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frontends (xmlui): cancelling form now trigger submit with {"cancelled": "true"} instead of being silently ignored
author Goffi <goffi@goffi.org>
date Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:51:39 +0200
parents 2daf7b4c6756
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#!/usr/bin/env python2
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Salut à Toi: an XMPP client
# Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)

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""" regex tools common to backend and frontends """

import re
path_escape = {'%': '%25', '/': '%2F', '\\': '%5c'}
path_escape_rev = {re.escape(v):k for k, v in path_escape.iteritems()}
path_escape = {re.escape(k):v for k, v in path_escape.iteritems()}


def reJoin(exps):
    """Join (OR) various regexes"""
    return re.compile('|'.join(exps))


def reSubDict(pattern, repl_dict, string):
    """Replace key, value found in dict according to pattern

    @param pattern(basestr): pattern using keys found in repl_dict
    @repl_dict(dict): keys found in this dict will be replaced by
        corresponding values
    @param string(basestr): string to use for the replacement
    """
    return pattern.sub(lambda m: repl_dict[re.escape(m.group(0))], string)

path_escape_re = reJoin(path_escape.keys())
path_escape_rev_re = reJoin(path_escape_rev.keys())


def pathEscape(string):
    """Escape string so it can be use in a file path

    @param string(basestr): string to escape
    @return (str, unicode): escaped string, usable in a file path
    """
    return reSubDict(path_escape_re, path_escape, string)


def pathUnescape(string):
    """Unescape string from value found in file path

    @param string(basestr): string found in file path
    @return (str, unicode): unescaped string
    """
    return reSubDict(path_escape_rev_re, path_escape_rev, string)