2 * Experimental advanced wikitext parser-emitter.
3 * See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UploadWizard/MessageParser for docs
5 * @author neilk@wikimedia.org
8 ( function( mw, $, undefined ) {
13 * Given parser options, return a function that parses a key and replacements, returning jQuery object
14 * @param {Object} parser options
15 * @return {Function} accepting ( String message key, String replacement1, String replacement2 ... ) and returning {jQuery}
17 function getFailableParserFn( options ) {
18 var parser = new mw.jqueryMsg.parser( options );
20 * Try to parse a key and optional replacements, returning a jQuery object that may be a tree of jQuery nodes.
21 * If there was an error parsing, return the key and the error message (wrapped in jQuery). This should put the error right into
22 * the interface, without causing the page to halt script execution, and it hopefully should be clearer how to fix it.
24 * @param {Array} first element is the key, replacements may be in array in 2nd element, or remaining elements.
27 return function( args ) {
29 var argsArray = $.isArray( args[1] ) ? args[1] : $.makeArray( args ).slice( 1 );
30 var escapedArgsArray = $.map( argsArray, function( arg ) {
31 return typeof arg === 'string' ? mw.html.escape( arg ) : arg;
34 return parser.parse( key, escapedArgsArray );
36 return $( '<span></span>' ).append( key + ': ' + e.message );
43 * Returns a function suitable for use as a global, to construct strings from the message key (and optional replacements).
45 * window.gM = mediaWiki.parser.getMessageFunction( options );
46 * $( 'p#headline' ).html( gM( 'hello-user', username ) );
48 * Like the old gM() function this returns only strings, so it destroys any bindings. If you want to preserve bindings use the
49 * jQuery plugin version instead. This is only included for backwards compatibility with gM().
51 * @param {Array} parser options
52 * @return {Function} function suitable for assigning to window.gM
54 mw.jqueryMsg.getMessageFunction = function( options ) {
55 var failableParserFn = getFailableParserFn( options );
57 * N.B. replacements are variadic arguments or an array in second parameter. In other words:
58 * somefunction(a, b, c, d)
60 * somefunction(a, [b, c, d])
62 * @param {String} message key
63 * @param {Array} optional replacements (can also specify variadically)
64 * @return {String} rendered HTML as string
66 return function( /* key, replacements */ ) {
67 return failableParserFn( arguments ).html();
73 * Returns a jQuery plugin which parses the message in the message key, doing replacements optionally, and appends the nodes to
74 * the current selector. Bindings to passed-in jquery elements are preserved. Functions become click handlers for [$1 linktext] links.
76 * $.fn.msg = mediaWiki.parser.getJqueryPlugin( options );
77 * var userlink = $( '<a>' ).click( function() { alert( "hello!!") } );
78 * $( 'p#headline' ).msg( 'hello-user', userlink );
80 * @param {Array} parser options
81 * @return {Function} function suitable for assigning to jQuery plugin, such as $.fn.msg
83 mw.jqueryMsg.getPlugin = function( options ) {
84 var failableParserFn = getFailableParserFn( options );
86 * N.B. replacements are variadic arguments or an array in second parameter. In other words:
87 * somefunction(a, b, c, d)
89 * somefunction(a, [b, c, d])
91 * We append to 'this', which in a jQuery plugin context will be the selected elements.
92 * @param {String} message key
93 * @param {Array} optional replacements (can also specify variadically)
94 * @return {jQuery} this
96 return function( /* key, replacements */ ) {
97 var $target = this.empty();
98 $.each( failableParserFn( arguments ).contents(), function( i, node ) {
99 $target.append( node );
105 var parserDefaults = {
107 'SITENAME' : mw.config.get( 'wgSiteName' )
109 'messages' : mw.messages,
110 'language' : mw.language
115 * Describes an object, whose primary duty is to .parse() message keys.
