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/**
* Author: Steffen Meschkat <mesch@google.com>
*
* @fileoverview This class is used to evaluate expressions in a local
* context. Used by JstProcessor.
*/
/**
* Names of special variables defined by the jstemplate evaluation
* context. These can be used in js expression in jstemplate
* attributes.
*/
var VAR_index = '$index';
var VAR_count = '$count';
var VAR_this = '$this';
var VAR_context = '$context';
var VAR_top = '$top';
/**
* The name of the global variable which holds the value to be returned if
* context evaluation results in an error.
* Use JsEvalContext.setGlobal(GLOB_default, value) to set this.
*/
var GLOB_default = '$default';
/**
* Un-inlined literals, to avoid object creation in IE6. TODO(mesch):
* So far, these are only used here, but we could use them thoughout
* the code and thus move them to constants.js.
*/
var CHAR_colon = ':';
var REGEXP_semicolon = /\s*;\s*/;
/**
* See constructor_()
* @param {Object|null} opt_data
* @param {Object} opt_parent
* @constructor
*/
function JsEvalContext(opt_data, opt_parent) {
this.constructor_.apply(this, arguments);
}
/**
* Context for processing a jstemplate. The context contains a context
* object, whose properties can be referred to in jstemplate
* expressions, and it holds the locally defined variables.
*
* @param {Object|null} opt_data The context object. Null if no context.
*
* @param {Object} opt_parent The parent context, from which local
* variables are inherited. Normally the context object of the parent
* context is the object whose property the parent object is. Null for the
* context of the root object.
*/
JsEvalContext.prototype.constructor_ = function(opt_data, opt_parent) {
var me = this;
/**
* The context for variable definitions in which the jstemplate
* expressions are evaluated. Other than for the local context,
* which replaces the parent context, variable definitions of the
* parent are inherited. The special variable $this points to data_.
*
* If this instance is recycled from the cache, then the property is
* already initialized.
*
* @type {Object}
*/
if (!me.vars_) {
me.vars_ = {};
}
if (opt_parent) {
// If there is a parent node, inherit local variables from the
// parent.
copyProperties(me.vars_, opt_parent.vars_);
} else {
// If a root node, inherit global symbols. Since every parent
// chain has a root with no parent, global variables will be
// present in the case above too. This means that globals can be
// overridden by locals, as it should be.
copyProperties(me.vars_, JsEvalContext.globals_);
}
/**
* The current context object is assigned to the special variable
* $this so it is possible to use it in expressions.
* @type Object
*/
me.vars_[VAR_this] = opt_data;
/**
* The entire context structure is exposed as a variable so it can be
* passed to javascript invocations through jseval.
*/
me.vars_[VAR_context] = me;
/**
* The local context of the input data in which the jstemplate
* expressions are evaluated. Notice that this is usually an Object,
* but it can also be a scalar value (and then still the expression
* $this can be used to refer to it). Notice this can even be value,
* undefined or null. Hence, we have to protect jsexec() from using
* undefined or null, yet we want $this to reflect the true value of
* the current context. Thus we assign the original value to $this,
* above, but for the expression context we replace null and
* undefined by the empty string.
*
* @type {Object|null}
*/
me.data_ = getDefaultObject(opt_data, STRING_empty);
if (!opt_parent) {
// If this is a top-level context, create a variable reference to the data
// to allow for accessing top-level properties of the original context
// data from child contexts.
me.vars_[VAR_top] = me.data_;
}
};
/**
* A map of globally defined symbols. Every instance of JsExprContext
* inherits them in its vars_.
* @type Object
*/
JsEvalContext.globals_ = {}
/**
* Sets a global symbol. It will be available like a variable in every
* JsEvalContext instance. This is intended mainly to register
* immutable global objects, such as functions, at load time, and not
* to add global data at runtime. I.e. the same objections as to
* global variables in general apply also here. (Hence the name
* "global", and not "global var".)
* @param {string} name
* @param {Object|null} value
*/
JsEvalContext.setGlobal = function(name, value) {
JsEvalContext.globals_[name] = value;
};
/**
* Set the default value to be returned if context evaluation results in an
* error. (This can occur if a non-existent value was requested).
*/
JsEvalContext.setGlobal(GLOB_default, null);
/**
* A cache to reuse JsEvalContext instances. (IE6 perf)
*
* @type Array.<JsEvalContext>
*/
JsEvalContext.recycledInstances_ = [];
/**
* A factory to create a JsEvalContext instance, possibly reusing
* one from recycledInstances_. (IE6 perf)
*
* @param {Object} opt_data
* @param {JsEvalContext} opt_parent
* @return {JsEvalContext}
*/
JsEvalContext.create = function(opt_data, opt_parent) {
if (jsLength(JsEvalContext.recycledInstances_) > 0) {
var instance = JsEvalContext.recycledInstances_.pop();
JsEvalContext.call(instance, opt_data, opt_parent);
return instance;
} else {
return new JsEvalContext(opt_data, opt_parent);
}
};
/**
* Recycle a used JsEvalContext instance, so we can avoid creating one
* the next time we need one. (IE6 perf)
*
* @param {JsEvalContext} instance
*/
JsEvalContext.recycle = function(instance) {
for (var i in instance.vars_) {
// NOTE(mesch): We avoid object creation here. (IE6 perf)
delete instance.vars_[i];
}
instance.data_ = null;
JsEvalContext.recycledInstances_.push(instance);
};
/**
* Executes a function created using jsEvalToFunction() in the context
* of vars, data, and template.
