appypod-rattail/shared/diff.py

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# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
import re, difflib
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innerDiff = re.compile('<span name="(insert|delete)".*?>(.*?)</span>')
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class Merger:
'''This class allows to merge 2 lines of text, each containing inserts and
deletions.'''
def __init__(self, lineA, lineB, previousDiffs):
# lineA comes "naked": any diff previously found on it was removed from
# it (ie, deleted text has been completely removed, while inserted text
# has been included, but without its surrounding tag). Info about
# previous diffs is kept in a separate variable "previousDiffs".
self.lineA = lineA
self.previousDiffs = previousDiffs
# Differences between lineA and lineB have just been computed and are
# included (within inner tags) in lineB. We will compute their position
# in self.newDiffs (see below).
self.lineB = lineB
self.newDiffs = self.computeNewDiffs()
# We choose to walk within self.lineB. We will keep in self.i our
# current position within self.lineB.
self.i = 0
# The delta index that must be applied on previous diffs
self.deltaPrevious = 0
def computeNewDiffs(self):
'''lineB may include inner "insert" and/or tags. This function
detects them.'''
i = 0
res = []
while i < len(self.lineB):
match = innerDiff.search(self.lineB, i)
if not match: break
res.append(match)
i = match.end()
return res
def getNextDiff(self):
'''During the merging process on self.lineB, what next diff to
"consume"? An old one? A new one?'''
# No more diff ?
if not self.previousDiffs and not self.newDiffs:
return None, None, None
# No more new diff ?
if not self.newDiffs:
diff = self.previousDiffs[0]
del self.previousDiffs[0]
return diff, diff.start() + self.deltaPrevious, True
# No more previous diff ?
if not self.previousDiffs:
diff = self.newDiffs[0]
del self.newDiffs[0]
return diff, diff.start(), False
# At least one more new and previous diff. Which one to consume?
previousDiff = self.previousDiffs[0]
newDiff = self.newDiffs[0]
previousDiffIndex = previousDiff.start() + self.deltaPrevious
newDiffIndex = newDiff.start()
if previousDiffIndex <= newDiffIndex:
# Previous wins
del self.previousDiffs[0]
return previousDiff, previousDiffIndex, True
else:
# New wins
del self.newDiffs[0]
return newDiff, newDiffIndex, False
def merge(self):
'''Merges self.previousDiffs into self.lineB.'''
res = ''
diff, diffStart, isPrevious = self.getNextDiff()
while diff:
# Dump the part of lineB between self.i and diffStart
res += self.lineB[self.i:diffStart]
self.i = diffStart
# Dump the diff
res += diff.group(0)
if isPrevious:
if diff.group(1) == 'insert':
self.i += len(diff.group(2))
else:
# Update self.i
self.i += len(diff.group(0))
# Because of this new diff, all indexes computed on lineA are
# now wrong because we express them relative to lineB. So:
# update self.deltaPrevious to take this into account.
self.deltaPrevious += len(diff.group(0))
if diff.group(1) == 'delete':
# The indexes in lineA do not take the deleted text into
# account, because it wasn't deleted at this time. So remove
# from self.deltaPrevious the length of removed text.
self.deltaPrevious -= len(diff.group(2))
# Load next diff
diff, diffStart, isPrevious = self.getNextDiff()
# Dump the end of self.lineB if not completely consumed
if self.i < len(self.lineB):
res += self.lineB[self.i:]
return res
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class HtmlDiff:
'''This class allows to compute differences between two versions of some
HTML chunk.'''
