comment-list.h

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#if ! defined (octave_comment_list_h)
#define octave_comment_list_h 1
 
#include "octave-config.h"
 
#include <list>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
 
OCTAVE_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(octave)
 
extern std::string get_comment_text ();
 
extern char * get_comment_text_c_str ();
 
extern void save_comment_text (const std::string& text);
 
class comment_elt
{
public:
 
  enum comment_type
  {
    unknown,
    block,
    full_line,
    end_of_line,
    copyright
  };
 
  comment_elt (const std::string& s = "", comment_type t = unknown, bool uses_hash_char = false)
    : m_text (s), m_type (t), m_uses_hash_char (uses_hash_char) { }
 
  comment_elt (const comment_elt& oc)
    : m_text (oc.m_text), m_type (oc.m_type), m_uses_hash_char (oc.m_uses_hash_char)
  { }
 
  comment_elt& operator = (const comment_elt& oc)
  {
    if (this != &oc)
      {
        m_text = oc.m_text;
        m_type = oc.m_type;
        m_uses_hash_char = oc.m_uses_hash_char;
      }
 
    return *this;
  }
 
  bool empty () const { return m_text.empty (); }
 
  std::string text () const { return m_text; }
 
  comment_type type () const { return m_type; }
 
  bool is_block () const { return m_type == block; }
  bool is_full_line () const { return m_type == full_line; }
  bool is_end_of_line () const { return m_type == end_of_line; }
  bool is_copyright () const { return m_type == copyright; }
  bool uses_hash_char () const { return m_uses_hash_char; }
 
  void reset ()
  {
    m_text = "";
    m_type = unknown;
    m_uses_hash_char = false;
  }
 
  ~comment_elt () = default;
 
private:
 
  // The text of the comment.
  std::string m_text;
 
  // The type of comment.
  comment_type m_type;
 
  // TRUE means a line comment uses '#' or a block comment used at least
  // one '#' delimiter.
  bool m_uses_hash_char;
};
 
class comment_list
{
public:
 
  OCTAVE_DEFAULT_CONSTRUCT_COPY_MOVE_DELETE (comment_list)
 
  typedef std::list<comment_elt>::reference reference;
  typedef std::list<comment_elt>::const_reference const_reference;
 
  typedef std::list<comment_elt>::iterator iterator;
  typedef std::list<comment_elt>::const_iterator const_iterator;
 
  void append (const comment_elt& elt)
  {
    m_list.push_back (elt);
  }
 
  void append (const std::string& s,
               comment_elt::comment_type t = comment_elt::unknown,
               bool uses_hash_char = false)
  {
    m_list.push_back (comment_elt (s, t, uses_hash_char));
  }
 
  void clear () { m_list.clear (); }
 
  bool empty () const { return m_list.empty (); }
 
  reference front () { return m_list.front (); }
  reference back () { return m_list.back (); }
 
  const_reference front () const { return m_list.front (); }
  const_reference back () const { return m_list.back (); }
 
  iterator begin () { return m_list.begin (); }
  iterator end () { return m_list.end (); }
 
  const_iterator begin () const { return m_list.begin (); }
  const_iterator end () const { return m_list.end (); }
 
  comment_list * dup () const;
 
  // Documentation for functions is typically the first block of
  // comments that doesn't look like a copyright statement.
  comment_elt find_doc_comment () const
  {
    for (const auto& elt : m_list)
      {
        // FIXME: should we also omit end-of-line comments?
        if (! elt.is_copyright ())
          return elt;
      }
 
    return comment_elt ();
  }
 
  std::string find_doc_string () const
  {
    return find_doc_comment().text ();
  }
 
private:
 
  std::list<comment_elt> m_list;
};
 
OCTAVE_END_NAMESPACE(octave)
 
#endif