class RDoc::Markup::Parser

A recursive-descent parser for RDoc markup.

The parser tokenizes an input string then parses the tokens into a Document. Documents can be converted into output formats by writing a visitor like RDoc::Markup::ToHTML.

The parser only handles the block-level constructs Paragraph, List, ListItem, Heading, Verbatim, BlankLine, Rule and BlockQuote. Inline markup such as +blah+ is handled separately by RDoc::Markup::AttributeManager.

To see what markup the Parser implements read RDoc. To see how to use RDoc markup to format text in your program read RDoc::Markup.

Constants

LIST_TOKENS: List token types

Attributes

debug [RW]

Enables display of debugging information

tokens [R]

Token accessor

Public Class Methods

new ()

Creates a new Parser. See also ::parse

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 79
def initialize
  @binary_input   = nil
  @current_token  = nil
  @debug          = false
  @s              = nil
  @tokens         = []
end

parse (str)

Parses str into a Document.

Use RDoc::Markup#parse instead of this method.

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 60
def self.parse(str)
  parser = new
  parser.tokenize str
  doc = RDoc::Markup::Document.new
  parser.parse doc
end

tokenize (str)

Returns a token stream for str, for testing

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 70
def self.tokenize(str)
  parser = new
  parser.tokenize str
  parser.tokens
end

Public Instance Methods

build_heading (level)

Builds a Heading of level

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 90
def build_heading(level)
  type, text, = get

  text = case type
         when :TEXT then
           skip :NEWLINE
           text
         else
           unget
           ''
         end

  RDoc::Markup::Heading.new level, text
end

build_list (margin)

Builds a List flush to margin

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 108
def build_list(margin)
  p :list_start => margin if @debug

  list = RDoc::Markup::List.new
  label = nil

  until @tokens.empty? do
    type, data, column, = get

    case type
    when *LIST_TOKENS then
      if column < margin || (list.type && list.type != type) then
        unget
        break
      end

      list.type = type
      peek_type, _, column, = peek_token

      case type
      when :NOTE, :LABEL then
        label = [] unless label

        if peek_type == :NEWLINE then
          # description not on the same line as LABEL/NOTE
          # skip the trailing newline & any blank lines below
          while peek_type == :NEWLINE
            get
            peek_type, _, column, = peek_token
          end

          # we may be:
          #   - at end of stream
          #   - at a column < margin:
          #         [text]
          #       blah blah blah
          #   - at the same column, but with a different type of list item
          #       [text]
          #       * blah blah
          #   - at the same column, with the same type of list item
          #       [one]
          #       [two]
          # In all cases, we have an empty description.
          # In the last case only, we continue.
          if peek_type.nil? || column < margin then
            empty = true
          elsif column == margin then
            case peek_type
            when type
              empty = :continue
            when *LIST_TOKENS
              empty = true
            else
              empty = false
            end
          else
            empty = false
          end

          if empty then
            label << data
            next if empty == :continue
            break
          end
        end
      else
        data = nil
      end

      if label then
        data = label << data
        label = nil
      end

      list_item = RDoc::Markup::ListItem.new data
      parse list_item, column
      list << list_item

    else
      unget
      break
    end
  end

  p :list_end => margin if @debug

  if list.empty? then
    return nil unless label
    return nil unless [:LABEL, :NOTE].include? list.type

    list_item = RDoc::Markup::ListItem.new label, RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
    list << list_item
  end

  list
end

build_paragraph (margin)

Builds a Paragraph that is flush to margin

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 208
def build_paragraph(margin)
  p :paragraph_start => margin if @debug

  paragraph = RDoc::Markup::Paragraph.new

  until @tokens.empty? do
    type, data, column, = get

    if type == :TEXT and column == margin then
      paragraph << data

      break if peek_token.first == :BREAK

      data << ' ' if skip :NEWLINE and /#{SPACE_SEPARATED_LETTER_CLASS}\z/o.match?(data)
    else
      unget
      break
    end
  end

  paragraph.parts.last.sub!(/ \z/, '') # cleanup

  p :paragraph_end => margin if @debug

  paragraph
end

build_verbatim (margin)

Builds a Verbatim that is indented from margin.

