Topologically sort RegexString

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Joe Farebrother
2022-02-10 13:44:24 +00:00
parent bc109521aa
commit e797d2195c

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@@ -6,153 +6,22 @@ private import RegexFlowConfigs
* A string literal that is used as a regular expression.
*/
abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
/** Holds if a character set starts between `start` and `end`, including any negation character (`^`). */
private predicate charSetStart0(int start, int end) {
this.nonEscapedCharAt(start) = "[" and
(if this.getChar(start + 1) = "^" then end = start + 2 else end = start + 1)
}
/** Gets the text of this regex */
string getText() { result = this.(StringLiteral).getValue() }
/** Holds if the character at `pos` marks the end of a character class. */
private predicate charSetEnd0(int pos) {
this.nonEscapedCharAt(pos) = "]" and
/* special case: `[]]` and `[^]]` are valid char classes. */
not this.charSetStart0(_, pos)
}
/** Gets the `i`th character of this regex. */
string getChar(int i) { result = this.getText().charAt(i) }
/**
* Gets the nesting depth of character classes at position `pos`
*/
private int charSetDepth(int pos) {
exists(this.getChar(pos)) and
result =
max(int j |
j = 0 or
j =
count(int i | i < pos and this.charSetStart0(i, _)) -
count(int i | i < pos and this.charSetEnd0(i))
)
}
/** Hold if a top-level character set starts between `start` and `end`. */
predicate charSetStart(int start, int end) {
this.charSetStart0(start, end) and
this.charSetDepth(start) = 0
}
/** Holds if a top-level character set ends at `pos`. */
predicate charSetEnd(int pos) {
this.charSetEnd0(pos) and
this.charSetDepth(pos) = 1
}
/**
* Holds if there is a top-level character class beginning at `start` (inclusive) and ending at `end` (exclusive)
*
* For now, nested character classes are approximated by only considering the top-level class for parsing.
* This leads to very similar results for ReDoS queries.
*/
predicate charSet(int start, int end) {
exists(int inner_start, int inner_end | this.charSetStart(start, inner_start) |
end = inner_end + 1 and
inner_end =
min(int end_delimiter | this.charSetEnd(end_delimiter) and end_delimiter > inner_start)
/** Holds if the regex failed to parse. */
predicate failedToParse(int i) {
exists(this.getChar(i)) and
not exists(int start, int end |
this.topLevel(start, end) and
start <= i and
end > i
)
}
/** An indexed version of `charSetToken/3` */
private predicate charSetToken(int charset_start, int index, int token_start, int token_end) {
token_start =
rank[index](int start, int end | this.charSetToken(charset_start, start, end) | start) and
this.charSetToken(charset_start, token_start, token_end)
}
/** Either a char or a - */
private predicate charSetToken(int charset_start, int start, int end) {
this.charSetStart(charset_start, start) and
(
this.escapedCharacter(start, end)
or
exists(this.nonEscapedCharAt(start)) and end = start + 1
or
this.quote(start, end)
)
or
this.charSetToken(charset_start, _, start) and
(
this.escapedCharacter(start, end)
or
exists(this.nonEscapedCharAt(start)) and
end = start + 1 and
not this.charSetEnd(start)
or
this.quote(start, end)
)
}
/**
* Holds if the character set starting at `charset_start` contains either
* a character or a range found between `start` and `end`.
*/
predicate charSetChild(int charset_start, int start, int end) {
this.charSetToken(charset_start, start, end) and
not exists(int range_start, int range_end |
this.charRange(charset_start, range_start, _, _, range_end) and
range_start <= start and
range_end >= end
)
or
this.charRange(charset_start, start, _, _, end)
}
/**
* Holds if the character set starting at `charset_start` contains a character range
* with lower bound found between `start` and `lower_end`
* and upper bound found between `upper_start` and `end`.
*/
predicate charRange(int charset_start, int start, int lower_end, int upper_start, int end) {
exists(int index |
this.charRangeEnd(charset_start, index) = true and
this.charSetToken(charset_start, index - 2, start, lower_end) and
this.charSetToken(charset_start, index, upper_start, end)
)
}
/**
* Helper predicate for `charRange`.
* We can determine where character ranges end by a left to right sweep.
