Class: Linguist::Language

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/linguist/language.rb

Overview

Language names that are recognizable by GitHub. Defined languages can be highlighted, searched and listed under the Top Languages page.

Languages are defined in ‘lib/linguist/languages.yml`.

Constant Summary collapse

TYPES =

Valid Languages types

[:data, :markup, :programming]

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(attributes = {}) ⇒ Language

Internal: Initialize a new Language

attributes - A hash of attributes



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 203

def initialize(attributes = {})
  # @name is required
  @name = attributes[:name] || raise(ArgumentError, "missing name")

  # Set type
  @type = attributes[:type] ? attributes[:type].to_sym : nil
  if @type && !TYPES.include?(@type)
    raise ArgumentError, "invalid type: #{@type}"
  end

  @color = attributes[:color]

  # Set aliases
  @aliases = [default_alias_name] + (attributes[:aliases] || [])

  # Lookup Lexer object
  @lexer = Pygments::Lexer.find_by_name(attributes[:lexer] || name) ||
    raise(ArgumentError, "#{@name} is missing lexer")

  @ace_mode = attributes[:ace_mode]

  # Set legacy search term
  @search_term = attributes[:search_term] || default_alias_name

  # Set extensions or default to [].
  @extensions = attributes[:extensions] || []
  @filenames  = attributes[:filenames]  || []

  unless @primary_extension = attributes[:primary_extension]
    raise ArgumentError, "#{@name} is missing primary extension"
  end

  # Prepend primary extension unless its already included
  if primary_extension && !extensions.include?(primary_extension)
    @extensions = [primary_extension] + extensions
  end

  # Set popular, and searchable flags
  @popular    = attributes.key?(:popular)    ? attributes[:popular]    : false
  @searchable = attributes.key?(:searchable) ? attributes[:searchable] : true

  # If group name is set, save the name so we can lazy load it later
  if attributes[:group_name]
    @group = nil
    @group_name = attributes[:group_name]

  # Otherwise we can set it to self now
  else
    @group = self
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

#ace_mode ⇒ Object (readonly)

Public: Get Ace mode

Examples

# => "text"
# => "javascript"
# => "c_cpp"

Returns a String name or nil



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 311

def ace_mode
  @ace_mode
end

#aliases ⇒ Object (readonly)

Public: Get aliases

Examples

Language['C++'].aliases
# => ["cpp"]

Returns an Array of String names



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 284

def aliases
  @aliases
end

#color ⇒ Object (readonly)

Public: Get color.

Returns a hex color String.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 274

def color
  @color
end

#extensions ⇒ Object (readonly)

Public: Get extensions

Examples

# => ['.rb', '.rake', ...]

Returns the extensions Array



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 320

def extensions
  @extensions
end

#filenames ⇒ Object (readonly)

Public: Get filenames

Examples

# => ['Rakefile', ...]

Returns the extensions Array



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 343

def filenames
  @filenames
end

#lexer ⇒ Object (readonly)

Public: Get Lexer

Returns the Lexer



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 300

def lexer
  @lexer
end

#name ⇒ Object (readonly)

Public: Get proper name

Examples

# => "Ruby"
# => "Python"
# => "Perl"

Returns the name String



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 264

def name
  @name
end

#primary_extension ⇒ Object (readonly)

Deprecated: Get primary extension

Defaults to the first extension but can be overriden in the languages.yml.

The primary extension can not be nil. Tests should verify this.

This attribute is only used by app/helpers/gists_helper.rb for creating the language dropdown. It really should be using ‘name` instead. Would like to drop primary extension.

Returns the extension String.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 334

def primary_extension
  @primary_extension
end

#search_term ⇒ Object (readonly)

Deprecated: Get code search term

Examples

# => "ruby"
# => "python"
# => "perl"

Returns the name String



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 295

def search_term
  @search_term
end

#type ⇒ Object (readonly)

Public: Get type.

Returns a type Symbol or nil.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 269

def type
  @type
end

Class Method Details

.[](name) ⇒ Object

Public: Look up Language by its name or lexer.

name - The String name of the Language

Examples

Language['Ruby']
# => #<Language name="Ruby">

Language['ruby']
# => #<Language name="Ruby">

Returns the Language or nil if none was found.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 158

def self.[](name)
  @index[name]
end

.ace_modes ⇒ Object

Public: A List of languages compatible with Ace.

Returns an Array of Languages.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 196

def self.ace_modes
  @ace_modes ||= all.select(&:ace_mode).sort_by { |lang| lang.name.downcase }
end

.all ⇒ Object

Public: Get all Languages

Returns an Array of Languages



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 98

def self.all
  @languages
end

.colors ⇒ Object

Public: A List of languages with assigned colors.