116 * @param {Array} options
118 mw.jqueryMsg.parser = function( options ) {
119 this.settings = $.extend( {}, parserDefaults, options );
120 this.emitter = new mw.jqueryMsg.htmlEmitter( this.settings.language, this.settings.magic );
123 mw.jqueryMsg.parser.prototype = {
125 // cache, map of mediaWiki message key to the AST of the message. In most cases, the message is a string so this is identical.
126 // (This is why we would like to move this functionality server-side).
130 * Where the magic happens.
131 * Parses a message from the key, and swaps in replacements as necessary, wraps in jQuery
132 * If an error is thrown, returns original key, and logs the error
133 * @param {String} message key
134 * @param {Array} replacements for $1, $2... $n
137 parse: function( key, replacements ) {
138 return this.emitter.emit( this.getAst( key ), replacements );
142 * Fetch the message string associated with a key, return parsed structure. Memoized.
143 * Note that we pass '[' + key + ']' back for a missing message here.
144 * @param {String} key
145 * @return {String|Array} string of '[key]' if message missing, simple string if possible, array of arrays if needs parsing
147 getAst: function( key ) {
148 if ( this.astCache[ key ] === undefined ) {
149 var wikiText = this.settings.messages.get( key );
150 if ( typeof wikiText !== 'string' ) {
151 wikiText = "\\[" + key + "\\]";
153 this.astCache[ key ] = this.wikiTextToAst( wikiText );
155 return this.astCache[ key ];
159 * Parses the input wikiText into an abstract syntax tree, essentially an s-expression.
161 * CAVEAT: This does not parse all wikitext. It could be more efficient, but it's pretty good already.
162 * n.b. We want to move this functionality to the server. Nothing here is required to be on the client.
164 * @param {String} message string wikitext
166 * @return {Mixed} abstract syntax tree
168 wikiTextToAst: function( input ) {
170 // Indicates current position in input as we parse through it.
171 // Shared among all parsing functions below.
174 // =========================================================
175 // parsing combinators - could be a library on its own
176 // =========================================================
179 // Try parsers until one works, if none work return null
180 function choice( ps ) {
182 for ( var i = 0; i < ps.length; i++ ) {
183 var result = ps[i]();
184 if ( result !== null ) {
192 // try several ps in a row, all must succeed or return null
193 // this is the only eager one
194 function sequence( ps ) {
195 var originalPos = pos;
197 for ( var i = 0; i < ps.length; i++ ) {
199 if ( res === null ) {
208 // run the same parser over and over until it fails.
209 // must succeed a minimum of n times or return null
210 function nOrMore( n, p ) {
212 var originalPos = pos;
215 while ( parsed !== null ) {
216 result.push( parsed );
219 if ( result.length < n ) {
227 // There is a general pattern -- parse a thing, if that worked, apply transform, otherwise return null.
228 // But using this as a combinator seems to cause problems when combined with nOrMore().
229 // May be some scoping issue
230 function transform( p, fn ) {
233 return result === null ? null : fn( result );
237 // Helpers -- just make ps out of simpler JS builtin types
239 function makeStringParser( s ) {
243 if ( input.substr( pos, len ) === s ) {
251 function makeRegexParser( regex ) {
253 var matches = input.substr( pos ).match( regex );
254 if ( matches === null ) {
257 pos += matches[0].length;
264 * ===================================================================
265 * General patterns above this line -- wikitext specific parsers below
266 * ===================================================================
269 // Parsing functions follow. All parsing functions work like this:
270 // They don't accept any arguments.
271 // Instead, they just operate non destructively on the string 'input'
272 // As they can consume parts of the string, they advance the shared variable pos,
273 // and return tokens (or whatever else they want to return).