*
* To avoid negative recursion we return a boolean. See `escaping`,
* the helper for `escapingChar`, for a clean use of this pattern.
*/
private boolean charRangeEnd(int charset_start, int index) {
this.charSetToken(charset_start, index, _, _) and
(
index in [1, 2] and result = false
or
index > 2 and
exists(int connector_start |
this.charSetToken(charset_start, index - 1, connector_start, _) and
this.nonEscapedCharAt(connector_start) = "-" and
result =
this.charRangeEnd(charset_start, index - 2)
.booleanNot()
.booleanAnd(this.charRangeEnd(charset_start, index - 1).booleanNot())
)
or
not exists(int connector_start |
this.charSetToken(charset_start, index - 1, connector_start, _) and
this.nonEscapedCharAt(connector_start) = "-"
) and
result = false
)
}
/** Holds if the character at `pos` is a "\" that is actually escaping what comes after. */
predicate escapingChar(int pos) {
this.escaping(pos) = true and
not exists(int x, int y | this.quote(x, y) and pos in [x .. y - 1])
}
/**
* Helper predicate for `escapingChar`.
* In order to avoid negative recursion, we return a boolean.
@@ -219,6 +88,12 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
)
}
/** Holds if the character at `pos` is a "\" that is actually escaping what comes after. */
predicate escapingChar(int pos) {
this.escaping(pos) = true and
not exists(int x, int y | this.quote(x, y) and pos in [x .. y - 1])
}
/**
* A control sequence, `\cx`
* `x` may be any ascii character including special characters.
@@ -229,11 +104,6 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
end = start + 3
}
/** Gets the text of this regex */
string getText() { result = this.(StringLiteral).getValue() }
string getChar(int i) { result = this.getText().charAt(i) }
string nonEscapedCharAt(int i) {
result = this.getText().charAt(i) and
not exists(int x, int y | this.escapedCharacter(x, y) and i in [x .. y - 1]) and
@@ -241,21 +111,152 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
not exists(int x, int y | this.controlEscape(x, y) and i in [x .. y - 1])
}
private predicate isOptionDivider(int i) { this.nonEscapedCharAt(i) = "|" }
/** Holds if a character set starts between `start` and `end`, including any negation character (`^`). */
private predicate charSetStart0(int start, int end) {
this.nonEscapedCharAt(start) = "[" and
(if this.getChar(start + 1) = "^" then end = start + 2 else end = start + 1)
}
private predicate isGroupEnd(int i) { this.nonEscapedCharAt(i) = ")" and not this.inCharSet(i) }
/** Holds if the character at `pos` marks the end of a character class. */
private predicate charSetEnd0(int pos) {
this.nonEscapedCharAt(pos) = "]" and
/* special case: `[]]` and `[^]]` are valid char classes. */
not this.charSetStart0(_, pos)
}
private predicate isGroupStart(int i) { this.nonEscapedCharAt(i) = "(" and not this.inCharSet(i) }
/**
* Gets the nesting depth of character classes at position `pos`
*/
private int charSetDepth(int pos) {
pos = -1 and result = 0
or
exists(this.getChar(pos)) and
result =
max(int j |
j = 0 or
j =
count(int i | i < pos and this.charSetStart0(i, _)) -
count(int i | i < pos and this.charSetEnd0(i))
)
}
predicate failedToParse(int i) {
exists(this.getChar(i)) and
not exists(int start, int end |
this.topLevel(start, end) and
start <= i and
end > i
/** Hold if a top-level character set starts between `start` and `end`. */
predicate charSetStart(int start, int end) {
this.charSetStart0(start, end) and
this.charSetDepth(start) = 0
}
/** Holds if a top-level character set ends at `pos`. */
predicate charSetEnd(int pos) {
this.charSetEnd0(pos) and
this.charSetDepth(pos) = 1
}
/**
* Holds if there is a top-level character class beginning at `start` (inclusive) and ending at `end` (exclusive)
*
* For now, nested character classes are approximated by only considering the top-level class for parsing.
* This leads to very similar results for ReDoS queries.