insertStyle = 'color: blue; cursor: help'
deleteStyle = 'color: red; text-decoration: line-through; cursor: help'
def __init__(self, old, new,
insertMsg='Inserted text', deleteMsg='Deleted text',
insertCss=None, deleteCss=None, insertName='insert',
deleteName='delete', diffRatio=0.7):
# p_old and p_new are strings containing chunks of HTML.
self.old = old.strip()
self.new = new.strip()
# Every time an "insert" or "delete" difference will be detected from
# p_old to p_new, the impacted chunk will be surrounded by a tag that
# will get, respectively, a 'title' attribute filled p_insertMsg or
# p_deleteMsg. The message will give an explanation about the change
# (who made it and at what time, for example).
self.insertMsg = insertMsg
self.deleteMsg = deleteMsg
# This tag will get a CSS class p_insertCss or p_deleteCss for
# highlighting the change. If no class is provided, default styles will
# be used (see HtmlDiff.insertStyle and HtmlDiff.deleteStyle).
self.insertCss = insertCss
self.deleteCss = deleteCss
# This tag will get a "name" attribute whose content will be
# p_insertName or p_deleteName
self.insertName = insertName
self.deleteName = deleteName
# The diff algorithm of this class will need to identify similarities
# between strings. Similarity ratios will be computed by using method
# difflib.SequenceMatcher.ratio (see m_isSimilar below). Strings whose
# comparison will produce a ratio above p_diffRatio will be considered
# as similar.
self.diffRatio = diffRatio
# Some computed values
for tag in ('div', 'span'):
setattr(self, '%sInsertPrefix' % tag,
'<%s name="%s"' % (tag, self.insertName))
setattr(self, '%sDeletePrefix' % tag,
'<%s name="%s"' % (tag, self.deleteName))
def getModifiedChunk(self, seq, type, sep):
'''p_sep.join(p_seq) (if p_seq is a list) or p_seq (if p_seq is a
string) is a chunk that was either inserted (p_type='insert') or
deleted (p_type='delete'). This method will surround this part with
a div or span tag that will get some CSS class allowing to highlight
the difference.'''
# Prepare parts of the surrounding tag.
if sep == '\n': tag = 'div'
else: tag = 'span'
exec 'msg = self.%sMsg' % type
exec 'cssClass = self.%sCss' % type
if cssClass:
style = 'class="%s"' % cssClass
else:
exec 'style = self.%sStyle' % type
style = 'style="%s"' % style
exec 'tagName = self.%sName' % type
# The idea is: if there are several lines, every line must be surrounded
# by a tag. this way, we know that a surrounding tag can't span several
# lines, which is a prerequisite for managing cumulative diffs.
if sep == ' ':
seq = sep.join(seq)
sep = ''
if isinstance(seq, basestring):
return '%s<%s name="%s" %s title="%s">%s</%s>%s' % \
(sep, tag, tagName, style, msg, seq, tag, sep)
else:
res = ''
for line in seq:
res += '%s<%s name="%s" %s title="%s">%s</%s>%s' % \
(sep, tag, tagName, style, msg, line, tag, sep)
return res
def getStringDiff(self, old, new):
'''Identifies the differences between strings p_old and p_new by
computing:
* i = the end index of the potential common starting part (if no
common part is found, i=0);
* jo = the start index in p_old of the potential common ending part;
* jn = the start index in p_new of the potential common ending part.
'''
# Compute i
i = -1
diffFound = False
while not diffFound:
i += 1
if (i == len(old)) or (i == len(new)): break
if old[i] != new[i]: diffFound = True
# Compute jo and jn
jo = len(old)
jn = len(new)
diffFound = False
while not diffFound:
if (jo == i) or (jn == i):
# We have reached the end of substring old[i:] or new[i:]
jo -=1
jn -= 1
break
jo -= 1
jn -= 1
if old[jo] != new[jn]: diffFound=True
return i, jo+1, jn+1
def isSimilar(self, s1, s2):
'''Returns True if strings p_s1 and p_s2 can be considered as
similar.'''
ratio = difflib.SequenceMatcher(a=s1.lower(), b=s2.lower()).ratio()
return ratio > self.diffRatio
def splitTagAndContent(self, line):
'''p_line is a XHTML tag with content. This method returns a tuple
(startTag, content), where p_startTag is the isolated start tag and
content is the tag content.'''
i = line.find('>')+1
return line[0:i], line[i:line.rfind('<')]
def getLineAndType(self, line):
'''p_line is a string that can already have been surrounded by an
"insert" or "delete" tag. This is what we try to determine here.