*
* @param {Function} exprFunction A javascript function created from
* a jstemplate attribute value.
*
* @param {Element} template DOM node of the template.
*
* @return {Object|null} The value of the expression from which
* exprFunction was created in the current js expression context and
* the context of template.
*/
JsEvalContext.prototype.jsexec = function(exprFunction, template) {
try {
return exprFunction.call(template, this.vars_, this.data_);
} catch (e) {
log('jsexec EXCEPTION: ' + e + ' at ' + template +
' with ' + exprFunction);
return JsEvalContext.globals_[GLOB_default];
}
};
/**
* Clones the current context for a new context object. The cloned
* context has the data object as its context object and the current
* context as its parent context. It also sets the $index variable to
* the given value. This value usually is the position of the data
* object in a list for which a template is instantiated multiply.
*
* @param {Object} data The new context object.
*
* @param {number} index Position of the new context when multiply
* instantiated. (See implementation of jstSelect().)
*
* @param {number} count The total number of contexts that were multiply
* instantiated. (See implementation of jstSelect().)
*
* @return {JsEvalContext}
*/
JsEvalContext.prototype.clone = function(data, index, count) {
var ret = JsEvalContext.create(data, this);
ret.setVariable(VAR_index, index);
ret.setVariable(VAR_count, count);
return ret;
};
/**
* Binds a local variable to the given value. If set from jstemplate
* jsvalue expressions, variable names must start with $, but in the
* API they only have to be valid javascript identifier.
*
* @param {string} name
*
* @param {Object?} value
*/
JsEvalContext.prototype.setVariable = function(name, value) {
this.vars_[name] = value;
};
/**
* Returns the value bound to the local variable of the given name, or
* undefined if it wasn't set. There is no way to distinguish a
* variable that wasn't set from a variable that was set to
* undefined. Used mostly for testing.
*
* @param {string} name
*
* @return {Object?} value
*/
JsEvalContext.prototype.getVariable = function(name) {
return this.vars_[name];
};
/**
* Evaluates a string expression within the scope of this context
* and returns the result.
*
* @param {string} expr A javascript expression
* @param {Element} opt_template An optional node to serve as "this"
*
* @return {Object?} value
*/
JsEvalContext.prototype.evalExpression = function(expr, opt_template) {
var exprFunction = jsEvalToFunction(expr);
return this.jsexec(exprFunction, opt_template);
};
/**
* Uninlined string literals for jsEvalToFunction() (IE6 perf).
*/
var STRING_a = 'a_';
var STRING_b = 'b_';
var STRING_with = 'with (a_) with (b_) return ';
/**
* Cache for jsEvalToFunction results.
* @type Object
*/
JsEvalContext.evalToFunctionCache_ = {};
/**
* Evaluates the given expression as the body of a function that takes
* vars and data as arguments. Since the resulting function depends
* only on expr, we cache the result so we save some Function
* invocations, and some object creations in IE6.
*
* @param {string} expr A javascript expression.
*
* @return {Function} A function that returns the value of expr in the
* context of vars and data.
*/
function jsEvalToFunction(expr) {
if (!JsEvalContext.evalToFunctionCache_[expr]) {
try {
// NOTE(mesch): The Function constructor is faster than eval().
JsEvalContext.evalToFunctionCache_[expr] =
new Function(STRING_a, STRING_b, STRING_with + expr);
} catch (e) {
log('jsEvalToFunction (' + expr + ') EXCEPTION ' + e);
}
}
return JsEvalContext.evalToFunctionCache_[expr];
}
/**
* Evaluates the given expression to itself. This is meant to pass
* through string attribute values.
*
* @param {string} expr
*
* @return {string}
*/
function jsEvalToSelf(expr) {
return expr;
}
/**
* Parses the value of the jsvalues attribute in jstemplates: splits
* it up into a map of labels and expressions, and creates functions
* from the expressions that are suitable for execution by
* JsEvalContext.jsexec(). All that is returned as a flattened array
* of pairs of a String and a Function.
*
* @param {string} expr
*
* @return {Array}
*/
function jsEvalToValues(expr) {
// TODO(mesch): It is insufficient to split the values by simply
// finding semi-colons, as the semi-colon may be part of a string
// constant or escaped.
var ret = [];
var values = expr.split(REGEXP_semicolon);
for (var i = 0, I = jsLength(values); i < I; ++i) {
var colon = values[i].indexOf(CHAR_colon);
if (colon < 0) {
continue;
}
var label = stringTrim(values[i].substr(0, colon));
var value = jsEvalToFunction(values[i].substr(colon + 1));
ret.push(label, value);
}
return ret;
}
/**
* Parses the value of the jseval attribute of jstemplates: splits it
* up into a list of expressions, and creates functions from the
* expressions that are suitable for execution by
* JsEvalContext.jsexec(). All that is returned as an Array of
* Function.
*
* @param {string} expr
*
* @return {Array.<Function>}
*/
function jsEvalToExpressions(expr) {
var ret = [];
var values = expr.split(REGEXP_semicolon);
for (var i = 0, I = jsLength(values); i < I; ++i) {
if (values[i]) {
var value = jsEvalToFunction(values[i]);
ret.push(value);
}
}
return ret;
}