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-<?php
-/**
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- * @package log4php
- */
-
-/**
- * Most of the work of the {@link LoggerPatternLayout} class
- * is delegated to the {@link LoggerPatternParser} class.
- *
- * <p>It is this class that parses conversion patterns and creates
- * a chained list of {@link LoggerPatternConverter} converters.</p>
- *
- * @version $Revision: 1395467 $
- * @package log4php
- * @subpackage helpers
- *
- * @since 0.3
- */
-class LoggerPatternParser {
-
-    /** Escape character for conversion words in the conversion pattern. */
-    const ESCAPE_CHAR = '%';
-
-    /** Maps conversion words to relevant converters. */
-    private $converterMap;
-
-    /** Conversion pattern used in layout. */
-    private $pattern;
-
-    /** Regex pattern used for parsing the conversion pattern. */
-    private $regex;
-
-    /**
-     * First converter in the chain.
-     * @var LoggerPatternConverter
-     */
-    private $head;
-
-    /** Last converter in the chain. */
-    private $tail;
-
-    public function __construct($pattern, $converterMap) {
-        $this->pattern = $pattern;
-        $this->converterMap = $converterMap;
-
-        // Construct the regex pattern
-        $this->regex =
-            '/' .                       // Starting regex pattern delimiter
-            self::ESCAPE_CHAR .         // Character which marks the start of the conversion pattern
-            '(?P<modifiers>[0-9.-]*)' . // Format modifiers (optional)
-            '(?P<word>[a-zA-Z]+)' .     // The conversion word
-            '(?P<option>{[^}]*})?' .    // Conversion option in braces (optional)
-            '/';                        // Ending regex pattern delimiter
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Parses the conversion pattern string, converts it to a chain of pattern
-     * converters and returns the first converter in the chain.
-     *
-     * @return LoggerPatternConverter
-     */
-    public function parse() {
-
-        // Skip parsing if the pattern is empty
-        if (empty($this->pattern)) {
-            $this->addLiteral('');
-            return $this->head;
-        }
-
-        // Find all conversion words in the conversion pattern
-        $count = preg_match_all($this->regex, $this->pattern, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
-        if ($count === false) {
-            $error = error_get_last();
-            throw new LoggerException("Failed parsing layotut pattern: {$error['message']}");
-        }
-
-        $prevEnd = 0;
-
-        foreach ($matches[0] as $key => $item) {
-
-            // Locate where the conversion command starts and ends
-            $length = strlen($item[0]);
-            $start = $item[1];
-            $end = $item[1] + $length;
-
-            // Find any literal expressions between matched commands
-            if ($start > $prevEnd) {
-                $literal = substr($this->pattern, $prevEnd, $start - $prevEnd);
-                $this->addLiteral($literal);
-            }
-
-            // Extract the data from the matched command
-            $word = !empty($matches['word'][$key]) ? $matches['word'][$key][0] : null;
-            $modifiers = !empty($matches['modifiers'][$key]) ? $matches['modifiers'][$key][0] : null;
-            $option = !empty($matches['option'][$key]) ? $matches['option'][$key][0] : null;
-
-            // Create a converter and add it to the chain
-            $this->addConverter($word, $modifiers, $option);
-
-            $prevEnd = $end;
-        }
-
-        // Add any trailing literals
-        if ($end < strlen($this->pattern)) {
-            $literal = substr($this->pattern, $end);
-            $this->addLiteral($literal);
-        }
-
-        return $this->head;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a literal converter to the converter chain.
-     * @param string $string The string for the literal converter.
-     */
-    private function addLiteral($string) {
-        $converter = new LoggerPatternConverterLiteral($string);
-        $this->addToChain($converter);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a non-literal converter to the converter chain.
-     *
-     * @param string $word The conversion word, used to determine which
-     *  converter will be used.
-     * @param string $modifiers Formatting modifiers.
-     * @param string $option Option to pass to the converter.
-     */
-    private function addConverter($word, $modifiers, $option) {
-        $formattingInfo = $this->parseModifiers($modifiers);
-        $option = trim($option, "{} ");
-
-        if (isset($this->converterMap[$word])) {
-            $converter = $this->getConverter($word, $formattingInfo, $option);
-            $this->addToChain($converter);
-        } else {
-            trigger_error("log4php: Invalid keyword '%$word' in converison pattern. Ignoring keyword.", E_USER_WARNING);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Determines which converter to use based on the conversion word. Creates
-     * an instance of the converter using the provided formatting info and
-     * option and returns it.
-     *
-     * @param string $word The conversion word.
-     * @param LoggerFormattingInfo $info Formatting info.
-     * @param string $option Converter option.
-     *
-     * @throws LoggerException
-     *
-     * @return LoggerPatternConverter
-     */
-    private function getConverter($word, $info, $option) {
-        if (!isset($this->converterMap[$word])) {
-            throw new LoggerException("Invalid keyword '%$word' in converison pattern. Ignoring keyword.");
-        }
-
-        $converterClass = $this->converterMap[$word];
-        if (!class_exists($converterClass)) {
-            throw new LoggerException("Class '$converterClass' does not exist.");
-        }
-
-        $converter = new $converterClass($info, $option);
-        if (!($converter instanceof LoggerPatternConverter)) {
-            throw new LoggerException("Class '$converterClass' is not an instance of LoggerPatternConverter.");
-        }
-
-        return $converter;
-    }
-
-    /** Adds a converter to the chain and updates $head and $tail pointers. */
-    private function addToChain(LoggerPatternConverter $converter) {
-        if (!isset($this->head)) {
-            $this->head = $converter;
-            $this->tail = $this->head;
-        } else {
-            $this->tail->next = $converter;
-            $this->tail = $this->tail->next;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Parses the formatting modifiers and produces the corresponding
-     * LoggerFormattingInfo object.
-     *
-     * @param string $modifier
-     * @return LoggerFormattingInfo
-     * @throws LoggerException
-     */
-    private function parseModifiers($modifiers) {
-        $info = new LoggerFormattingInfo();
-
-        // If no modifiers are given, return default values
-        if (empty($modifiers)) {
-            return $info;
-        }
-
-        // Validate
-        $pattern = '/^(-?[0-9]+)?\.?-?[0-9]+$/';
-        if (!preg_match($pattern, $modifiers)) {
-            trigger_error("log4php: Invalid modifier in conversion pattern: [$modifiers]. Ignoring modifier.", E_USER_WARNING);
-            return $info;
-        }
-
-        $parts = explode('.', $modifiers);
-
-        if (!empty($parts[0])) {
-            $minPart = (integer)$parts[0];
-            $info->min = abs($minPart);
-            $info->padLeft = ($minPart > 0);
-        }
-
-        if (!empty($parts[1])) {
-            $maxPart = (integer)$parts[1];
-            $info->max = abs($maxPart);
-            $info->trimLeft = ($maxPart < 0);
-        }
-
-        return $info;
-    }
-}