expressionformatter.inl

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/// \file
/// This header-file is part of module \alib_expressions of the \aliblong.
///
/// \emoji :copyright: 2013-2025 A-Worx GmbH, Germany.
/// Published under \ref mainpage_license "Boost Software License".
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ALIB_EXPORT namespace alib { namespace expressions::util {
 
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/// This class allows using \alib_expressions_nl within format strings used with
/// \alib{format;Formatter;ALib Formatters} and thus allows exposing customizable format
/// strings to end-users, which leverage an application's expression subsystem.
///
/// To understand the concept of this class, please read the documentation of class
/// \alib{format;PropertyFormatter} \b first, which is almost a 1:1 copy of this class but
/// uses simple "property callback functions" instead of expressions.
///
/// \note
///    This documentation rather documents the differences to \b %PropertyFormatter instead of
///    repeating what is explained already in the sibling class.
///
/// This class can be used in the same way as \alib{format;PropertyFormatter}. However,
/// instead of the provision of a table of type
/// \alib{format;PropertyFormatter::TCallbackTable}, this class expects an expression
/// compiler in the constructor.
///
/// With that, simple expressions comprising just a single identifier term can be used in
/// exactly the same way as demonstrated with \b PropertyFormatter. For example, format string:
///
///      "{name} is aged {age} and his/her hobby is {hobby}"
///
/// would compile three expressions (<em>"name"</em>, <em>"age"</em> and <em>"hobby"</em>) and
/// convert the format string to just
///
///      "{} is aged {} and his/her hobby is {}"
///
/// Then, with the invocation of method #Format, an expression scope has to be provided, which
/// is used to evaluate each expression and add the result value to the list of format parameters.
///
/// To separate the given expressions strings from other formatting information provided in a
/// placeholder, a special separator character is used. This character is provided with construction
/// and defaults to the symbol \c '@'. A format string that uses
/// \alib{format;FormatterPythonStyle;python formatting syntax} might look like this:
///
///      "The surface is {width * height@:>5.2} sqm."
///
/// <p>
///\I{#############################################################################################}
/// # Reference Documentation #
/// @throws alib::format::FMTExceptions::UnknownPropertyInFormatString \I{CLANGDUMMY}
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class ExpressionFormatter
{
    protected:
        /// The expression compiler (as given in the constructor).
        Compiler*                   compiler;
 
        /// The formatter to use (as given in the constructor).
        SPFormatter                 stdFormatter;
 
        /// The original format string. Used only for exception information.
        const AString               originalFormatString;
 
        /// The resulting format string passed to \alib formatters.
        AString                     formatStringStripped;
 
        /// The expressions functions to receive the format data.
        std::vector<Expression>   expressions;
 
    public:
 
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        /// Constructor. Processes the given format string and compiles embedded expressions, which
        /// are then used with invocations of method #Format.
        ///
        /// @param formatString        The format string as described in the class documentation.
        /// @param compiler            The expression compiler.
        /// @param formatter           The formatter to use. Defaults to \c nullptr which selects
        ///                            \alib{format;Formatter::Default;default formatter}.
        /// @param separatorChar       The character that is to be used to separate the expression
        ///                            from the placeholder format information in
        ///                            \p{customFormatString}.<br>
        ///                            Defaults to <c>'@'</c>.
        ///
        /// @throws alib::format::FMTExceptions::UnknownPropertyInFormatString. \I{CLANGDUMMY}
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        ALIB_DLL
        ExpressionFormatter( const String   formatString,
                             Compiler*      compiler,
                             SPFormatter    formatter            = nullptr,
                             character      separatorChar        = '@'          );
 
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        /// Writes the formatted output of the expressions in accordance to the given \p{scope}
        /// object to given \p{target} string.
        ///
        /// @param target    The target string to write into.
        /// @param scope     The scope used to evaluate the expressions found in the format string.
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        ALIB_DLL
        void    Format( AString& target, expressions::Scope&  scope );
 
}; // class ExpressionFormatter
 
} // namespace alib[::expressions::util]
 
/// Type alias in namespace \b alib.
using ExpressionFormatter  =    expressions::util::ExpressionFormatter;
 
} // namespace [alib]