*/
predicate charSet(int start, int end) {
exists(int inner_start, int inner_end | this.charSetStart(start, inner_start) |
end = inner_end + 1 and
inner_end =
min(int end_delimiter | this.charSetEnd(end_delimiter) and end_delimiter > inner_start)
)
}
/** Either a char or a - */
private predicate charSetToken(int charset_start, int start, int end) {
this.charSetStart(charset_start, start) and
(
this.escapedCharacter(start, end)
or
exists(this.nonEscapedCharAt(start)) and end = start + 1
or
this.quote(start, end)
)
or
this.charSetToken(charset_start, _, start) and
(
this.escapedCharacter(start, end)
or
exists(this.nonEscapedCharAt(start)) and
end = start + 1 and
not this.charSetEnd(start)
or
this.quote(start, end)
)
}
/** An indexed version of `charSetToken/3` */
private predicate charSetToken(int charset_start, int index, int token_start, int token_end) {
token_start =
rank[index](int start, int end | this.charSetToken(charset_start, start, end) | start) and
this.charSetToken(charset_start, token_start, token_end)
}
/**
* Holds if the character set starting at `charset_start` contains either
* a character or a range found between `start` and `end`.
*/
predicate charSetChild(int charset_start, int start, int end) {
this.charSetToken(charset_start, start, end) and
not exists(int range_start, int range_end |
this.charRange(charset_start, range_start, _, _, range_end) and
range_start <= start and
range_end >= end
)
or
this.charRange(charset_start, start, _, _, end)
}
/**
* Helper predicate for `charRange`.
* We can determine where character ranges end by a left to right sweep.
*
* To avoid negative recursion we return a boolean. See `escaping`,
* the helper for `escapingChar`, for a clean use of this pattern.
*/
private boolean charRangeEnd(int charset_start, int index) {
this.charSetToken(charset_start, index, _, _) and
(
index in [1, 2] and result = false
or
index > 2 and
exists(int connector_start |
this.charSetToken(charset_start, index - 1, connector_start, _) and
this.nonEscapedCharAt(connector_start) = "-" and
result =
this.charRangeEnd(charset_start, index - 2)
.booleanNot()
.booleanAnd(this.charRangeEnd(charset_start, index - 1).booleanNot())
)
or
not exists(int connector_start |
this.charSetToken(charset_start, index - 1, connector_start, _) and
this.nonEscapedCharAt(connector_start) = "-"
) and
result = false
)
}
/**
* Holds if the character set starting at `charset_start` contains a character range
* with lower bound found between `start` and `lower_end`
* and upper bound found between `upper_start` and `end`.
*/
predicate charRange(int charset_start, int start, int lower_end, int upper_start, int end) {
exists(int index |
this.charRangeEnd(charset_start, index) = true and
this.charSetToken(charset_start, index - 2, start, lower_end) and
this.charSetToken(charset_start, index, upper_start, end)
)
}
pragma[inline]
private predicate isOctal(int index) { this.getChar(index) = [0 .. 7].toString() }
/** An escape sequence that includes braces, such as named characters (\N{degree sign}), named classes (\p{Lower}), or hex values (\x{h..h}) */
private predicate escapedBraces(int start, int end) {
this.escapingChar(start) and
@@ -312,9 +313,6 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
)
}
pragma[inline]
private predicate isOctal(int index) { this.getChar(index) = [0 .. 7].toString() }
/** Holds if `index` is inside a character set. */
predicate inCharSet(int index) {
exists(int x, int y | this.charSet(x, y) and index in [x + 1 .. y - 2])
@@ -351,7 +349,7 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
)
}
predicate character(int start, int end) {
private predicate character(int start, int end) {
(
this.simpleCharacter(start, end) and
not exists(int x, int y | this.escapedCharacter(x, y) and x <= start and y >= end) and
@@ -376,39 +374,9 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
not this.inCharSet(start)
}
/** Holds if the text in the range start,end is a group */
predicate group(int start, int end) {
this.groupContents(start, end, _, _)
or
this.emptyGroup(start, end)
}
private predicate isGroupEnd(int i) { this.nonEscapedCharAt(i) = ")" and not this.inCharSet(i) }
/** Gets the number of the group in start,end */
int getGroupNumber(int start, int end) {
this.group(start, end) and
result =
count(int i | this.group(i, _) and i < start and not this.nonCapturingGroupStart(i, _)) + 1