275 // some things are defined as closures and other things as ordinary functions
276 // converting everything to a closure makes it a lot harder to debug... errors pop up
277 // but some debuggers can't tell you exactly where they come from. Also the mutually
278 // recursive functions seem not to work in all browsers then. (Tested IE6-7, Opera, Safari, FF)
279 // This may be because, to save code, memoization was removed
282 var regularLiteral = makeRegexParser( /^[^{}[\]$\\]/ );
283 var regularLiteralWithoutBar = makeRegexParser(/^[^{}[\]$\\|]/);
284 var regularLiteralWithoutSpace = makeRegexParser(/^[^{}[\]$\s]/);
286 var backslash = makeStringParser( "\\" );
287 var anyCharacter = makeRegexParser( /^./ );
289 function escapedLiteral() {
290 var result = sequence( [
294 return result === null ? null : result[1];
297 var escapedOrLiteralWithoutSpace = choice( [
299 regularLiteralWithoutSpace
302 var escapedOrLiteralWithoutBar = choice( [
304 regularLiteralWithoutBar
307 var escapedOrRegularLiteral = choice( [
312 // Used to define "literals" without spaces, in space-delimited situations
313 function literalWithoutSpace() {
314 var result = nOrMore( 1, escapedOrLiteralWithoutSpace )();
315 return result === null ? null : result.join('');
318 // Used to define "literals" within template parameters. The pipe character is the parameter delimeter, so by default
319 // it is not a literal in the parameter
320 function literalWithoutBar() {
321 var result = nOrMore( 1, escapedOrLiteralWithoutBar )();
322 return result === null ? null : result.join('');
326 var result = nOrMore( 1, escapedOrRegularLiteral )();
327 return result === null ? null : result.join('');
330 var whitespace = makeRegexParser( /^\s+/ );
331 var dollar = makeStringParser( '$' );
332 var digits = makeRegexParser( /^\d+/ );
334 function replacement() {
335 var result = sequence( [
339 if ( result === null ) {
342 return [ 'REPLACE', parseInt( result[1], 10 ) - 1 ];
346 var openExtlink = makeStringParser( '[' );
347 var closeExtlink = makeStringParser( ']' );
349 // this extlink MUST have inner text, e.g. [foo] not allowed; [foo bar] is allowed
352 var parsedResult = sequence( [
354 nonWhitespaceExpression,
359 if ( parsedResult !== null ) {
360 result = [ 'LINK', parsedResult[1], parsedResult[3] ];
365 var openLink = makeStringParser( '[[' );
366 var closeLink = makeStringParser( ']]' );
370 var parsedResult = sequence( [
375 if ( parsedResult !== null ) {
376 result = [ 'WLINK', parsedResult[1] ];
381 var templateName = transform(
382 // see $wgLegalTitleChars
383 // not allowing : due to the need to catch "PLURAL:$1"
384 makeRegexParser( /^[ !"$&'()*,.\/0-9;=?@A-Z\^_`a-z~\x80-\xFF+-]+/ ),
385 function( result ) { return result.toString(); }
388 function templateParam() {
389 var result = sequence( [
391 nOrMore( 0, paramExpression )
393 if ( result === null ) {
396 var expr = result[1];
397 // use a "CONCAT" operator if there are multiple nodes, otherwise return the first node, raw.
