/// <summary>
/// Transforms a string containing a handlebars.js-compatible template into a template syntax tree
/// </summary>
/// <param name="templateText"></param>
/// <param name="t"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal RootNode Parse(string templateText, Template t)
{
// Todo: rewrite this as a monadic parser combinator?
// http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lukeh/archive/2007/08/19/monadic-parser-combinators-using-c-3-0.aspx
// http://lorgonblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/c-3-0-lambda-and-the-first-post-of-a-series-about-monadic-parser-combinators/
// http://nblumhardt.com/2010/01/building-an-external-dsl-in-c/ (using sprache)
try
{
// init context and rules
var parserContext = new ParserContext(t);
var textConsumer = new ParserTextConsumer(templateText);
var rules = new ParserRules(parserContext);
while (textConsumer.Consume())
{
IRule rule = rules.Match(textConsumer.NextFragment);
rule.ProcessContext();
}
return parserContext.RootNode;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("An error occurred while parsing the provided template text:", ex);
}
}
public ParserRules(ParserContext context)
{
_context = context;
}