/// <summary>
/// Identifies the locations of macros within article or template content.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The macro syntax is inspired by Aaron Parecki's extensions to Markdown (https://aaronparecki.com/articles/2012/09/01/1/some-enhancements-to-markdown#macros) in the
/// hope of maintaining some consistency and portability between dialects. The mechanics by which macros are implemented is rather different though.
/// </remarks>
public static List <MacroInvocation> LocateMarkdownMacros(string content)
{
List <MacroInvocation> invocations = new List <MacroInvocation>();
//Tested on regexr.com - their tool is great (except JavaScript doesn't support lookbehind)
string macroRegex = @"(?<!\\)!\[:(\w+)(\s[\w\d]+)*\]\s*(\(([^\)]+)\))?";
Regex re = new Regex(macroRegex);
MatchCollection matches = re.Matches(content);
foreach (Match m in matches)
{
string macroName = m.Groups[1].Value;
List <string> parms = new List <string>();
List <string> vals = new List <string>();
for (int i = 0; i < m.Groups[2].Captures.Count; i++)
{
//Push paramters into the list
parms.Add(decodeParameterValue(m.Groups[2].Captures[i].Value.Trim()));
}
//Group 3 is the same as
for (int i = 0; i < m.Groups[4].Captures.Count; i++)
{
//Push value(s?) into the list
vals.Add(m.Groups[4].Captures[i].Value.Trim());
}
MacroInvocation mi = new MacroInvocation()
{
MacroName = macroName,
Parameters = parms,
Values = vals,
StartingCharIndex = m.Index,
EndingCharIndex = m.Index + m.Length
};
invocations.Add(mi);
}
return(invocations);
}
/// <summary>
/// Identifies the locations of macros within article or template content.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The macro syntax is inspired by Aaron Parecki's extensions to Markdown (https://aaronparecki.com/articles/2012/09/01/1/some-enhancements-to-markdown#macros) in the
/// hope of maintaining some consistency and portability between dialects. The mechanics by which macros are implemented is rather different though.
/// </remarks>
public static List<MacroInvocation> LocateMarkdownMacros(string content)
{
List<MacroInvocation> invocations = new List<MacroInvocation>();
//Tested on regexr.com - their tool is great (except JavaScript doesn't support lookbehind)
string macroRegex = @"(?<!\\)!\[:(\w+)(\s[\w\d]+)*\]\s*(\(([^\)]+)\))?";
Regex re = new Regex(macroRegex);
MatchCollection matches = re.Matches(content);
foreach (Match m in matches)
{
string macroName = m.Groups[1].Value;
List<string> parms = new List<string>();
List<string> vals = new List<string>();
for (int i = 0; i < m.Groups[2].Captures.Count; i++)
{
//Push paramters into the list
parms.Add(decodeParameterValue(m.Groups[2].Captures[i].Value.Trim()));
}
//Group 3 is the same as
for (int i = 0; i < m.Groups[4].Captures.Count; i++)
{
//Push value(s?) into the list
vals.Add(m.Groups[4].Captures[i].Value.Trim());
}
MacroInvocation mi = new MacroInvocation()
{
MacroName = macroName,
Parameters = parms,
Values = vals,
StartingCharIndex = m.Index,
EndingCharIndex = m.Index + m.Length
};
invocations.Add(mi);
}
return invocations;
}