package YAPE::Regex; use YAPE::Regex::Element; use Text::Balanced 'extract_codeblock'; use Carp; use strict; use vars '$VERSION'; $VERSION = '3.03'; my $valid_POSIX = qr{ alpha | alnum | ascii | cntrl | digit | graph | lower | print | punct | space | upper | word | xdigit }x; my $ok_cc_REx = qr{ \\([0-3][0-7]{2}) | # octal escapes \\x([a-fA-F0-9]{2}|\{[a-fA-F0-9]+\}) | # hex escapes \\c(.) | # control characters \\([nrftbae]) | # known \X sequences \\N\{([^\}]+)\} | # named characters (\\[wWdDsS]) | # regex macros \\[Pp]([A-Za-z]|\{[a-zA-Z]+\}) | # utf8 macros \[:\^?([a-zA-Z]+):\] | # POSIX macros \\?(.) # anything else }xs; my %pat = ( Pcomment => qr{ \( \? \# ( [^)]* ) \) }x, Xcomment => qr{ \# [^\S\n]* ( .* \n ) }x, Pflags => qr{ \( \? ([isxm]*)-?([ismx]*) \) }x, Pahead => qr{ \( \? ( [=!] ) }x, Pbehind => qr{ \( \? < ( [=!] ) }x, Pcond => qr{ \( \? (?: \( (\d+) \) | (?= \( \? (?: qr{ \( \? > }x, Pgroup => qr{ \( \? ([isxm]*)-?([ismx]*) : }x, Pcapture => qr{ \( (?! \? ) }x, Pcode => qr{ \( \? (?= \{ ) }x, Plater => qr{ \( \? \? (?= \{ ) }x, Pclose => qr{ \) }x, quant => qr{ ( (?: [+*?] | \{ \d+ ,? \d* \} ) ) }x, ngreed => qr{ ( \? ) }x, anchor => qr{ ( \\ [ABbGZz] | [\^\$] ) }x, macro => qr{ \\ ( [dDwWsS] ) }x, oct => qr{ \\ ( [0-3] [0-7] [0-7] ) }x, hex => qr{ \\ x ( [a-fA-F0-9]{2} ) }x, utf8hex => qr{ \\ x \{ ( [a-fA-F0-9]+ ) \} }x, backref => qr{ \\ ( [1-9] \d* ) }x, ctrl => qr{ \\ c ( . ) }x, named => qr{ \\ N \{ ( [^\}]+ ) \} }x, Cchar => qr{ \\ C }x, slash => qr{ \\ ( . ) }x, any => qr{ \. }x, class => qr{ \\ ([Pp]) ( [A-Za-z] | \{ [a-zA-Z]+ \} ) | \[ ( \^? ) ( \]? [^][\\]* (?: (?: \[:\w+:\] | \[ (?!:) | \\. ) [^][\\]* )* ) \] }x, nws => qr{ ( (?: [^\s^\$|\\+*?()\[.\{]+ | \{ (?! \d+ ,? \d* \} ) )+ ) }x, reg => qr{ ( (?: [^^\$|\\+*?()\[.\{] | \{ (?! \d+ ,? \d* \} ) )+ ) }x, alt => qr{ \| }x, ); sub import { shift; my @obj = qw( anchor macro oct hex utf8hex backref ctrl named Cchar slash any class text alt comment whitespace flags lookahead lookbehind conditional group capture code later close cut ); no strict 'refs'; for my $class ('YAPE::Regex', @_) { (my $file = $class . ".pm") =~ s!::!/!g; require $file and $class->import if not $INC{$file}; if ($class ne 'YAPE::Regex') { push @{"${class}::ISA"}, 'YAPE::Regex'; push @{"${class}::${_}::ISA"}, "YAPE::Regex::$_", "${class}::Element" for @obj; } push @{"${class}::${_}::ISA"}, 'YAPE::Regex::Element' for @obj; } } sub new { my ($class, $regex) = @_; croak "no regex given to $class->new" if not defined $regex or length($regex) == 0; eval { local $^W; $regex = qr/$regex/ } if ref($regex) ne 'Regexp'; $regex = "(?-imsx:$regex)" if $@; my $self = bless { TREE => [], TREE_STACK => [], CAPTURE => [], CONTENT => "$regex", DEPTH => 0, }, $class; $self->{CURRENT} = $self->{TREE}; return $self; } sub state { $_[0]{STATE} } sub error { $_[0]{ERROR} } sub depth { $_[0]{DEPTH} } sub chunk { substr $_[0]{CONTENT}, 0, $_[1] || 30 } sub done { $_[0]{STATE} eq 'done' } sub root { $_[0]{TREE}[0] } sub top { $_[0]{TREE}[0] } sub parse { 1 while $_[0]->next } sub display { $_[0]->parse; $_[0]{TREE}[0]->fullstring if $_[0]->done; } sub next { my $self = shift; $self->{STATE} = 'done', return unless length $self->{CONTENT}; if ( @{$self->{TREE_STACK}} and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE}{x} and $self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^(\s+)// ) { my $node = (ref($self) . "::whitespace")->new($1); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Pcomment}//) { my $node = (ref($self) . "::comment")->new($1,0); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'comment'; return $node; } if ( @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} } and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE}{x} and $self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Xcomment}// ) { my $node = (ref($self) . "::comment")->new($1,1); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'comment'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{anchor}//) { my $match = $1; my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::anchor")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'anchor'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{macro}//) { my $match = $1; my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::macro")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'macro'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{oct}//) { my $match = $1; my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::oct")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'oct'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{hex}//) { my $match = $1; my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; my $node = (ref($self) . "::hex")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'hex'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{utf8hex}//) { my $match = $1; my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; my $node = (ref($self) . "::utf8hex")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'utf8hex'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{backref}//) { my $match = $1; my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::backref")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); # this code is special for YAPE::Regex::Reverse if ($self->isa('YAPE::Regex::Reverse')) { if ($quant eq '*' or $quant eq '+') { $node = (ref($self) . "::group")->new; $node->{NGREED} = '?' if $quant eq '*'; $node->{CONTENT} = [ (ref($self) . "::backref")->new($match,'*'), (ref($self) . "::backref")->new($match), ]; } elsif ($quant and $quant ne '?') { my ($l,$u) = $quant =~ /(\d+),(\d*)/; $node = (ref($self) . "::group")->new; $node->{NGREED} = '?' if not $l; $l-- if $l; $u-- if $u; $node->{CONTENT} = [ (ref($self) . "::backref")->new($match,"{$l,$u}"), (ref($self) . "::backref")->new($match), ]; } } push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'backref'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{ctrl}//) { my $match = $1; my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::ctrl")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'ctrl'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{named}//) { my $match = $1; my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::named")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'named'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Cchar}//) { my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::Cchar")->new($quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'Cchar'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{class}//) { my ($neg,$match) = defined($1) ? ($1,$2) : ($3,$4); $match =~ tr/{}//d if defined $1; my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; return unless $self->_ok_class($match); my $node = (ref($self) . "::class")->new($match,$neg,$quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'class'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{slash}//) { my $match = $1; my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::slash")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'slash'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{any}//) { my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::any")->new($quant,$ngreed); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'any'; return $node; } if ( @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} } and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE}{x} and $self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{nws}// ) { my $match = $1; my $node; if (length($match) > 1 and $self->{CONTENT} =~ /^(?:$pat{Pcomment}|$pat{Xcomment}|\s+)*$pat{quant}/) { $self->{CONTENT} = chop($match) . $self->{CONTENT}; $node = (ref($self) . "::text")->new($match,"",""); } else { my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; $node = (ref($self) . "::text")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); } push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'text'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{reg}//) { my $match = $1; my $node; if (length($match) > 1 and $self->{CONTENT} =~ /^$pat{quant}/) { $self->{CONTENT} = chop($match) . $self->{CONTENT}; $node = (ref($self) . "::text")->new($match,"",""); } else { my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; $node = (ref($self) . "::text")->new($match,$quant,$ngreed); } push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'text'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{alt}//) {{ if ( @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} } and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]->type eq 'cond' and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{OPTS} == 2 ) { $self->{CONTENT} = '|' . $self->{CONTENT}; last; } my $node = (ref($self) . "::alt")->new; if ( @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} } and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]->type eq 'cond' ) { $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{OPTS}++; $self->{CURRENT} = $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{FALSE}; } else { push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; } $self->{STATE} = 'alt'; return $node; }} if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Pflags}//) { my ($add,$sub) = ($1,$2); my $mode = $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE}; @{$mode}{split //, $add} = (1) x length($add); delete @{$mode}{split //, $sub}; my $node = (ref($self) . "::flags")->new($add,$sub); push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{STATE} = 