((char-class char-class))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'char-class
                 :hash (hash char-class)
                 :case-insensitive-p (case-insensitive-p char-class)
                 :invertedp (invertedp char-class)
                 :word-char-class-p (word-char-class-p char-class)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((str str))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'str
                 :str (str str)
                 :case-insensitive-p (case-insensitive-p str)
)
)


(defmethod copy-regex ((filter filter))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'filter
                 :fn (fn filter)
                 :len (len filter)
)
)


;;; Note that COPY-REGEX and REMOVE-REGISTERS could have easily been
;;; wrapped into one function. Maybe in the next release...

;;; Further note that this function is used by CONVERT to factor out
;;; complicated repetitions, i.e. cases like
;;;   (a)* -> (?:a*(a))?
;;; This won't work for, say,
;;;   ((a)|(b))* -> (?:(?:a|b)*((a)|(b)))?
;;; and therefore we stop REGISTER removal once we see an ALTERNATION.

(defgeneric remove-registers (regex)
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (:documentation "Returns a deep copy of a REGEX (see COPY-REGEX) and
optionally removes embedded REGISTER objects if possible and if the
special variable REMOVE-REGISTERS-P is true."
)
)


(defmethod remove-registers ((register register))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (declare (special remove-registers-p reg-seen))
  (cond (remove-registers-p
          (remove-registers (regex register))
)

        (t
          ;; mark REG-SEEN as true so enclosing REPETITION objects
         ;; (see method below) know if they contain a register or not
         (setq reg-seen t)
          (copy-regex register)
)
)
)


(defmethod remove-registers ((repetition repetition))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (let* (reg-seen
         (inner-regex (remove-registers (regex repetition)))
)

    ;; REMOVE-REGISTERS will set REG-SEEN (see method above) if
   ;; (REGEX REPETITION) contains a REGISTER
   (declare (special reg-seen))
    (make-instance 'repetition
                   :regex inner-regex
                   :greedyp (greedyp repetition)
                   :minimum (minimum repetition)
                   :maximum (maximum repetition)
                   :min-len (min-len repetition)
                   :len (len repetition)
                   :contains-register-p reg-seen
)
)
)


(defmethod remove-registers ((standalone standalone))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'standalone
                 :regex (remove-registers (regex standalone))
)
)


(defmethod remove-registers ((lookahead lookahead))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'lookahead
                 :regex (remove-registers (regex lookahead))
                 :positivep (positivep lookahead)
)
)


(defmethod remove-registers ((lookbehind lookbehind))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'lookbehind
                 :regex (remove-registers (regex lookbehind))
                 :positivep (positivep lookbehind)
                 :len (len lookbehind)
)
)


(defmethod remove-registers ((branch branch))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (with-slots (test)
      branch
    (make-instance 'branch
                   :test (if (typep test 'regex)
                           (remove-registers test)
                           test
)

                   :then-regex (remove-registers (then-regex branch))
                   :else-regex (remove-registers (else-regex branch))
)
)
)


(defmethod remove-registers ((alternation alternation))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (declare (special remove-registers-p))
  ;; an ALTERNATION, so we can't remove REGISTER objects further down
 (setq remove-registers-p nil)
  (copy-regex alternation)
)


(defmethod remove-registers ((regex regex))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (copy-regex regex)
)


(defmethod remove-registers ((seq seq))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (make-instance 'seq
                 :elements (mapcar #'remove-registers (elements seq))
)
)


(defgeneric everythingp (regex)
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (:documentation "Returns an EVERYTHING object if REGEX is equivalent
to this object, otherwise NIL. So,
\"(.){1}\" would return true
(i.e. the object corresponding to
\".\", for example."
)
)


(defmethod everythingp ((seq seq))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; we might have degenerate cases like (:SEQUENCE :VOID ...)
 ;; due to the parsing process
 (let ((cleaned-elements (remove-if #'(lambda (element)
                                         (typep element 'void)
)

                                     (elements seq)
)
)
)

    (and (= 1 (length cleaned-elements))
         (everythingp (first cleaned-elements))
)
)
)


(defmethod everythingp ((alternation alternation))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (with-slots (choices)
      alternation
    (and (= 1 (length choices))
         ;; this is unlikely to happen for human-generated regexes,
        ;; but machine-generated ones might look like this
        (everythingp (first choices))
)
)
)


