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14/**
15 * Author: Steffen Meschkat <mesch@google.com>
16 *
17 * @fileoverview This class is used to evaluate expressions in a local
18 * context. Used by JstProcessor.
19 */
20
21
22/**
23 * Names of special variables defined by the jstemplate evaluation
24 * context. These can be used in js expression in jstemplate
25 * attributes.
26 */
27var VAR_index = '$index';
28var VAR_count = '$count';
29var VAR_this = '$this';
30var VAR_context = '$context';
31var VAR_top = '$top';
32
33
34/**
35 * The name of the global variable which holds the value to be returned if
36 * context evaluation results in an error.
37 * Use JsEvalContext.setGlobal(GLOB_default, value) to set this.
38 */
39var GLOB_default = '$default';
40
41
42/**
43 * Un-inlined literals, to avoid object creation in IE6. TODO(mesch):
44 * So far, these are only used here, but we could use them thoughout
45 * the code and thus move them to constants.js.
46 */
47var CHAR_colon = ':';
48var REGEXP_semicolon = /\s*;\s*/;
49
50
51/**
52 * See constructor_()
53 * @param {Object|null} opt_data
54 * @param {Object} opt_parent
55 * @constructor
56 */
57function JsEvalContext(opt_data, opt_parent) {
58  this.constructor_.apply(this, arguments);
59}
60
61/**
62 * Context for processing a jstemplate. The context contains a context
63 * object, whose properties can be referred to in jstemplate
64 * expressions, and it holds the locally defined variables.
65 *
66 * @param {Object|null} opt_data The context object. Null if no context.
67 *
68 * @param {Object} opt_parent The parent context, from which local
69 * variables are inherited. Normally the context object of the parent
70 * context is the object whose property the parent object is. Null for the
71 * context of the root object.
72 */
73JsEvalContext.prototype.constructor_ = function(opt_data, opt_parent) {
74  var me = this;
75
76  /**
77   * The context for variable definitions in which the jstemplate
78   * expressions are evaluated. Other than for the local context,
79   * which replaces the parent context, variable definitions of the
80   * parent are inherited. The special variable $this points to data_.
81   *
82   * If this instance is recycled from the cache, then the property is
83   * already initialized.
84   *
85   * @type {Object}
86   */
87  if (!me.vars_) {
88    me.vars_ = {};
89  }
90  if (opt_parent) {
91    // If there is a parent node, inherit local variables from the
92    // parent.
93    copyProperties(me.vars_, opt_parent.vars_);
94  } else {
95    // If a root node, inherit global symbols. Since every parent
96    // chain has a root with no parent, global variables will be
97    // present in the case above too. This means that globals can be
98    // overridden by locals, as it should be.
99    copyProperties(me.vars_, JsEvalContext.globals_);
100  }
101
102  /**
103   * The current context object is assigned to the special variable
104   * $this so it is possible to use it in expressions.
105   * @type Object
106   */
107  me.vars_[VAR_this] = opt_data;
108
109  /**
110   * The entire context structure is exposed as a variable so it can be
111   * passed to javascript invocations through jseval.
112   */
113  me.vars_[VAR_context] = me;
114
115  /**
116   * The local context of the input data in which the jstemplate
117   * expressions are evaluated. Notice that this is usually an Object,
118   * but it can also be a scalar value (and then still the expression
119   * $this can be used to refer to it). Notice this can even be value,
120   * undefined or null. Hence, we have to protect jsexec() from using
121   * undefined or null, yet we want $this to reflect the true value of
122   * the current context. Thus we assign the original value to $this,
123   * above, but for the expression context we replace null and
124   * undefined by the empty string.
125   *
126   * @type {Object|null}
127   */
128  me.data_ = getDefaultObject(opt_data, STRING_empty);
129
130  if (!opt_parent) {
131    // If this is a top-level context, create a variable reference to the data
132    // to allow for  accessing top-level properties of the original context
133    // data from child contexts.
134    me.vars_[VAR_top] = me.data_;
135  }
136};
137
138
139/**
140 * A map of globally defined symbols. Every instance of JsExprContext
141 * inherits them in its vars_.