398 return expr.length > 1 ? [ "CONCAT" ].concat( expr ) : expr[0];
401 var pipe = makeStringParser( '|' );
403 function templateWithReplacement() {
404 var result = sequence( [
409 return result === null ? null : [ result[0], result[2] ];
412 function templateWithOutReplacement() {
413 var result = sequence( [
418 return result === null ? null : [ result[0], result[2] ];
421 var colon = makeStringParser(':');
423 var templateContents = choice( [
425 var res = sequence( [
426 // templates can have placeholders for dynamic replacement eg: {{PLURAL:$1|one car|$1 cars}}
427 // or no placeholders eg: {{GRAMMAR:genitive|{{SITENAME}}}
428 choice( [ templateWithReplacement, templateWithOutReplacement ] ),
429 nOrMore( 0, templateParam )
431 return res === null ? null : res[0].concat( res[1] );
434 var res = sequence( [
436 nOrMore( 0, templateParam )
438 if ( res === null ) {
441 return [ res[0] ].concat( res[1] );
445 var openTemplate = makeStringParser('{{');
446 var closeTemplate = makeStringParser('}}');
448 function template() {
449 var result = sequence( [
454 return result === null ? null : result[1];
457 var nonWhitespaceExpression = choice( [
465 var paramExpression = choice( [
473 var expression = choice( [
482 var result = nOrMore( 0, expression )();
483 if ( result === null ) {
486 return [ "CONCAT" ].concat( result );
489 // everything above this point is supposed to be stateless/static, but
490 // I am deferring the work of turning it into prototypes & objects. It's quite fast enough
492 // finally let's do some actual work...
494 var result = start();
497 * For success, the p must have gotten to the end of the input
498 * and returned a non-null.
499 * n.b. This is part of language infrastructure, so we do not throw an internationalizable message.
501 if (result === null || pos !== input.length) {
502 throw new Error( "Parse error at position " + pos.toString() + " in input: " + input );
510 * htmlEmitter - object which primarily exists to emit HTML from parser ASTs
512 mw.jqueryMsg.htmlEmitter = function( language, magic ) {
513 this.language = language;
516 $.each( magic, function( key, val ) {
517 _this[ key.toLowerCase() ] = function() { return val; };
521 * (We put this method definition here, and not in prototype, to make sure it's not overwritten by any magic.)
522 * Walk entire node structure, applying replacements and template functions when appropriate
523 * @param {Mixed} abstract syntax tree (top node or subnode)
524 * @param {Array} replacements for $1, $2, ... $n
525 * @return {Mixed} single-string node or array of nodes suitable for jQuery appending
527 this.emit = function( node, replacements ) {
530 switch( typeof node ) {
535 case 'object': // node is an array of nodes
536 var subnodes = $.map( node.slice( 1 ), function( n ) {
537 return _this.emit( n, replacements );
539 var operation = node[0].toLowerCase();
540 if ( typeof _this[operation] === 'function' ) {
541 ret = _this[ operation ]( subnodes, replacements );
543 throw new Error( 'unknown operation "' + operation + '"' );
547 // Parsing the empty string (as an entire expression, or as a paramExpression in a template) results in undefined
548 // Perhaps a more clever parser can detect this, and return the empty string? Or is that useful information?
549 // The logical thing is probably to return the empty string here when we encounter undefined.
553 throw new Error( 'unexpected type in AST: ' + typeof node );
560 // For everything in input that follows double-open-curly braces, there should be an equivalent parser
561 // function. For instance {{PLURAL ... }} will be processed by 'plural'.
562 // If you have 'magic words' then configure the parser to have them upon creation.
564 // An emitter method takes the parent node, the array of subnodes and the array of replacements (the values that $1, $2... should translate to).
565 // Note: all such functions must be pure, with the exception of referring to other pure functions via this.language (convertPlural and so on)
566 mw.jqueryMsg.htmlEmitter.prototype = {
569 * Parsing has been applied depth-first we can assume that all nodes here are single nodes
570 * Must return a single node to parents -- a jQuery with synthetic span
571 * However, unwrap any other synthetic spans in our children and pass them upwards
572 * @param {Array} nodes - mixed, some single nodes, some arrays of nodes
575 concat: function( nodes ) {
576 var span = $( '<span>' ).addClass( 'mediaWiki_htmlEmitter' );
577 $.each( nodes, function( i, node ) {
578 if ( node instanceof jQuery && node.hasClass( 'mediaWiki_htmlEmitter' ) ) {
579 $.each( node.contents(), function( j, childNode ) {
580 span.append( childNode );
583 // strings, integers, anything else
591 * Return replacement of correct index, or string if unavailable.