Returns an Array of Languages.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 189

def self.colors
  @colors ||= all.select(&:color).sort_by { |lang| lang.name.downcase }
end

.create(attributes = {}) ⇒ Object

Internal: Create a new Language object

attributes - A hash of attributes

Returns a Language object



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 29

def self.create(attributes = {})
  language = new(attributes)

  @languages << language

  # All Language names should be unique. Raise if there is a duplicate.
  if @name_index.key?(language.name)
    raise ArgumentError, "Duplicate language name: #{language.name}"
  end

  # Language name index
  @index[language.name] = @name_index[language.name] = language

  language.aliases.each do |name|
    # All Language aliases should be unique. Raise if there is a duplicate.
    if @alias_index.key?(name)
      raise ArgumentError, "Duplicate alias: #{name}"
    end

    @index[name] = @alias_index[name] = language
  end

  language.extensions.each do |extension|
    if extension !~ /^\./
      raise ArgumentError, "Extension is missing a '.': #{extension.inspect}"
    end

    @extension_index[extension] << language
  end

  language.filenames.each do |filename|
    @filename_index[filename] << language
  end

  language
end

.detect(name, data, mode = nil) ⇒ Object

Public: Detects the Language of the blob.

name - String filename data - String blob data. A block also maybe passed in for lazy

loading. This behavior is deprecated and you should always
pass in a String.

mode - Optional String mode (defaults to nil)

Returns Language or nil.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 75

def self.detect(name, data, mode = nil)
  # A bit of an elegant hack. If the file is exectable but extensionless,
  # append a "magic" extension so it can be classified with other
  # languages that have shebang scripts.
  if File.extname(name).empty? && mode && (mode.to_i(8) & 05) == 05
    name += ".script!"
  end

  possible_languages = find_by_filename(name)

  if possible_languages.length > 1
    data = data.call() if data.respond_to?(:call)
    if result = Classifier.classify(Samples::DATA, data, possible_languages.map(&:name)).first
      Language[result[0]]
    end
  else
    possible_languages.first
  end
end

.find_by_alias(name) ⇒ Object

Public: Look up Language by one of its aliases.

name - A String alias of the Language

Examples

Language.find_by_alias('cpp')
# => #<Language name="C++">

Returns the Lexer or nil if none was found.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 126

def self.find_by_alias(name)
  @alias_index[name]
end

.find_by_filename(filename) ⇒ Object

Public: Look up Languages by filename.

filename - The path String.

Examples

Language.find_by_filename('foo.rb')
# => [#<Language name="Ruby">]

Returns all matching Languages or [] if none were found.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 140

def self.find_by_filename(filename)
  basename, extname = File.basename(filename), File.extname(filename)
  @filename_index[basename] + @extension_index[extname]
end

.find_by_name(name) ⇒ Object

Public: Look up Language by its proper name.

name - The String name of the Language

Examples

Language.find_by_name('Ruby')
# => #<Language name="Ruby">

Returns the Language or nil if none was found.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 112

def self.find_by_name(name)
  @name_index[name]
end

.popular ⇒ Object

Public: A List of popular languages

Popular languages are sorted to the top of language chooser dropdowns.

This list is configured in “popular.yml”.

Returns an Array of Lexers.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 170

def self.popular
  @popular ||= all.select(&:popular?).sort_by { |lang| lang.name.downcase }
end

.unpopular ⇒ Object

Public: A List of non-popular languages

Unpopular languages appear below popular ones in language chooser dropdowns.

This list is created from all the languages not listed in “popular.yml”.

Returns an Array of Lexers.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 182

def self.unpopular
  @unpopular ||= all.select(&:unpopular?).sort_by { |lang| lang.name.downcase }
end

Instance Method Details

#==(other) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 411

def ==(other)
  eql?(other)
end

#colorize(text, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Public: Highlight syntax of text

text - String of code to be highlighted options - A Hash of options (defaults to {})

Returns html String



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 402

def colorize(text, options = {})
  lexer.highlight(text, options = {})
end

#default_alias_name ⇒ Object

Internal: Get default alias name

Returns the alias name String



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 361

def default_alias_name
  name.downcase.gsub(/\s/, '-')
end

#eql?(other) ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 415

def eql?(other)
  equal?(other)
end

#escaped_name ⇒ Object

Public: Get URL escaped name.

Examples

"C%23"
"C%2B%2B"
"Common%20Lisp"

Returns the escaped String.



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 354

def escaped_name
  EscapeUtils.escape_url(name).gsub('+', '%20')
end

#group ⇒ Object

Public: Get Language group

Returns a Language



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 368

def group
  @group ||= Language.find_by_name(@group_name)
end

#hash ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 419

def hash
  name.hash
end

#inspect ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 423

def inspect
  "#<#{self.class} name=#{name}>"
end

#popular? ⇒ Boolean

Public: Is it popular?

Returns true or false

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 375

def popular?
  @popular
end

#searchable? ⇒ Boolean

Public: Is it searchable?

Unsearchable languages won’t by indexed by solr and won’t show up in the code search dropdown.

Returns true or false

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 392

def searchable?
  @searchable
end

#to_s ⇒ Object

Public: Return name as String representation



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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 407

def to_s
  name
end

#unpopular? ⇒ Boolean

Public: Is it not popular?

Returns true or false

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/linguist/language.rb', line 382

def unpopular?
  !popular?
end