/// <summary>
/// Build a search and replace function
///
/// The resulting function finds all patterns in the string you give it, and replaces them all with
/// the associated replacement.
///
/// Matches are found in order of their start positions. If matches to more than one pattern occur at the same
/// position, then the <i>longest</i> match will be used. If there is a tie, then the first one added to this
/// builder will be used.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The search+replace function</returns>
public Func <string, string> BuildStringReplacer()
{
if (dfaMemo == null)
{
dfaMemo = dfaBuilder.Build(AmbiguityResolver);
}
if (reverseFinderMemo == null)
{
reverseFinderMemo = dfaBuilder.BuildReverseFinder();
}
var searcher = new StringSearcher <int>(dfaMemo, reverseFinderMemo);
var replacer = new StringSearcherReplacer(replacements).ReplacementSelector;
return(str => searcher.FindAndReplace(str, replacer));
}
/// <summary>
/// Build a search and replace function from a searcher and replacer
/// </summary>
/// <param name="searcher">the searcher</param>
/// <param name="replacer">the replacer</param>
/// <typeparam name="TResult"></typeparam>
/// <returns>The search+replace function</returns>
public static Func <string, string> BuildFromSearcher <TResult>(StringSearcher <TResult> searcher, ReplacementSelector <TResult> replacer)
{
return(str => searcher.FindAndReplace(str, replacer));
}