592 * Note that we expect the parsed parameter to be zero-based. i.e. $1 should have become [ 0 ].
593 * if the specified parameter is not found return the same string
594 * (e.g. "$99" -> parameter 98 -> not found -> return "$99" )
595 * TODO throw error if nodes.length > 1 ?
596 * @param {Array} of one element, integer, n >= 0
597 * @return {String} replacement
599 replace: function( nodes, replacements ) {
600 var index = parseInt( nodes[0], 10 );
601 return index < replacements.length ? replacements[index] : '$' + ( index + 1 );
605 * Transform wiki-link
608 wlink: function( nodes ) {
609 return "unimplemented";
613 * Transform parsed structure into external link
614 * If the href is a jQuery object, treat it as "enclosing" the link text.
615 * ... function, treat it as the click handler
616 * ... string, treat it as a URI
617 * TODO: throw an error if nodes.length > 2 ?
618 * @param {Array} of two elements, {jQuery|Function|String} and {String}
621 link: function( nodes ) {
623 var contents = nodes[1];
625 if ( arg instanceof jQuery ) {
629 if ( typeof arg === 'function' ) {
630 $el.click( arg ).attr( 'href', '#' );
632 $el.attr( 'href', arg.toString() );
635 $el.append( contents );
640 * Transform parsed structure into pluralization
641 * n.b. The first node may be a non-integer (for instance, a string representing an Arabic number).
642 * So convert it back with the current language's convertNumber.
643 * @param {Array} of nodes, [ {String|Number}, {String}, {String} ... ]
644 * @return {String} selected pluralized form according to current language
646 plural: function( nodes ) {
647 var count = parseInt( this.language.convertNumber( nodes[0], true ), 10 );
648 var forms = nodes.slice(1);
649 return forms.length ? this.language.convertPlural( count, forms ) : '';
653 * Transform parsed structure into gender
654 * Usage {{gender:[gender| mw.user object ] | masculine|feminine|neutral}}.
655 * @param {Array} of nodes, [ {String|mw.User}, {String}, {String} , {String} ]
656 * @return {String} selected gender form according to current language
658 gender: function( nodes ) {
660 if ( nodes[0] && nodes[0].options instanceof mw.Map ){
661 gender = nodes[0].options.get( 'gender' );
665 var forms = nodes.slice(1);
666 return this.language.gender( gender, forms );
670 * Transform parsed structure into grammar conversion.
671 * Invoked by putting {{grammar:form|word}} in a message
672 * @param {Array} of nodes [{Grammar case eg: genitive}, {String word}]
673 * @return {String} selected grammatical form according to current language
675 grammar: function( nodes ) {
678 return word && form && this.language.convertGrammar( word, form );
682 // deprecated! don't rely on gM existing.
683 // the window.gM ought not to be required - or if required, not required here. But moving it to extensions breaks it (?!)
684 // Need to fix plugin so it could do attributes as well, then will be okay to remove this.
685 window.gM = mw.jqueryMsg.getMessageFunction();
687 $.fn.msg = mw.jqueryMsg.getPlugin();
689 // Replace the default message parser with jqueryMsg
690 var oldParser = mw.Message.prototype.parser;
691 mw.Message.prototype.parser = function() {
692 // TODO: should we cache the message function so we don't create a new one every time? Benchmark this maybe?
693 // Caching is somewhat problematic, because we do need different message functions for different maps, so
694 // we'd have to cache the parser as a member of this.map, which sounds a bit ugly.
696 // Do not use mw.jqueryMsg unless required
697 if ( this.map.get( this.key ).indexOf( '{{' ) < 0 ) {
698 // Fall back to mw.msg's simple parser
699 return oldParser.apply( this );
702 var messageFunction = mw.jqueryMsg.getMessageFunction( { 'messages': this.map } );
703 return messageFunction( this.key, this.parameters );
706 } )( mediaWiki, jQuery );