142 * @type Object
143 */
144JsEvalContext.globals_ = {}
145
146
147/**
148 * Sets a global symbol. It will be available like a variable in every
149 * JsEvalContext instance. This is intended mainly to register
150 * immutable global objects, such as functions, at load time, and not
151 * to add global data at runtime. I.e. the same objections as to
152 * global variables in general apply also here. (Hence the name
153 * "global", and not "global var".)
154 * @param {string} name
155 * @param {Object|null} value
156 */
157JsEvalContext.setGlobal = function(name, value) {
158  JsEvalContext.globals_[name] = value;
159};
160
161
162/**
163 * Set the default value to be returned if context evaluation results in an
164 * error. (This can occur if a non-existent value was requested).
165 */
166JsEvalContext.setGlobal(GLOB_default, null);
167
168
169/**
170 * A cache to reuse JsEvalContext instances. (IE6 perf)
171 *
172 * @type Array.<JsEvalContext>
173 */
174JsEvalContext.recycledInstances_ = [];
175
176
177/**
178 * A factory to create a JsEvalContext instance, possibly reusing
179 * one from recycledInstances_. (IE6 perf)
180 *
181 * @param {Object} opt_data
182 * @param {JsEvalContext} opt_parent
183 * @return {JsEvalContext}
184 */
185JsEvalContext.create = function(opt_data, opt_parent) {
186  if (jsLength(JsEvalContext.recycledInstances_) > 0) {
187    var instance = JsEvalContext.recycledInstances_.pop();
188    JsEvalContext.call(instance, opt_data, opt_parent);
189    return instance;
190  } else {
191    return new JsEvalContext(opt_data, opt_parent);
192  }
193};
194
195
196/**
197 * Recycle a used JsEvalContext instance, so we can avoid creating one
198 * the next time we need one. (IE6 perf)
199 *
200 * @param {JsEvalContext} instance
201 */
202JsEvalContext.recycle = function(instance) {
203  for (var i in instance.vars_) {
204    // NOTE(mesch): We avoid object creation here. (IE6 perf)
205    delete instance.vars_[i];
206  }
207  instance.data_ = null;
208  JsEvalContext.recycledInstances_.push(instance);
209};
210
211
212/**
213 * Executes a function created using jsEvalToFunction() in the context
214 * of vars, data, and template.
215 *
216 * @param {Function} exprFunction A javascript function created from
217 * a jstemplate attribute value.
218 *
219 * @param {Element} template DOM node of the template.
220 *
221 * @return {Object|null} The value of the expression from which
222 * exprFunction was created in the current js expression context and
223 * the context of template.
224 */
225JsEvalContext.prototype.jsexec = function(exprFunction, template) {
226  try {
227    return exprFunction.call(template, this.vars_, this.data_);
228  } catch (e) {
229    log('jsexec EXCEPTION: ' + e + ' at ' + template +
230        ' with ' + exprFunction);
231    return JsEvalContext.globals_[GLOB_default];
232  }
233};
234
235
236/**
237 * Clones the current context for a new context object. The cloned
238 * context has the data object as its context object and the current
239 * context as its parent context. It also sets the $index variable to
240 * the given value. This value usually is the position of the data
241 * object in a list for which a template is instantiated multiply.
242 *
243 * @param {Object} data The new context object.
244 *
245 * @param {number} index Position of the new context when multiply
246 * instantiated. (See implementation of jstSelect().)
247 *
248 * @param {number} count The total number of contexts that were multiply
249 * instantiated. (See implementation of jstSelect().)
250 *
251 * @return {JsEvalContext}
252 */
253JsEvalContext.prototype.clone = function(data, index, count) {
254  var ret = JsEvalContext.create(data, this);
255  ret.setVariable(VAR_index, index);
256  ret.setVariable(VAR_count, count);
257  return ret;
258};
259
260
261/**
262 * Binds a local variable to the given value. If set from jstemplate
263 * jsvalue expressions, variable names must start with $, but in the
264 * API they only have to be valid javascript identifier.
265 *
266 * @param {string} name
267 *
268 * @param {Object?} value
269 */
270JsEvalContext.prototype.setVariable = function(name, value) {
271  this.vars_[name] = value;
272};
273
274
275/**
276 * Returns the value bound to the local variable of the given name, or
277 * undefined if it wasn't set. There is no way to distinguish a
278 * variable that wasn't set from a variable that was set to
279 * undefined. Used mostly for testing.