}
/** Gets the name, if it has one, of the group in start,end */
string getGroupName(int start, int end) {
this.group(start, end) and
exists(int name_end |
this.namedGroupStart(start, name_end) and
result = this.getText().substring(start + 3, name_end - 1)
)
}
/** Holds if the text in the range start, end is a group and can match the empty string. */
predicate zeroWidthMatch(int start, int end) {
this.emptyGroup(start, end)
or
this.negativeAssertionGroup(start, end)
or
this.positiveLookaheadAssertionGroup(start, end)
or
this.positiveLookbehindAssertionGroup(start, end)
}
private predicate isGroupStart(int i) { this.nonEscapedCharAt(i) = "(" and not this.inCharSet(i) }
/** Holds if an empty group is found between `start` and `end`. */
predicate emptyGroup(int start, int end) {
@@ -418,80 +386,6 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
)
}
private predicate emptyMatchAtStartGroup(int start, int end) {
this.emptyGroup(start, end)
or
this.negativeAssertionGroup(start, end)
or
this.positiveLookaheadAssertionGroup(start, end)
}
private predicate emptyMatchAtEndGroup(int start, int end) {
this.emptyGroup(start, end)
or
this.negativeAssertionGroup(start, end)
or
this.positiveLookbehindAssertionGroup(start, end)
}
private predicate negativeAssertionGroup(int start, int end) {
exists(int in_start |
this.negativeLookaheadAssertionStart(start, in_start)
or
this.negativeLookbehindAssertionStart(start, in_start)
|
this.groupContents(start, end, in_start, _)
)
}
/** Holds if a negative lookahead is found between `start` and `end` */
predicate negativeLookaheadAssertionGroup(int start, int end) {
exists(int in_start | this.negativeLookaheadAssertionStart(start, in_start) |
this.groupContents(start, end, in_start, _)
)
}
/** Holds if a negative lookbehind is found between `start` and `end` */
predicate negativeLookbehindAssertionGroup(int start, int end) {
exists(int in_start | this.negativeLookbehindAssertionStart(start, in_start) |
this.groupContents(start, end, in_start, _)
)
}
/** Holds if a positive lookahead is found between `start` and `end` */
predicate positiveLookaheadAssertionGroup(int start, int end) {
exists(int in_start | this.lookaheadAssertionStart(start, in_start) |
this.groupContents(start, end, in_start, _)
)
}
/** Holds if a positive lookbehind is found between `start` and `end` */
predicate positiveLookbehindAssertionGroup(int start, int end) {
exists(int in_start | this.lookbehindAssertionStart(start, in_start) |
this.groupContents(start, end, in_start, _)
)
}
private predicate groupStart(int start, int end) {
this.nonCapturingGroupStart(start, end)
or
this.flagGroupStart(start, end, _)
or
this.namedGroupStart(start, end)
or
this.lookaheadAssertionStart(start, end)
or
this.negativeLookaheadAssertionStart(start, end)
or
this.lookbehindAssertionStart(start, end)
or
this.negativeLookbehindAssertionStart(start, end)
or
this.atomicGroupStart(start, end)
or
this.simpleGroupStart(start, end)
}
private predicate nonCapturingGroupStart(int start, int end) {
this.isGroupStart(start) and
this.getChar(start + 1) = "?" and
@@ -582,6 +476,26 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
end = start + 3
}
private predicate groupStart(int start, int end) {
this.nonCapturingGroupStart(start, end)
or
this.flagGroupStart(start, end, _)
or
this.namedGroupStart(start, end)
or
this.lookaheadAssertionStart(start, end)
or
this.negativeLookaheadAssertionStart(start, end)
or
this.lookbehindAssertionStart(start, end)
or
this.negativeLookbehindAssertionStart(start, end)
or
this.atomicGroupStart(start, end)
or
this.simpleGroupStart(start, end)
}
predicate groupContents(int start, int end, int in_start, int in_end) {
this.groupStart(start, in_start) and
end = in_end + 1 and
@@ -589,6 +503,78 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
this.isGroupEnd(in_end)
}
/** Holds if the text in the range start,end is a group */
predicate group(int start, int end) {
this.groupContents(start, end, _, _)
or
this.emptyGroup(start, end)
}
/** Gets the number of the group in start,end */
int getGroupNumber(int start, int end) {
this.group(start, end) and
result =
count(int i | this.group(i, _) and i < start and not this.nonCapturingGroupStart(i, _)) + 1
}
/** Gets the name, if it has one, of the group in start,end */
string getGroupName(int start, int end) {
this.group(start, end) and