This method returns a tuple (type, line, innerDiffs, outerTag),
where "type" can be:
* "insert" if it has already been flagged as inserted;
* "delete" if it has already been flagged as deleted;
* None else;
"line" holds the original parameter p_line, excepted:
* if type="insert". In that case, the surrounding insert tag has been
removed and placed into "outerTag" (the outer start tag to be more
precise);
* if inner diff tags (insert or delete) are found. In that case,
- if inner "insert" tags are found, they are removed but their
content is kept;
- if inner "delete" tags are found, they are removed, content
included;
- "innerDiffs" holds the list of re.MatchObjects instances
representing the found inner tags.
'''
if line.startswith(self.divDeletePrefix):
return ('delete', line, None, None)
if line.startswith(self.divInsertPrefix):
# Return the line without the surrounding tag.
action = 'insert'
outerTag, line = self.splitTagAndContent(line)
else:
action = None
outerTag = None
# Replace found inner inserts with their content.
innerDiffs = []
while True:
match = innerDiff.search(line)
if not match: break
# I found one.
innerDiffs.append(match)
# Keep content only for "insert" tags.
content = ''
if match.group(1) == 'insert':
content = match.group(2)
line = line[:match.start()] + content + line[match.end():]
return (action, line, innerDiffs, outerTag)
def getSeqDiff(self, seqA, seqB):
'''p_seqA and p_seqB are lists of strings. Here we will try to identify
similarities between strings from p_seqA and p_seqB, and return a
list of differences between p_seqA and p_seqB, where each element
is a tuple (action, line).
* If p_action is "delete", "line" is a line of p_seqA considered as
not included anymore in p_seqB;
* If p_action is "insert", "line" is a line of p_seqB considered as
not included in p_seqA;
* If p_action is "replace", "line" is a tuple
(lineA, lineB, previousDiffsA) containing one line from p_seqA and
one from p_seqB considered as similar. "previousDiffsA" contains
potential previous inner diffs that were found (but extracted
from, for comparison purposes) lineA.
'''
res = []
i = j = k = 0
# Scan every string from p_seqA and try to find a similar string in
# p_seqB.
while i < len(seqA):
pastAction, lineA, innerDiffs, outerTag=self.getLineAndType(seqA[i])
if pastAction == 'delete':
# We will consider this line as "equal" because it already has
# been noted as deleted in a previous diff.
res.append( ('equal', seqA[i]) )
elif k == len(seqB):
# We have already "consumed" every string from p_seqB. Remaining
# strings from p_seqA must be considered as deleted (or
# sometimes equal, see above)
if not pastAction: res.append( ('delete', seqA[i]) )
else:
# 'insert': should not happen. The inserted line should also
# be found in seqB.
res.append( ('equal', seqA[i]) )
else:
# Try to find a line in seqB which is similar to lineA.
similarFound = False
for j in range(k, len(seqB)):
if self.isSimilar(lineA, seqB[j]):
similarFound = True
# Strings between indices k and j in p_seqB must be
# considered as inserted, because no similar line exists
# in p_seqA.
if k < j:
for line in seqB[k:j]: res.append(('insert', line))
# Similar strings are appended in a 'replace' entry,
# excepted if lineA is already an insert from a
# previous diff: in this case, we keep the "old"
# version: the new one is the same, but for which we
# don't remember who updated it.
if (pastAction == 'insert') and (lineA == seqB[j]):
res.append( ('equal', seqA[i]) )
else:
res.append(('replace', (lineA, seqB[j],
innerDiffs, outerTag)))
k = j+1
break
if not similarFound: res.append( ('delete', seqA[i]) )
i += 1
# Consider any "unconsumed" line from p_seqB as being inserted.
if k < len(seqB):
for line in seqB[k:]: res.append( ('insert', line) )
return res
def split(self, s, sep):
'''Splits string p_s with p_sep. If p_sep is a space, the split can't
happen for a leading or trailing space, which must be considered as
being part of the first or last word.'''
