Class: ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Comparable
Defined in:
activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb

Overview

Chars enables you to work transparently with UTF-8 encoding in the Ruby String class without having extensive knowledge about the encoding. A Chars object accepts a string upon initialization and proxies String methods in an encoding safe manner. All the normal String methods are also implemented on the proxy.

String methods are proxied through the Chars object, and can be accessed through the mb_chars method. Methods which would normally return a String object now return a Chars object so methods can be chained.

"The Perfect String  ".mb_chars.downcase.strip.normalize # => "the perfect string"

Chars objects are perfectly interchangeable with String objects as long as no explicit class checks are made. If certain methods do explicitly check the class, call to_s before you pass chars objects to them.

bad.explicit_checking_method "T".mb_chars.downcase.to_s

The default Chars implementation assumes that the encoding of the string is UTF-8, if you want to handle different encodings you can write your own multibyte string handler and configure it through ActiveSupport::Multibyte.proxy_class.

class CharsForUTF32
  def size
    @wrapped_string.size / 4
  end

  def self.accepts?(string)
    string.length % 4 == 0
  end
end

ActiveSupport::Multibyte.proxy_class = CharsForUTF32

Instance Attribute Summary (collapse)

Class Method Summary (collapse)

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

Constructor Details

- (Chars) initialize(string)

:nodoc:



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 43

def initialize(string) #:nodoc:
  @wrapped_string = string
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

- (Object) method_missing(method, *args, &block)

Forward all undefined methods to the wrapped string.



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 54

def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
  if method.to_s =~ /!$/
    @wrapped_string.__send__(method, *args, &block)
    self
  else
    result = @wrapped_string.__send__(method, *args, &block)
    result.kind_of?(String) ? chars(result) : result
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

- (Object) wrapped_string (readonly) Also known as: to_s, to_str

Returns the value of attribute wrapped_string



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 37

def wrapped_string
  @wrapped_string
end

Class Method Details

+ (Boolean) consumes?(string)

Returns true when the proxy class can handle the string. Returns false otherwise.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 76

def self.consumes?(string)
  # Unpack is a little bit faster than regular expressions.
  string.unpack('U*')
  true
rescue ArgumentError
  false
end

+ (Boolean) wants?(string)

Returns true if the Chars class can and should act as a proxy for the string string. Returns false otherwise.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 100

def self.wants?(string)
  $KCODE == 'UTF8' && consumes?(string)
end

Instance Method Details

- (Object) +(other)

Returns a new Chars object containing the other object concatenated to the string.

Example:

('Café'.mb_chars + ' périferôl').to_s # => "Café périferôl"


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 108

def +(other)
  chars(@wrapped_string + other)
end

- (Object) <=>(other)

Returns -1, 0, or 1, depending on whether the Chars object is to be sorted before, equal or after the object on the right side of the operation. It accepts any object that implements to_s:

'é'.mb_chars <=> 'ü'.mb_chars # => -1

See String#<=> for more details.



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 93

def <=>(other)
  @wrapped_string <=> other.to_s
end

- (Object) =~(other)

Like String#=~ only it returns the character offset (in codepoints) instead of the byte offset.

Example:

'Café périferôl'.mb_chars =~ /ô/ # => 12


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 116

def =~(other)
  @wrapped_string =~ other
end

- (Object) []=(*args)

Like String#[]=, except instead of byte offsets you specify character offsets.

Example:

s = "Müller"
s.mb_chars[2] = "e" # Replace character with offset 2
s
# => "Müeler"

s = "Müller"
s.mb_chars[1, 2] = "ö" # Replace 2 characters at character offset 1
s
# => "Möler"


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 266

def []=(*args)
  replace_by = args.pop
  # Indexed replace with regular expressions already works
  if args.first.is_a?(Regexp)
    @wrapped_string[*args] = replace_by
  else
    result = Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string)
    case args.first
    when Fixnum
      raise IndexError, "index #{args[0]} out of string" if args[0] >= result.length
      min = args[0]
      max = args[1].nil? ? min : (min + args[1] - 1)
      range = Range.new(min, max)
      replace_by = [replace_by].pack('U') if replace_by.is_a?(Fixnum)
    when Range
      raise RangeError, "#{args[0]} out of range" if args[0].min >= result.length
      range = args[0]
    else
      needle = args[0].to_s
      min = index(needle)
      max = min + Unicode.u_unpack(needle).length - 1
      range = Range.new(min, max)
    end
    result[range] = Unicode.u_unpack(replace_by)
    @wrapped_string.replace(result.pack('U*'))
  end
end

- (Boolean) acts_like_string?

