SOURCE CODE: Uize.Parse.Po.Value (view docs)

/*______________
|       ______  |   U I Z E    J A V A S C R I P T    F R A M E W O R K
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|    /    O /   |    MODULE : Uize.Parse.Po.Value Class
|   /    / /    |
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| /____/ /__/_| | COPYRIGHT : (c)2014-2016 UIZE
|          /___ |   LICENSE : Available under MIT License or GNU General Public License
|_______________|             http://uize.com/license.html
*/

/* Module Meta Data
  type: Class
  importance: 1
  codeCompleteness: 100
  docCompleteness: 2
*/

/*?
  Introduction
    The =Uize.Parse.Po.Value= module provides methods for parsing and serializing values in GNU gettext [[https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/PO-Files.html][PO files]].

    *DEVELOPERS:* `Chris van Rensburg`
*/

Uize.module ({
  name:'Uize.Parse.Po.Value',
  superclass:'Uize.Parse.Base',
  required:[
    'Uize.Str.Whitespace',
    'Uize.Parse.Code.StringLiteral'
  ],
  builder:function (_superclass) {
    'use strict';

    var
      /*** Variables for Performance Optimization ***/
        _indexOfNonWhitespace = Uize.Str.Whitespace.indexOfNonWhitespace,

      /*** General Variables ***/
        _stringLiteralParser = new Uize.Parse.Code.StringLiteral,
        _terminatingCharsLookup = _charsLookup ('\n\r'),
        _linebreakLookup = _charsLookup ('\n\r\f')
    ;

    /*** Utility Functions ***/
      function _charsLookup (_charsStr) {
        return Uize.lookup (_charsStr.split (''));
      }

    return _superclass.subclass ({
      instanceProperties:{
        value:''
      },

      instanceMethods:{
        parse:function (_source,_index) {
          function _eatWhitespace () {
            _index = (_indexOfNonWhitespace (_source,_index) + 1 || _sourceLength + 1) - 1;
          }
          var
            m = this,
            _sourceLength = (m.source = _source).length
          ;
          m.index = _index || (_index = 0);
          m.isValid = true;
          var
            _parts = [],
            _char,
            _indexBeforeEatingWhitespace = _index
          ;
          while (_index < _sourceLength) {
            _stringLiteralParser.parse (_source,_index);
            if (_stringLiteralParser.isValid) {
              _parts.push (_stringLiteralParser.value);
              _indexBeforeEatingWhitespace = (_index += _stringLiteralParser.length);
              _eatWhitespace ();
            } else {
              break;
            }
          }
          m.value = _parts.join ('');
          m.isValid = !!(m.length = _indexBeforeEatingWhitespace - m.index);
        },

        serialize:function () {
          _stringLiteralParser.value = this.value;
          _stringLiteralParser.isValid = true;
          return _stringLiteralParser.serialize ();
        }
      }
    });
  }
});