exists(int name_end |
this.namedGroupStart(start, name_end) and
result = this.getText().substring(start + 3, name_end - 1)
)
}
/** Holds if a negative lookahead is found between `start` and `end` */
predicate negativeLookaheadAssertionGroup(int start, int end) {
exists(int in_start | this.negativeLookaheadAssertionStart(start, in_start) |
this.groupContents(start, end, in_start, _)
)
}
/** Holds if a negative lookbehind is found between `start` and `end` */
predicate negativeLookbehindAssertionGroup(int start, int end) {
exists(int in_start | this.negativeLookbehindAssertionStart(start, in_start) |
this.groupContents(start, end, in_start, _)
)
}
private predicate negativeAssertionGroup(int start, int end) {
exists(int in_start |
this.negativeLookaheadAssertionStart(start, in_start)
or
this.negativeLookbehindAssertionStart(start, in_start)
|
this.groupContents(start, end, in_start, _)
)
}
/** Holds if a positive lookahead is found between `start` and `end` */
predicate positiveLookaheadAssertionGroup(int start, int end) {
exists(int in_start | this.lookaheadAssertionStart(start, in_start) |
this.groupContents(start, end, in_start, _)
)
}
/** Holds if a positive lookbehind is found between `start` and `end` */
predicate positiveLookbehindAssertionGroup(int start, int end) {
exists(int in_start | this.lookbehindAssertionStart(start, in_start) |
this.groupContents(start, end, in_start, _)
)
}
/** Holds if the text in the range start, end is a group and can match the empty string. */
predicate zeroWidthMatch(int start, int end) {
this.emptyGroup(start, end)
or
this.negativeAssertionGroup(start, end)
or
this.positiveLookaheadAssertionGroup(start, end)
or
this.positiveLookbehindAssertionGroup(start, end)
}
private predicate namedBackreference(int start, int end, string name) {
this.escapingChar(start) and
this.getChar(start + 1) = "k" and
@@ -647,15 +633,6 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
this.quote(start, end)
}
private predicate quantifier(int start, int end, boolean maybe_empty, boolean may_repeat_forever) {
this.shortQuantifier(start, end, maybe_empty, may_repeat_forever) and
not this.getChar(end) = ["?", "+"]
or
exists(int short_end | this.shortQuantifier(start, short_end, maybe_empty, may_repeat_forever) |
if this.getChar(short_end) = ["?", "+"] then end = short_end + 1 else end = short_end
)
}
private predicate shortQuantifier(
int start, int end, boolean maybe_empty, boolean may_repeat_forever
) {
@@ -699,12 +676,13 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
)
}
/**
* Holds if the text in the range start,end is a quantified item, where item is a character,
* a character set or a group.
*/
predicate quantifiedItem(int start, int end, boolean maybe_empty, boolean may_repeat_forever) {
this.quantifiedPart(start, _, end, maybe_empty, may_repeat_forever)
private predicate quantifier(int start, int end, boolean maybe_empty, boolean may_repeat_forever) {
this.shortQuantifier(start, end, maybe_empty, may_repeat_forever) and
not this.getChar(end) = ["?", "+"]
or
exists(int short_end | this.shortQuantifier(start, short_end, maybe_empty, may_repeat_forever) |
if this.getChar(short_end) = ["?", "+"] then end = short_end + 1 else end = short_end
)
}
/**
@@ -721,6 +699,14 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
this.quantifier(part_end, end, maybe_empty, may_repeat_forever)
}
/**
* Holds if the text in the range start,end is a quantified item, where item is a character,
* a character set or a group.
*/
predicate quantifiedItem(int start, int end, boolean maybe_empty, boolean may_repeat_forever) {
this.quantifiedPart(start, _, end, maybe_empty, may_repeat_forever)
}
/** Holds if the range `start`, `end` contains a character, a quantifier, a character set or a group. */
predicate item(int start, int end) {
this.quantifiedItem(start, end, _, _)
@@ -728,34 +714,6 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
this.baseItem(start, end) and not this.quantifier(end, _, _, _)
}
private predicate subsequence(int start, int end) {
(
start = 0 or
this.groupStart(_, start) or
this.isOptionDivider(start - 1)
) and
this.item(start, end)
or
exists(int mid |
this.subsequence(start, mid) and
this.item(mid, end)
)
}
/**
* Holds if the text in the range start,end is a sequence of 1 or more items, where an item is a character,
* a character set or a group.