(defmethod everythingp ((repetition repetition))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (with-slots (maximum minimum regex)
      repetition
    (and maximum
         (= 1 minimum maximum)
         ;; treat "<regex>{1,1}" like "<regex>"
        (everythingp regex)
)
)
)


(defmethod everythingp ((register register))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (everythingp (regex register))
)


(defmethod everythingp ((standalone standalone))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (everythingp (regex standalone))
)


(defmethod everythingp ((everything everything))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  everything
)


(defmethod everythingp ((regex regex))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; the general case for ANCHOR, BACK-REFERENCE, BRANCH, CHAR-CLASS,
 ;; LOOKAHEAD, LOOKBEHIND, STR, VOID, FILTER, and WORD-BOUNDARY
 nil
)


(defgeneric regex-length (regex)
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (:documentation "Return the length of REGEX if it is fixed, NIL otherwise.")
)


(defmethod regex-length ((seq seq))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; simply add all inner lengths unless one of them is NIL
 (loop for sub-regex in (elements seq)
        for len = (regex-length sub-regex)
        if (not len) do (return nil)
        sum len
)
)


(defmethod regex-length ((alternation alternation))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; only return a true value if all inner lengths are non-NIL and
 ;; mutually equal
 (loop for sub-regex in (choices alternation)
        for old-len = nil then len
        for len = (regex-length sub-regex)
        if (or (not len)
               (and old-len (/= len old-len))
)
do (return nil)
        finally (return len)
)
)


(defmethod regex-length ((branch branch))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; only return a true value if both alternations have a length and
 ;; if they're equal
 (let ((then-length (regex-length (then-regex branch))))
    (and then-length
         (eql then-length (regex-length (else-regex branch)))
         then-length
)
)
)


(defmethod regex-length ((repetition repetition))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; we can only compute the length of a REPETITION object if the
 ;; number of repetitions is fixed; note that we don't call
 ;; REGEX-LENGTH for the inner regex, we assume that the LEN slot is
 ;; always set correctly
 (with-slots (len minimum maximum)
      repetition
    (if (and len
             (eql minimum maximum)
)

      (* minimum len)
      nil
)
)
)


(defmethod regex-length ((register register))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (regex-length (regex register))
)


(defmethod regex-length ((standalone standalone))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (regex-length (regex standalone))
)


(defmethod regex-length ((back-reference back-reference))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; with enough effort we could possibly do better here, but
 ;; currently we just give up and return NIL
 nil
)

    
(defmethod regex-length ((char-class char-class))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  1
)


(defmethod regex-length ((everything everything))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  1
)


(defmethod regex-length ((str str))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (len str)
)


(defmethod regex-length ((filter filter))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (len filter)
)


(defmethod regex-length ((regex regex))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; the general case for ANCHOR, LOOKAHEAD, LOOKBEHIND, VOID, and
 ;; WORD-BOUNDARY (which all have zero-length)
 0
)


(defgeneric regex-min-length (regex)
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (:documentation "Returns the minimal length of REGEX.")
)


(defmethod regex-min-length ((seq seq))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; simply add all inner minimal lengths
 (loop for sub-regex in (elements seq)
        for len = (regex-min-length sub-regex)
        sum len
)
)


(defmethod regex-min-length ((alternation alternation))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; minimal length of an alternation is the minimal length of the
 ;; "shortest" element
 (loop for sub-regex in (choices alternation)
        for len = (regex-min-length sub-regex)
        minimize len
)
)


(defmethod regex-min-length ((branch branch))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; minimal length of both alternations
 (min (regex-min-length (then-regex branch))
       (regex-min-length (else-regex branch))
)
)


(defmethod regex-min-length ((repetition repetition))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  ;; obviously the product of the inner minimal length and the minimal
 ;; number of repetitions
 (* (minimum repetition) (min-len repetition))
)

    
(defmethod regex-min-length ((register register))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (regex-min-length (regex register))
)

    
(defmethod regex-min-length ((standalone standalone))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (regex-min-length (regex standalone))
)

    
(defmethod regex-min-length ((char-class char-class))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  1
)


(defmethod regex-min-length ((everything everything))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  1
)


(defmethod regex-min-length ((str str))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (len str)
)

    
(defmethod regex-min-length ((filter filter))
  (declare #.*standard-optimize-settings*)
  (