/// <summary>
/// This function can be called by any element parsing. Given a start and stopping point this will
/// parse all found elements out of the range.
/// </summary>
/// <returns> A list of parsed inlines. </returns>
public static List <MarkdownInline> ParseInlineChildren(string markdown, int startingPos, int maxEndingPos, bool ignoreLinks = false)
{
int currentParsePosition = startingPos;
var inlines = new List <MarkdownInline>();
while (currentParsePosition < maxEndingPos)
{
// Find the next inline element.
var parseResult = FindNextInlineElement(markdown, currentParsePosition, maxEndingPos, ignoreLinks);
// If the element we found doesn't start at the position we are looking for there
// is text between the element and the start of the parsed element. We need to wrap
// it into a text run.
if (parseResult.Start != currentParsePosition)
{
var textRun = TextRunInline.Parse(markdown, currentParsePosition, parseResult.Start);
inlines.Add(textRun);
}
// Add the parsed element.
inlines.Add(parseResult.ParsedElement);
// Update the current position.
currentParsePosition = parseResult.End;
}
return(inlines);
}
/// <summary>
/// Finds the next inline element by matching trip chars and verifying the match.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="markdown"> The markdown text to parse. </param>
/// <param name="start"> The position to start parsing. </param>
/// <param name="end"> The position to stop parsing. </param>
/// <param name="ignoreLinks"> Indicates whether to parse links. </param>
/// <returns>Returns the next element</returns>
private static InlineParseResult FindNextInlineElement(string markdown, int start, int end, bool ignoreLinks)
{
// Search for the next inline sequence.
for (int pos = start; pos < end; pos++)
{
// IndexOfAny should be the fastest way to skip characters we don't care about.
pos = markdown.IndexOfAny(_tripCharacters, pos, end - pos);
if (pos < 0)
{
break;
}
// Find the trigger(s) that matched.
char currentChar = markdown[pos];
foreach (InlineTripCharHelper currentTripChar in _triggerList)
{
// Check if our current char matches the suffix char.
if (currentChar == currentTripChar.FirstChar)
{
// Don't match if the previous character was a backslash.
if (pos > start && markdown[pos - 1] == '\\')
{
continue;
}
// If we are here we have a possible match. Call into the inline class to verify.
InlineParseResult parseResult = null;
switch (currentTripChar.Method)
{
case InlineParseMethod.BoldItalic:
parseResult = BoldItalicTextInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Comment:
parseResult = CommentInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
case InlineParseMethod.LinkReference:
parseResult = LinkAnchorInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Bold:
parseResult = BoldTextInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Italic:
parseResult = ItalicTextInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
case InlineParseMethod.MarkdownLink:
if (!ignoreLinks)
{
parseResult = MarkdownLinkInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
}
break;
case InlineParseMethod.AngleBracketLink:
if (!ignoreLinks)
{
parseResult = HyperlinkInline.ParseAngleBracketLink(markdown, pos, end);
}
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Url:
if (!ignoreLinks)
{
parseResult = HyperlinkInline.ParseUrl(markdown, pos, end);
}
break;
case InlineParseMethod.RedditLink:
if (!ignoreLinks)
{
parseResult = HyperlinkInline.ParseRedditLink(markdown, pos, end);
}
break;
case InlineParseMethod.PartialLink:
if (!ignoreLinks)
{
parseResult = HyperlinkInline.ParsePartialLink(markdown, pos, end);
}
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Email:
if (!ignoreLinks)
{
parseResult = HyperlinkInline.ParseEmailAddress(markdown, start, pos, end);
}
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Strikethrough:
parseResult = StrikethroughTextInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Superscript:
parseResult = SuperscriptTextInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Subscript:
parseResult = SubscriptTextInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Code:
parseResult = CodeInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Image:
parseResult = ImageInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
case InlineParseMethod.Emoji:
parseResult = EmojiInline.Parse(markdown, pos, end);
break;
}
if (parseResult != null)
{
return(parseResult);
}
}
}
}
// If we didn't find any elements we have a normal text block.
// Let us consume the entire range.
return(new InlineParseResult(TextRunInline.Parse(markdown, start, end), start, end));
}