Enable more predictable duck-typing on String-like classes. See Object#acts_like?.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 71

def acts_like_string?
  true
end

- (Object) capitalize

Converts the first character to uppercase and the remainder to lowercase.

Example:

'über'.mb_chars.capitalize.to_s # => "Über"


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 359

def capitalize
  (slice(0) || chars('')).upcase + (slice(1..-1) || chars('')).downcase
end

- (Object) center(integer, padstr = ' ')

Works just like String#center, only integer specifies characters instead of bytes.

Example:

"¾ cup".mb_chars.center(8).to_s
# => " ¾ cup  "

"¾ cup".mb_chars.center(8, " ").to_s # Use non-breaking whitespace
# => " ¾ cup  "


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 234

def center(integer, padstr=' ')
  justify(integer, :center, padstr)
end

- (Object) compose

Performs composition on all the characters.

Example:

'é'.length                       # => 3
'é'.mb_chars.compose.to_s.length # => 2


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 397

def compose
  chars(Unicode.compose_codepoints(Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string)).pack('U*'))
end

- (Object) decompose

Performs canonical decomposition on all the characters.

Example:

'é'.length                         # => 2
'é'.mb_chars.decompose.to_s.length # => 3


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 388

def decompose
  chars(Unicode.decompose_codepoints(:canonical, Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string)).pack('U*'))
end

- (Object) downcase

Convert characters in the string to lowercase.

Example:

'VĚDA A VÝZKUM'.mb_chars.downcase.to_s # => "věda a výzkum"


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 351

def downcase
  chars(Unicode.apply_mapping @wrapped_string, :lowercase_mapping)
end

- (Object) g_length

Returns the number of grapheme clusters in the string.

Example:

'क्षि'.mb_chars.length   # => 4
'क्षि'.mb_chars.g_length # => 3


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 406

def g_length
  Unicode.g_unpack(@wrapped_string).length
end

- (Boolean) include?(other)

Returns true if contained string contains other. Returns false otherwise.

Example:

'Café'.mb_chars.include?('é') # => true

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 140

def include?(other)
  # We have to redefine this method because Enumerable defines it.
  @wrapped_string.include?(other)
end

- (Object) index(needle, offset = 0)

Returns the position needle in the string, counting in codepoints. Returns nil if needle isn't found.

Example:

'Café périferôl'.mb_chars.index('ô')   # => 12
'Café périferôl'.mb_chars.index(/\w/u) # => 0


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 150

def index(needle, offset=0)
  wrapped_offset = first(offset).wrapped_string.length
  index = @wrapped_string.index(needle, wrapped_offset)
  index ? (Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string.slice(0...index)).size) : nil
end

- (Object) insert(offset, fragment)

Inserts the passed string at specified codepoint offsets.

Example:

'Café'.mb_chars.insert(4, ' périferôl').to_s # => "Café périferôl"


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 124

def insert(offset, fragment)
  unpacked = Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string)
  unless offset > unpacked.length
    @wrapped_string.replace(
      Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string).insert(offset, *Unicode.u_unpack(fragment)).pack('U*')
    )
  else
    raise IndexError, "index #{offset} out of string"
  end
  self
end

- (Object) limit(limit)

Limit the byte size of the string to a number of bytes without breaking characters. Usable when the storage for a string is limited for some reason.

Example:

'こんにちは'.mb_chars.limit(7).to_s # => "こん"


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 335

def limit(limit)
  slice(0...translate_offset(limit))
end

- (Object) ljust(integer, padstr = ' ')

Works just like String#ljust, only integer specifies characters instead of bytes.

Example:

"¾ cup".mb_chars.rjust(8).to_s
# => "¾ cup   "

"¾ cup".mb_chars.rjust(8, " ").to_s # Use non-breaking whitespace
# => "¾ cup   "


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 221

def ljust(integer, padstr=' ')
  justify(integer, :left, padstr)
end

- (Object) lstrip

Strips entire range of Unicode whitespace from the left of the string.



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 182

def lstrip
  chars(@wrapped_string.gsub(Unicode::LEADERS_PAT, ''))
end

- (Object) normalize(form = nil)

Returns the KC normalization of the string by default. NFKC is considered the best normalization form for passing strings to databases and validations.

  • form - The form you want to normalize in. Should be one of the following: :c, :kc, :d, or :kd. Default is ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Unicode.default_normalization_form



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 379

def normalize(form = nil)
  chars(Unicode.normalize(@wrapped_string, form))
end

- (Object) ord

Returns the codepoint of the first character in the string.

Example:

'こんにちは'.mb_chars.ord # => 12371


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 195

def ord
  Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string)[0]
end

- (Boolean) respond_to?(method, include_private = false)

Returns true if obj responds to the given method. Private methods are included in the search only if the optional second parameter evaluates to true.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 66

def respond_to?(method, include_private=false)
  super || @wrapped_string.respond_to?(method, include_private)
end

- (Object) reverse

Reverses all characters in the string.

