text-parser.js

var openChar        = '{',
    endChar         = '}',
    ESCAPE_RE       = /[-.*+?^${}()|[\]\/\\]/g,
    // lazy require
    Directive

exports.Regex = buildInterpolationRegex()

function buildInterpolationRegex () {
    var open = escapeRegex(openChar),
        end  = escapeRegex(endChar)
    return new RegExp(open + open + open + '?(.+?)' + end + '?' + end + end)
}

function escapeRegex (str) {
    return str.replace(ESCAPE_RE, '\\$&')
}

function setDelimiters (delimiters) {
    openChar = delimiters[0]
    endChar = delimiters[1]
    exports.delimiters = delimiters
    exports.Regex = buildInterpolationRegex()
}

/** 
 *  Parse a piece of text, return an array of tokens
 *  token types:
 *  1. plain string
 *  2. object with key = binding key
 *  3. object with key & html = true
 */
function parse (text) {
    if (!exports.Regex.test(text)) return null
    var m, i, token, match, tokens = []
    /* jshint boss: true */
    while (m = text.match(exports.Regex)) {
        i = m.index
        if (i > 0) tokens.push(text.slice(0, i))
        token = { key: m[1].trim() }
        match = m[0]
        token.html =
            match.charAt(2) === openChar &&
            match.charAt(match.length - 3) === endChar
        tokens.push(token)
        text = text.slice(i + m[0].length)
    }
    if (text.length) tokens.push(text)
    return tokens
}

/**
 *  Parse an attribute value with possible interpolation tags
 *  return a Directive-friendly expression
 *
 *  e.g.  a {{b}} c  =>  "a " + b + " c"
 */
function parseAttr (attr) {
    Directive = Directive || require('./directive')
    var tokens = parse(attr)
    if (!tokens) return null
    if (tokens.length === 1) return tokens[0].key
    var res = [], token
    for (var i = 0, l = tokens.length; i < l; i++) {
        token = tokens[i]
        res.push(
            token.key
                ? inlineFilters(token.key)
                : ('"' + token + '"')
        )
    }
    return res.join('+')
}

/**
 *  Inlines any possible filters in a binding
 *  so that we can combine everything into a huge expression
 */
function inlineFilters (key) {
    if (key.indexOf('|') > -1) {
        var dirs = Directive.parse(key),
            dir = dirs && dirs[0]
        if (dir && dir.filters) {
            key = Directive.inlineFilters(
                dir.key,
                dir.filters
            )
        }
    }
    return '(' + key + ')'
}

exports.parse         = parse
exports.parseAttr     = parseAttr
exports.setDelimiters = setDelimiters
exports.delimiters    = [openChar, endChar]