# Manage sep == \n
if sep == '\n': return s.split(sep)
leadSpace = s.startswith(sep)
trailSpace = s.endswith(sep)
if not leadSpace and not trailSpace: return s.split(sep)
res = s.strip(sep).split(sep)
if leadSpace: res[0] = sep + res[0]
if trailSpace: res[-1] = res[-1] + sep
return res
garbage = ('', '\r')
def removeGarbage(self, l):
'''Removes from list p_l elements that have no interest, like blank
strings or considered as is.'''
i = len(l)-1
while i >= 0:
if l[i] in self.garbage: del l[i]
i -= 1
return l
def getHtmlDiff(self, old, new, sep):
'''Returns the differences between p_old and p_new. Result is a string
containing the comparison in HTML format. p_sep is used for turning
p_old and p_new into sequences. If p_sep is a carriage return, this
method is used for performing a whole diff between 2 strings splitted
into sequences of lines; if sep is a space, the diff is a
word-by-word comparison within 2 lines that have been detected as
similar in a previous call to m_getHtmlDiff with sep=carriage
return.'''
res = []
a = self.split(old, sep)
b = self.split(new, sep)
matcher = difflib.SequenceMatcher()
matcher.set_seqs(a,b)
for action, i1, i2, j1, j2 in matcher.get_opcodes():
chunkA = self.removeGarbage(a[i1:i2])
chunkB = self.removeGarbage(b[j1:j2])
toAdd = None
if action == 'equal':
if chunkA: toAdd = sep.join(chunkA)
elif action == 'insert':
if chunkB:
toAdd = self.getModifiedChunk(chunkB, action, sep)
elif action == 'delete':
if chunkA:
toAdd = self.getModifiedChunk(chunkA, action, sep)
elif action == 'replace':
if not chunkA and not chunkB:
toAdd = ''
elif not chunkA:
# Was an addition, not a replacement
toAdd = self.getModifiedChunk(chunkB, 'insert', sep)
elif not chunkB:
# Was a deletion, not a replacement
toAdd = self.getModifiedChunk(chunkA, 'delete', sep)
else: # At least, a true replacement
if sep == '\n':
# We know that some lines have been replaced from a to
# b. By identifying similarities between those lines,
# consider some as having been deleted, modified or
# inserted.
toAdd = ''
for sAction, line in self.getSeqDiff(chunkA, chunkB):
if sAction in ('insert', 'delete'):
toAdd += self.getModifiedChunk(line,sAction,sep)
elif sAction == 'equal':
toAdd += line
elif sAction == 'replace':
lineA, lineB, previousDiffsA, outerTag = line
# Investigate further here and explore
# differences at the *word* level between lineA
# and lineB. As a preamble, and in order to
# restrict annoyances due to the presence of
# XHTML tags, we will compute start and end
# parts wich are similar between lineA and
# lineB: they may correspond to opening and
# closing XHTML tags.
i, ja, jb = self.getStringDiff(lineA, lineB)
diff = self.getHtmlDiff(lineA[i:ja],
lineB[i:jb], ' ')
toAdd += lineB[:i] + diff + lineB[jb:]
# Merge potential previous inner diff tags that
# were found (but extracted from) lineA.
if previousDiffsA:
merger= Merger(lineA, toAdd, previousDiffsA)
toAdd = merger.merge()
# Rewrap line into outerTag if lineA was a line
# tagged as previously inserted.
if outerTag:
toAdd = outerTag + toAdd + '</div>'
else:
toAdd = self.getModifiedChunk(chunkA, 'delete', sep)
toAdd += self.getModifiedChunk(chunkB, 'insert', sep)
if toAdd: res.append(toAdd)
return sep.join(res)
def get(self):
'''Produces the result.'''
return self.getHtmlDiff(self.old, self.new, '\n')
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