Example:

'Café'.mb_chars.reverse.to_s # => 'éfaC'


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 298

def reverse
  chars(Unicode.g_unpack(@wrapped_string).reverse.flatten.pack('U*'))
end

- (Object) rindex(needle, offset = nil)

Returns the position needle in the string, counting in codepoints, searching backward from offset or the end of the string. Returns nil if needle isn't found.

Example:

'Café périferôl'.mb_chars.rindex('é')   # => 6
'Café périferôl'.mb_chars.rindex(/\w/u) # => 13


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 163

def rindex(needle, offset=nil)
  offset ||= length
  wrapped_offset = first(offset).wrapped_string.length
  index = @wrapped_string.rindex(needle, wrapped_offset)
  index ? (Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string.slice(0...index)).size) : nil
end

- (Object) rjust(integer, padstr = ' ')

Works just like String#rjust, only integer specifies characters instead of bytes.

Example:

"¾ cup".mb_chars.rjust(8).to_s
# => "   ¾ cup"

"¾ cup".mb_chars.rjust(8, " ").to_s # Use non-breaking whitespace
# => "   ¾ cup"


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 208

def rjust(integer, padstr=' ')
  justify(integer, :right, padstr)
end

- (Object) rstrip

Strips entire range of Unicode whitespace from the right of the string.



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 177

def rstrip
  chars(@wrapped_string.gsub(Unicode::TRAILERS_PAT, ''))
end

- (Object) size Also known as: length

Returns the number of codepoints in the string



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 171

def size
  Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string).size
end

- (Object) slice(*args) Also known as: []

Implements Unicode-aware slice with codepoints. Slicing on one point returns the codepoints for that character.

Example:

'こんにちは'.mb_chars.slice(2..3).to_s # => "にち"


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 307

def slice(*args)
  if args.size > 2
    raise ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments (#{args.size} for 1)" # Do as if we were native
  elsif (args.size == 2 && !(args.first.is_a?(Numeric) || args.first.is_a?(Regexp)))
    raise TypeError, "cannot convert #{args.first.class} into Integer" # Do as if we were native
  elsif (args.size == 2 && !args[1].is_a?(Numeric))
    raise TypeError, "cannot convert #{args[1].class} into Integer" # Do as if we were native
  elsif args[0].kind_of? Range
    cps = Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string).slice(*args)
    result = cps.nil? ? nil : cps.pack('U*')
  elsif args[0].kind_of? Regexp
    result = @wrapped_string.slice(*args)
  elsif args.size == 1 && args[0].kind_of?(Numeric)
    character = Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string)[args[0]]
    result = character && [character].pack('U')
  else
    cps = Unicode.u_unpack(@wrapped_string).slice(*args)
    result = cps && cps.pack('U*')
  end
  result && chars(result)
end

- (Object) split(*args)

Works just like String#split, with the exception that the items in the resulting list are Chars instances instead of String. This makes chaining methods easier.

Example:

'Café périferôl'.mb_chars.split(/é/).map { |part| part.upcase.to_s } # => ["CAF", " P", "RIFERÔL"]


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 249

def split(*args)
  @wrapped_string.split(*args).map { |i| i.mb_chars }
end

- (Object) strip

Strips entire range of Unicode whitespace from the right and left of the string.



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 187

def strip
  rstrip.lstrip
end

- (Object) tidy_bytes(force = false)

Replaces all ISO-8859-1 or CP1252 characters by their UTF-8 equivalent resulting in a valid UTF-8 string.

Passing true will forcibly tidy all bytes, assuming that the string's encoding is entirely CP1252 or ISO-8859-1.



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 413

def tidy_bytes(force = false)
  chars(Unicode.tidy_bytes(@wrapped_string, force))
end

- (Object) titleize Also known as: titlecase

Capitalizes the first letter of every word, when possible.

Example:

"ÉL QUE SE ENTERÓ".mb_chars.titleize    # => "Él Que Se Enteró"
"日本語".mb_chars.titleize                 # => "日本語"


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 368

def titleize
  chars(downcase.to_s.gsub(/\b('?[\S])/u) { Unicode.apply_mapping $1, :uppercase_mapping })
end

- (Object) upcase

Convert characters in the string to uppercase.

Example:

'Laurent, où sont les tests ?'.mb_chars.upcase.to_s # => "LAURENT, OÙ SONT LES TESTS ?"


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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb', line 343

def upcase
  chars(Unicode.apply_mapping @wrapped_string, :uppercase_mapping)
end