'flags'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Pcond}//) { if (defined $1) { my $node = (ref($self) . "::conditional")->new($1); $node->{MODE} = { %{ $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE} } } if @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }; push @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }, $node; push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{CURRENT} = $node->{TRUE}; $self->{DEPTH}++; $self->{STATE} = "cond($1)"; return $node; } else { my $node = (ref($self) . "::conditional")->new; $node->{MODE} = { %{ $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE} } } if @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }; push @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }, $node; push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{CURRENT} = $node->{CONTENT}; $self->{DEPTH}++; $self->{STATE} = "cond(assert)"; return $node; } } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Pcut}//) { my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::cut")->new([],$quant,$ngreed); $node->{MODE} = { %{ $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE} } }; push @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }, $node; push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{CURRENT} = $node->{CONTENT}; $self->{DEPTH}++; $self->{STATE} = 'cut'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Pahead}//) { my $node = (ref($self) . "::lookahead")->new($1 eq '=' ? 1 : 0); $node->{MODE} = { %{ $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE} } }; push @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }, $node; push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{CURRENT} = $node->{CONTENT}; $self->{DEPTH}++; $self->{STATE} = 'lookahead(' . ('neg','pos')[$1 eq '='] . ')'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Pbehind}//) { my $node = (ref($self) . "::lookbehind")->new($1 eq '=' ? 1 : 0); $node->{MODE} = { %{ $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE} } }; push @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }, $node; push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{CURRENT} = $node->{CONTENT}; $self->{DEPTH}++; $self->{STATE} = 'lookbehind(' . ('neg','pos')[$1 eq '='] . ')'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Pgroup}//) { my ($add,$sub) = ($1,$2); my $node = (ref($self) . "::group")->new($add || "",$sub || ""); $node->{MODE} = { %{ $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE} } } if @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }; @{$node->{MODE}}{split //, $add} = (1) x length($add); delete @{$node->{MODE}}{split //, $sub}; push @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }, $node; push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{CURRENT} = $node->{CONTENT}; $self->{DEPTH}++; $self->{STATE} = 'group'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Pcapture}//) { my $node = (ref($self) . "::capture")->new; $node->{MODE} = { %{ $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE} } } if @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }; push @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }, $node; push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; push @{ $self->{CAPTURE} }, $node; $self->{CURRENT} = $node->{CONTENT}; $self->{DEPTH}++; $self->{STATE} = 'capture(' . @{ $self->{CAPTURE} } . ')'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Pcode}//) { my ($code,$left) = extract_codeblock($self->{CONTENT}) or do { $self->{ERROR} = 'bad code in (?{ ... }) assertion'; $self->{STATE} = 'error'; return; }; $self->{CONTENT} = $left; my $node = (ref($self) . "::code")->new($code); push @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }, $node; push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{DEPTH}++; $self->{STATE} = 'code'; return $node; } if ($self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Plater}//) { my ($code,$left) = extract_codeblock($self->{CONTENT}) or do { $self->{ERROR} = 'bad code in (??{ ... }) assertion'; $self->{STATE} = 'error'; return; }; $self->{CONTENT} = $left; my $node = (ref($self) . "::later")->new($code); push @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }, $node; push @{ $self->{CURRENT} }, $node; $self->{DEPTH}++; $self->{STATE} = 'later'; return $node; } if ($self->{DEPTH}-- and $self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^$pat{Pclose}//) { my ($quant,$ngreed) = $self->_get_quant; return if $quant eq -1; my $node = (ref($self) . "::close")->new; $self->{CURRENT} = pop @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} }; $node->{QUANT} = $self->{CURRENT}{QUANT} = $quant; $node->{NGREED} = $self->{CURRENT}{NGREED} = $ngreed; # this code is special to YAPE::Regex::Reverse