The verbatim block is shifted left (the least indented lines start in column 0). Each part of the verbatim is one line of text, always terminated by a newline. Blank lines always consist of a single newline character, and there is never a single newline at the end of the verbatim.

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 243
def build_verbatim(margin)
  p :verbatim_begin => margin if @debug
  verbatim = RDoc::Markup::Verbatim.new

  min_indent = nil
  generate_leading_spaces = true
  line = ''.dup

  until @tokens.empty? do
    type, data, column, = get

    if type == :NEWLINE then
      line << data
      verbatim << line
      line = ''.dup
      generate_leading_spaces = true
      next
    end

    if column <= margin
      unget
      break
    end

    if generate_leading_spaces then
      indent = column - margin
      line << ' ' * indent
      min_indent = indent if min_indent.nil? || indent < min_indent
      generate_leading_spaces = false
    end

    case type
    when :HEADER then
      line << '=' * data
      _, _, peek_column, = peek_token
      peek_column ||= column + data
      indent = peek_column - column - data
      line << ' ' * indent
    when :RULE then
      width = 2 + data
      line << '-' * width
      _, _, peek_column, = peek_token
      peek_column ||= column + width
      indent = peek_column - column - width
      line << ' ' * indent
    when :BREAK, :TEXT then
      line << data
    when :BLOCKQUOTE then
      line << '>>>'
      peek_type, _, peek_column = peek_token
      if peek_type != :NEWLINE and peek_column
        line << ' ' * (peek_column - column - 3)
      end
    else # *LIST_TOKENS
      list_marker = case type
                    when :BULLET then data
                    when :LABEL  then "[#{data}]"
                    when :NOTE   then "#{data}::"
                    else # :LALPHA, :NUMBER, :UALPHA
                      "#{data}."
                    end
      line << list_marker
      peek_type, _, peek_column = peek_token
      unless peek_type == :NEWLINE then
        peek_column ||= column + list_marker.length
        indent = peek_column - column - list_marker.length
        line << ' ' * indent
      end
    end

  end

  verbatim << line << "\n" unless line.empty?
  verbatim.parts.each { |p| p.slice!(0, min_indent) unless p == "\n" } if min_indent > 0
  verbatim.normalize

  p :verbatim_end => margin if @debug

  verbatim
end

get ()

Pulls the next token from the stream.

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 327
def get
  @current_token = @tokens.shift
  p :get => @current_token if @debug
  @current_token
end

parse (parent, indent = 0)

Parses the tokens into an array of RDoc::Markup::XXX objects, and appends them to the passed parent RDoc::Markup::YYY object.

Exits at the end of the token stream, or when it encounters a token in a column less than indent (unless it is a NEWLINE).

Returns parent.

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 342
def parse(parent, indent = 0)
  p :parse_start => indent if @debug

  until @tokens.empty? do
    type, data, column, = get

    case type
    when :BREAK then
      parent << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
      skip :NEWLINE, false
      next
    when :NEWLINE then
      # trailing newlines are skipped below, so this is a blank line
      parent << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
      skip :NEWLINE, false
      next
    end

    # indentation change: break or verbatim
    if column < indent then
      unget
      break
    elsif column > indent then
      unget
      parent << build_verbatim(indent)
      next
    end

    # indentation is the same
    case type
    when :HEADER then
      parent << build_heading(data)
    when :RULE then
      parent << RDoc::Markup::Rule.new(data)
      skip :NEWLINE
    when :TEXT then
      unget
      parse_text parent, indent
    when :BLOCKQUOTE then
      nil while (type, = get; type) and type != :NEWLINE
      _, _, column, = peek_token
      bq = RDoc::Markup::BlockQuote.new
      p :blockquote_start => [data, column] if @debug
      parse bq, column
      p :blockquote_end => indent if @debug
      parent << bq
    when *LIST_TOKENS then
      unget
      parent << build_list(indent)
    else
      type, data, column, line = @current_token
      raise ParseError, "Unhandled token #{type} (#{data.inspect}) at #{line}:#{column}"
    end
  end

  p :parse_end => indent if @debug

  parent

end

peek_token ()

Returns the next token on the stream without modifying the stream

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 413
def peek_token
  token = @tokens.first || []
  p :peek => token if @debug
  token
end

setup_scanner (input)

Creates the StringScanner

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 468
def setup_scanner(input)
  @s = MyStringScanner.new input
end

skip (token_type, error = true)

Skips the next token if its type is token_type.