*/
predicate sequence(int start, int end) {
this.sequenceOrQuantified(start, end) and
not this.quantifiedItem(start, end, _, _)
}
private predicate sequenceOrQuantified(int start, int end) {
this.subsequence(start, end) and
not this.itemStart(end)
}
private predicate itemStart(int start) {
this.character(start, _) or
this.isGroupStart(start) or
@@ -776,9 +734,34 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
this.quote(_, end)
}
private predicate topLevel(int start, int end) {
this.subalternation(start, end, _) and
not this.isOptionDivider(end)
private predicate isOptionDivider(int i) { this.nonEscapedCharAt(i) = "|" }
private predicate subsequence(int start, int end) {
(
start = 0 or
this.groupStart(_, start) or
this.isOptionDivider(start - 1)
) and
this.item(start, end)
or
exists(int mid |
this.subsequence(start, mid) and
this.item(mid, end)
)
}
private predicate sequenceOrQuantified(int start, int end) {
this.subsequence(start, end) and
not this.itemStart(end)
}
/**
* Holds if the text in the range start,end is a sequence of 1 or more items, where an item is a character,
* a character set or a group.
*/
predicate sequence(int start, int end) {
this.sequenceOrQuantified(start, end) and
not this.quantifiedItem(start, end, _, _)
}
private predicate subalternation(int start, int end, int itemStart) {
@@ -802,6 +785,11 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
)
}
private predicate topLevel(int start, int end) {
this.subalternation(start, end, _) and
not this.isOptionDivider(end)
}
/**
* Holds if the text in the range start,end is an alternation
*/
@@ -818,91 +806,6 @@ abstract class RegexString extends StringLiteral {
this.alternation(start, end) and
this.subalternation(start, part_end, part_start)
}
/** A part of the regex that may match the start of the string. */
private predicate firstPart(int start, int end) {
start = 0 and end = this.getText().length()
or
exists(int x | this.firstPart(x, end) |
this.emptyMatchAtStartGroup(x, start) or
this.quantifiedItem(x, start, true, _) or
this.specialCharacter(x, start, "^")
)
or
exists(int y | this.firstPart(start, y) |
this.item(start, end)
or
this.quantifiedPart(start, end, y, _, _)
)
or
exists(int x, int y | this.firstPart(x, y) |
this.groupContents(x, y, start, end)
or
this.alternationOption(x, y, start, end)
)
}
/** A part of the regex that may match the end of the string. */
private predicate lastPart(int start, int end) {
start = 0 and end = this.getText().length()
or
exists(int y | this.lastPart(start, y) |
this.emptyMatchAtEndGroup(end, y)
or
this.quantifiedItem(end, y, true, _)
or
this.specialCharacter(end, y, "$")
or
y = end + 2 and this.escapingChar(end) and this.getChar(end + 1) = "Z"
)
or
exists(int x |
this.lastPart(x, end) and
this.item(start, end)
)
or
exists(int y | this.lastPart(start, y) | this.quantifiedPart(start, end, y, _, _))
or
exists(int x, int y | this.lastPart(x, y) |
this.groupContents(x, y, start, end)
or
this.alternationOption(x, y, start, end)
)
}
/**
* Holds if the item at [start, end) is one of the first items
* to be matched.
*/
predicate firstItem(int start, int end) {
(
this.character(start, end)
or
this.quantifiedItem(start, end, _, _)
or
this.charSet(start, end)
or
this.quote(start, end)
) and
this.firstPart(start, end)
}
/**
* Holds if the item at [start, end) is one of the last items
* to be matched.
*/
predicate lastItem(int start, int end) {
(
this.character(start, end)
or
this.quantifiedItem(start, end, _, _)
or
this.charSet(start, end)
or
this.quote(start, end)
) and
this.lastPart(start, end)
}
}
/** A string literal used as a regular expression */