if ($self->isa('YAPE::Regex::Reverse')) { if ($quant eq '*' or $quant eq '+') { my $old = $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}; $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT} = [ (ref($self) . "::group")->new, (ref($self) . "::capture")->new, ]; $self->{CURRENT}{NGREED} = '?' if $quant eq '*'; $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}[0]{CONTENT} = $old; $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}[0]{QUANT} = '*'; $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}[1]{CONTENT} = $old; $self->{CAPTURE}[-1] = $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}[1]; bless $self->{CURRENT}, (ref($self) . '::group'); } elsif ($quant and $quant ne '?') { my ($l,$u) = $quant =~ /(\d+),(\d*)/; my $old = $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}; $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT} = [ (ref($self) . "::group")->new, (ref($self) . "::capture")->new, ]; $self->{CURRENT}{NGREED} = '?' if not $l; $l-- if $l; $u-- if $u; $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}[0]{CONTENT} = $old; $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}[0]{QUANT} = "{$l,$u}"; $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}[1]{CONTENT} = $old; $self->{CAPTURE}[-1] = $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}[1]; bless $self->{CURRENT}, (ref($self) . '::group'); } } if ( @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} } and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]->type eq 'cond' and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{OPTS} == 1 ) { $self->{CURRENT} = $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{TRUE}; } else { $self->{CURRENT} = $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]; $self->{CURRENT} = $self->{CURRENT}{CONTENT}; } $self->{STATE} = 'close'; return $node; } my $token = $self->chunk(1); $self->{ERROR} = "unexpected token '$token' during '$self->{STATE}'"; $self->{STATE} = 'error'; return; } sub extract { my $self = shift; $self->parse; my @nodes = @{ $self->{CAPTURE} }; return sub { shift @nodes }; } sub _get_quant { my $self = shift; my ($quant,$ngreed) = ("",""); if ( $self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^($pat{Pcomment})?$pat{quant}// or (@{ $self->{TREE_STACK} } and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE}{x} and $self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^($pat{Xcomment}?\s*)?$pat{quant}//) ) { $quant = $+; { if ($quant =~ /^\{(\d+),(\d+)\}/ and $1 > $2) { $self->{ERROR} = "upper bound lower than lower bound ($quant)"; $self->{STATE} = 'error'; return -1; } } $self->{CONTENT} = $1 . $self->{CONTENT} if $1; } my ($ws) = $1 if @{ $self->{TREE_STACK} } and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE}{x} and $self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^(\s+)//; if ( (@{ $self->{TREE_STACK} } and $self->{TREE_STACK}[-1]{MODE}{x} and $self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^($pat{Xcomment}?\s*)?$pat{ngreed}//) or $self->{CONTENT} =~ s/^($pat{Pcomment})?$pat{ngreed}// ) { $ngreed = $+; $self->{CONTENT} = $1 . $self->{CONTENT} if $1; } $self->{CONTENT} = $ws . $self->{CONTENT} if $ws; return ($quant,$ngreed); } sub _ok_class { my ($self,$class) = @_; while ($class =~ s/^($ok_cc_REx)//) { my $c1 = $1; my $a = defined($2) ? oct($2) : defined($3) ? hex(($3 =~ /(\w+)/)[0]) : defined($4) ? ord($4) - 64 : defined($5) ? ord(eval qq{"\\$5"}) : defined($6) ? ord(eval qq{use charnames ':full'; "\\N{$6}"}) : defined($10) ? ord($10) : -1; my ($utf8,$posix) = ($8,$9); $utf8 =~ tr/{}//d if defined $utf8; if (defined($posix) and $posix !~ $valid_POSIX) { $self->{ERROR} = "unknown POSIX class $c1"; $self->{STATE} = 'error'; return; } if ($class =~ s/^-($ok_cc_REx)//) { my $c2 = $1; my $b = defined($2) ? oct($2) : defined($3) ? hex(($3 =~ /(\w+)/)[0]) : defined($4) ? ord($4) - 64 : defined($5) ? ord(eval qq{"\\$5"}) : defined($6) ? ord(eval qq{use charnames ':full'; "\\N{$6}"}) : defined($10) ? ord($10) : -1; my ($utf8,$posix) = ($8,$9); $utf8 =~ tr/{}//d if defined $utf8; if (defined($posix) and $posix !~ $valid_POSIX) { $self->{ERROR} = "unknown POSIX class $c2"; $self->{STATE} = 'error'; return; } if ($a == -1 or $b == -1) { carp qq{false [] range "$c1-$c2"} if $^W; } elsif ($a > $b) { $self->{ERROR} = "invalid [] range $c1-$c2"; $self->{STATE} = 'error'; return; } } } return 1; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME YAPE::Regex - Yet Another Parser/Extractor for Regular Expressions =head1 SYNOPSIS use YAPE::Regex; use strict; my $regex = qr/reg(ular\s+)?exp?(ression)?