Optionally raises an error if the next token is not of the expected type.

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 477
def skip(token_type, error = true)
  type, = get
  return unless type # end of stream
  return @current_token if token_type == type
  unget
  raise ParseError, "expected #{token_type} got #{@current_token.inspect}" if error
end

tokenize (input)

Turns text input into a stream of tokens

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 488
def tokenize(input)
  setup_scanner input

  until @s.eos? do
    pos = @s.pos

    # leading spaces will be reflected by the column of the next token
    # the only thing we loose are trailing spaces at the end of the file
    next if @s.scan(/ +/)

    # note: after BULLET, LABEL, etc.,
    # indent will be the column of the next non-newline token

    @tokens << case
               # [CR]LF => :NEWLINE
               when @s.scan(/\r?\n/) then
                 token = [:NEWLINE, @s.matched, *pos]
                 @s.newline!
                 token
               # === text => :HEADER then :TEXT
               when @s.scan(/(=+)(\s*)/) then
                 level = @s[1].length
                 header = [:HEADER, level, *pos]

                 if @s[2] =~ /^\r?\n/ then
                   @s.unscan(@s[2])
                   header
                 else
                   pos = @s.pos
                   @s.scan(/.*/)
                   @tokens << header
                   [:TEXT, @s.matched.sub(/\r$/, ''), *pos]
                 end
               # --- (at least 3) and nothing else on the line => :RULE
               when @s.scan(/(-{3,}) *\r?$/) then
                 [:RULE, @s[1].length - 2, *pos]
               # * or - followed by white space and text => :BULLET
               when @s.scan(/([*-]) +(\S)/) then
                 @s.unscan(@s[2])
                 [:BULLET, @s[1], *pos]
               # A. text, a. text, 12. text => :UALPHA, :LALPHA, :NUMBER
               when @s.scan(/([a-z]|\d+)\. +(\S)/i) then
                 # FIXME if tab(s), the column will be wrong
                 # either support tabs everywhere by first expanding them to
                 # spaces, or assume that they will have been replaced
                 # before (and provide a check for that at least in debug
                 # mode)
                 list_label = @s[1]
                 @s.unscan(@s[2])
                 list_type =
                   case list_label
                   when /[a-z]/ then :LALPHA
                   when /[A-Z]/ then :UALPHA
                   when /\d/    then :NUMBER
                   else
                     raise ParseError, "BUG token #{list_label}"
                   end
                 [list_type, list_label, *pos]
               # [text] followed by spaces or end of line => :LABEL
               when @s.scan(/\[(.*?)\]( +|\r?$)/) then
                 [:LABEL, @s[1], *pos]
               # text:: followed by spaces or end of line => :NOTE
               when @s.scan(/(.*?)::( +|\r?$)/) then
                 [:NOTE, @s[1], *pos]
               # >>> followed by end of line => :BLOCKQUOTE
               when @s.scan(/>>> *(\w+)?$/) then
                 if word = @s[1]
                   @s.unscan(word)
                 end
                 [:BLOCKQUOTE, word, *pos]
               # anything else: :TEXT
               else
                 @s.scan(/(.*?)(  )?\r?$/)
                 token = [:TEXT, @s[1], *pos]

                 if @s[2] then
                   @tokens << token
                   [:BREAK, @s[2], pos[0] + @s[1].length, pos[1]]
                 else
                   token
                 end
               end
  end

  self
end

unget ()

Returns the current token to the token stream

# File lib/rdoc/markup/parser.rb, line 578
def unget
  token = @current_token
  p :unget => token if @debug
  raise Error, 'too many #ungets' if token == @tokens.first
  @tokens.unshift token if token
end