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defmodule TextDelta do
@moduledoc """
Delta is a format used to describe text states and changes.
Delta can describe any rich text changes or a rich text itself, preserving all
the formatting.
At the baseline level, delta is an array of operations (constructed via
`TextDelta.Operation`). Operations can be either
`t:TextDelta.Operation.insert/0`, `t:TextDelta.Operation.retain/0` or
`t:TextDelta.Operation.delete/0`. None of the operations contain index,
meaning that delta aways describes text or a change staring from the very
beginning.
Delta can describe both changes to and text states themselves. We can think of
a document as an artefact of all the changes applied to it. This way, newly
imported documents can be thinked of as a sequence of `insert`s applied to an
empty text.
Deltas are composable. This means that a text delta can be composed with
another delta for that text, resulting in a shorter, optimized version.
Deltas are also transformable. This attribute of deltas is what enables
[Operational Transformation][ot] - a way to transform one operation against
the context of another one. Operational Transformation allows us to build
optimistic, non-locking collaborative editors.
The format for deltas was deliberately copied from [Quill][quill] - a rich
text editor for web. This library aims to be an Elixir counter-part for Quill,
enabling us to build matching backends for the editor.
## Example
iex> delta = TextDelta.insert(TextDelta.new(), "Gandalf", %{bold: true})
%TextDelta{ops: [
%{insert: "Gandalf", attributes: %{bold: true}}]}
iex> delta = TextDelta.insert(delta, " the ")
%TextDelta{ops: [
%{insert: "Gandalf", attributes: %{bold: true}},
%{insert: " the "}]}
iex> TextDelta.insert(delta, "Grey", %{color: "#ccc"})
%TextDelta{ops: [
%{insert: "Gandalf", attributes: %{bold: true}},
%{insert: " the "},
%{insert: "Grey", attributes: %{color: "#ccc"}}]}
[ot]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_transformation
[quill]: https://quilljs.com
"""
alias TextDelta.{Operation,
Attributes,
Composition,
Transformation,
Application,
Document,
Difference}
defstruct ops: []
@typedoc """
Delta is a set of `t:TextDelta.Operation.retain/0`,
`t:TextDelta.Operation.insert/0`, or `t:TextDelta.Operation.delete/0`
operations.
"""
@type t :: %TextDelta{ops: [Operation.t]}
@typedoc """
A text state represented as delta. Any text state can be represented as a set
of `t:TextDelta.Operation.insert/0` operations.
"""
@type state :: %TextDelta{ops: [Operation.insert]}
@typedoc """
Alias to `t:TextDelta.state/0`.
"""
@type document :: state
@doc """
Creates new delta.
## Examples
iex> TextDelta.new()
%TextDelta{ops: []}
You can also pass set of operations using optional argument:
iex> TextDelta.new([TextDelta.Operation.insert("hello")])
%TextDelta{ops: [%{insert: "hello"}]}
"""
@spec new([Operation.t]) :: t
def new(ops \\ [])
def new([]), do: %TextDelta{}
def new(ops), do: Enum.reduce(ops, new(), &append(&2, &1))
@doc """
Creates and appends new `insert` operation to the delta.
Same as with underlying `TextDelta.Operation.insert/2` function, attributes
are optional.
`TextDelta.append/2` is used undert the hood to add operation to the delta
after construction. So all `append` rules apply.
## Example
iex> TextDelta.insert(TextDelta.new(), "hello", %{bold: true})
%TextDelta{ops: [%{insert: "hello", attributes: %{bold: true}}]}
"""
@spec insert(t, Operation.element, Attributes.t) :: t
def insert(delta, el, attrs \\ %{}) do
append(delta, Operation.insert(el, attrs))
end
@doc """
Creates and appends new `retain` operation to the delta.
Same as with underlying `TextDelta.Operation.retain/2` function, attributes
are optional.
`TextDelta.append/2` is used undert the hood to add operation to the delta
after construction. So all `append` rules apply.