/i; my $parser = YAPE::Regex->new($regex); # here is the tokenizing part while (my $chunk = $parser->next) { # ... } =head1 C MODULES The C hierarchy of modules is an attempt at a unified means of parsing and extracting content. It attempts to maintain a generic interface, to promote simplicity and reusability. The API is powerful, yet simple. The modules do tokenization (which can be intercepted) and build trees, so that extraction of specific nodes is doable. =head1 DESCRIPTION This module is yet another (?) parser and tree-builder for Perl regular expressions. It builds a tree out of a regex, but at the moment, the extent of the extraction tool for the tree is quite limited (see L). However, the tree can be useful to extension modules. =head1 USAGE In addition to the base class, C, there is the auxiliary class C (common to all C base classes) that holds the individual nodes' classes. There is documentation for the node classes in that module's documentation. =head2 Methods for C =over 4 =item * C =item * C If supplied no arguments, the module is loaded normally, and the node classes are given the proper inheritence (from C). If you supply a module (or list of modules), C will automatically include them (if needed) and set up I node classes with the proper inheritence -- that is, it will append C to C<@MyExt::Mod::ISA>, and C to each node class's C<@ISA> (where C is the name of the specific node class). package MyExt::Mod; use YAPE::Regex 'MyExt::Mod'; # does the work of: # @MyExt::Mod::ISA = 'YAPE::Regex' # @MyExt::Mod::text::ISA = 'YAPE::Regex::text' # ... =item * Cnew($REx);> Creates a C object, using the contents of C<$REx> as a regular expression. The C method will I to convert C<$REx> to a compiled regex (using C) if C<$REx> isn't already one. If there is an error in the regex, this will fail, but the parser will pretend it was ok. It will then report the bad token when it gets to it, in the course of parsing. =item * Cchunk($len);> Returns the next C<$len> characters in the input string; C<$len> defaults to 30 characters. This is useful for figuring out why a parsing error occurs. =item * Cdone;> Returns true if the parser is done with the input string, and false otherwise. =item * Cerror;> Returns the parser error message. =item * Cextract;> Returns a code reference that returns the next back-reference in the regex. For more information on enhancements in upcoming versions of this module, check L. =item * Cdisplay(...);> Returns a string representation of the entire content. It calls the C method in case there is more data that has not yet been parsed. This calls the C method on the root nodes. Check the C docs on the arguments to C. =item * Cnext;> Returns the next token, or C if there is no valid token. There will be an error message (accessible with the C method) if there was a problem in the parsing. =item * Cparse;> Calls C until all the data has been parsed. =item * Croot;> Returns the root node of the tree structure. =item * Cstate;> Returns the current state of the parser. It is one of the following values: C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, and C. For C, I will be the number the captured pattern represents. For C, I will either be a number representing the back-reference that the conditional depends on, or the string C. For C and C, one of C and C will be there, depending on the type of assertion. =item * Ctop;> Synonymous to C. =back =head2 Extracting Sections While extraction of nodes is the goal of the C modules, the author is at a loss for words as to what needs to be extracted from a regex. At the current time, all the C method does is allow you access to the regex's set of back-references: my $extor = $parser->extract; while (my $backref = $extor->()) { # ... } C is very open to suggestions as to the approach to node extraction (in how the API should look, in addition to what should be proffered). Preliminary ideas include extraction keywords like the output of B<-Dr> (or the C module's C option). =head1 EXTENSIONS =over 4 =item * C 3.011 Presents an explanation of a regular expression, node by node. =item * C (Not released) Reverses the nodes of a regular expression. =back =head1 TO DO This is a listing of things to add to future versions of this module. =head2 API =over 4 =item * Create a robust C method Open to suggestions. =back =head1 BUGS Following is a list of known or reported bugs. =head2 Pending =over 4 =item * C To understand C<\N{...}> properly, you must be using 5.6.0 or higher. However, the parser only knows how to resolve full names (those made using C). There might be an option in the future to specify a class name. =back =head1 SEE ALSO The C documentation, for information on the node classes. Also, C, Damian Conway's excellent module, used for the matching of C<(?{ ... })> and C<(??{ ... })> blocks. =head1 AUTHOR Jeff "japhy" Pinyan CPAN ID: PINYAN PINYAN@cpan.org =cut