280 *
281 * @param {string} name
282 *
283 * @return {Object?} value
284 */
285JsEvalContext.prototype.getVariable = function(name) {
286  return this.vars_[name];
287};
288
289
290/**
291 * Evaluates a string expression within the scope of this context
292 * and returns the result.
293 *
294 * @param {string} expr A javascript expression
295 * @param {Element} opt_template An optional node to serve as "this"
296 *
297 * @return {Object?} value
298 */
299JsEvalContext.prototype.evalExpression = function(expr, opt_template) {
300  var exprFunction = jsEvalToFunction(expr);
301  return this.jsexec(exprFunction, opt_template);
302};
303
304
305/**
306 * Uninlined string literals for jsEvalToFunction() (IE6 perf).
307 */
308var STRING_a = 'a_';
309var STRING_b = 'b_';
310var STRING_with = 'with (a_) with (b_) return ';
311
312
313/**
314 * Cache for jsEvalToFunction results.
315 * @type Object
316 */
317JsEvalContext.evalToFunctionCache_ = {};
318
319
320/**
321 * Evaluates the given expression as the body of a function that takes
322 * vars and data as arguments. Since the resulting function depends
323 * only on expr, we cache the result so we save some Function
324 * invocations, and some object creations in IE6.
325 *
326 * @param {string} expr A javascript expression.
327 *
328 * @return {Function} A function that returns the value of expr in the
329 * context of vars and data.
330 */
331function jsEvalToFunction(expr) {
332  if (!JsEvalContext.evalToFunctionCache_[expr]) {
333    try {
334      // NOTE(mesch): The Function constructor is faster than eval().
335      JsEvalContext.evalToFunctionCache_[expr] =
336        new Function(STRING_a, STRING_b, STRING_with + expr);
337    } catch (e) {
338      log('jsEvalToFunction (' + expr + ') EXCEPTION ' + e);
339    }
340  }
341  return JsEvalContext.evalToFunctionCache_[expr];
342}
343
344
345/**
346 * Evaluates the given expression to itself. This is meant to pass
347 * through string attribute values.
348 *
349 * @param {string} expr
350 *
351 * @return {string}
352 */
353function jsEvalToSelf(expr) {
354  return expr;
355}
356
357
358/**
359 * Parses the value of the jsvalues attribute in jstemplates: splits
360 * it up into a map of labels and expressions, and creates functions
361 * from the expressions that are suitable for execution by
362 * JsEvalContext.jsexec(). All that is returned as a flattened array
363 * of pairs of a String and a Function.
364 *
365 * @param {string} expr
366 *
367 * @return {Array}
368 */
369function jsEvalToValues(expr) {
370  // TODO(mesch): It is insufficient to split the values by simply
371  // finding semi-colons, as the semi-colon may be part of a string
372  // constant or escaped.
373  var ret = [];
374  var values = expr.split(REGEXP_semicolon);
375  for (var i = 0, I = jsLength(values); i < I; ++i) {
376    var colon = values[i].indexOf(CHAR_colon);
377    if (colon < 0) {
378      continue;
379    }
380    var label = stringTrim(values[i].substr(0, colon));
381    var value = jsEvalToFunction(values[i].substr(colon + 1));
382    ret.push(label, value);
383  }
384  return ret;
385}
386
387
388/**
389 * Parses the value of the jseval attribute of jstemplates: splits it
390 * up into a list of expressions, and creates functions from the
391 * expressions that are suitable for execution by
392 * JsEvalContext.jsexec(). All that is returned as an Array of
393 * Function.
394 *
395 * @param {string} expr
396 *
397 * @return {Array.<Function>}
398 */
399function jsEvalToExpressions(expr) {
400  var ret = [];
401  var values = expr.split(REGEXP_semicolon);
402  for (var i = 0, I = jsLength(values); i < I; ++i) {
403    if (values[i]) {
404      var value = jsEvalToFunction(values[i]);
405      ret.push(value);
406    }
407  }
408  return ret;
409}
410