## Example
iex> TextDelta.retain(TextDelta.new(), 5, %{italic: true})
%TextDelta{ops: [%{retain: 5, attributes: %{italic: true}}]}
"""
@spec retain(t, non_neg_integer, Attributes.t) :: t
def retain(delta, len, attrs \\ %{}) do
append(delta, Operation.retain(len, attrs))
end
@doc """
Creates and appends new `delete` operation to the delta.
`TextDelta.append/2` is used undert the hood to add operation to the delta
after construction. So all `append` rules apply.
## Example
iex> TextDelta.delete(TextDelta.new(), 3)
%TextDelta{ops: [%{delete: 3}]}
"""
@spec delete(t, non_neg_integer) :: t
def delete(delta, len) do
append(delta, Operation.delete(len))
end
@doc """
Appends given operation to the delta.
Before adding operation to the delta, this function attempts to compact it by
applying 2 simple rules:
1. Delete followed by insert is swapped to ensure that insert goes first.
2. Same operations with the same attributes are merged.
These two rules ensure that our deltas are always as short as possible and
canonical, making it easier to compare, compose and transform them.
## Example
iex> operation = TextDelta.Operation.insert("hello")
iex> TextDelta.append(TextDelta.new(), operation)
%TextDelta{ops: [%{insert: "hello"}]}
"""
@spec append(t, Operation.t) :: t
def append(delta, op) do
delta.ops
|> Enum.reverse()
|> compact(op)
|> Enum.reverse()
|> wrap()
end
defdelegate compose(first, second), to: Composition
defdelegate transform(left, right, priority), to: Transformation
defdelegate apply(state, delta), to: Application
defdelegate apply!(state, delta), to: Application
defdelegate lines(delta), to: Document
defdelegate lines!(delta), to: Document
defdelegate diff(first, second), to: Difference
defdelegate diff!(first, second), to: Difference
@doc """
Trims trailing retains from the end of a given delta.
## Example
iex> TextDelta.trim(TextDelta.new([%{insert: "hello"}, %{retain: 5}]))
%TextDelta{ops: [%{insert: "hello"}]}
"""
@spec trim(t) :: t
def trim(delta)
def trim(%TextDelta{ops: []} = empty), do: empty
def trim(delta) do
last_operation = List.last(delta.ops)
case Operation.trimmable?(last_operation) do
true ->
delta.ops
|> Enum.slice(0..-2)
|> wrap()
|> trim()
false ->
delta
end
end
@doc """
Calculates the length of a given delta.
Length of delta is a sum of its operations length.
## Example
iex> TextDelta.length(TextDelta.new([%{insert: "hello"}, %{retain: 5}]))
10
The function also allows to select which types of operations we include in the
summary with optional second argument:
iex> TextDelta.length(TextDelta.new([%{insert: "hi"}]), [:retain])
0
"""
@spec length(t, [Operation.type]) :: non_neg_integer
def length(delta, op_types \\ [:insert, :retain, :delete]) do
delta.ops
|> Enum.filter(&(Operation.type(&1) in op_types))
|> Enum.map(&Operation.length/1)
|> Enum.sum()
end
@doc """
Returns set of operations for a given delta.
## Example
iex> TextDelta.operations(TextDelta.new([%{delete: 5}, %{retain: 3}]))
[%{delete: 5}, %{retain: 3}]
"""
@spec operations(t) :: [Operation.t]
def operations(delta), do: delta.ops
defp compact(ops, %{insert: ""}), do: ops
defp compact(ops, %{retain: 0}), do: ops
defp compact(ops, %{delete: 0}), do: ops
defp compact(ops, []), do: ops
defp compact(ops, nil), do: ops
defp compact([], new_op), do: [new_op]
defp compact([%{delete: _} = del | ops_remainder], %{insert: _} = ins) do
ops_remainder
|> compact(ins)
|> compact(del)
end
defp compact([last_op | ops_remainder], new_op) do
last_op
|> Operation.compact(new_op)
|> Enum.reverse()
|> Kernel.++(ops_remainder)
end
defp wrap(ops), do: %TextDelta{ops: ops}
end