SOURCE CODE: Uize.Util.RegExpComposition (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
|     /      /  |   ---------------------------------------------------
|    /    O /   |    MODULE : Uize.Util.RegExpComposition Class
|   /    / /    |
|  /    / /  /| |    ONLINE : http://uize.com
| /____/ /__/_| | 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: 5
  docCompleteness: 5
*/

/*?
  Introduction
    The =Uize.Util.RegExpComposition= module provides a way to define regular expressions in a compositional way, by defining regular expressions to use other regular expressions.

    *DEVELOPERS:* `Chris van Rensburg`
*/

Uize.module ({
  name:'Uize.Util.RegExpComposition',
  superclass:'Uize.Oop.BasicClass',
  builder:function (_superclass) {
    'use strict';

    return _superclass.subclass ({
      constructor:Uize.noNew (
        function (_regExpLookup) {
          this._regExpLookup = _regExpLookup;
          this._resolved = {};
        }
      ),

      instanceMethods:{
        get:function (_name) {
          var
            _regExpLookup = this._regExpLookup,
            _resolved = this._resolved
          ;
          function _resolveRegularExpression (_regExpName) {
            if (!_resolved [_regExpName]) {
              var _regExp = _regExpLookup [_regExpName];
              _resolved [_regExpName] = new RegExp (
                _regExp.source.replace (
                  /{([a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z_$\d]*)}/g,
                  function (_match,_subRegExpName) {
                    _resolveRegularExpression (_subRegExpName);
                    return _resolved [_subRegExpName].source;
                  }
                ),
                'g'
              )
            }
          }
          _resolveRegularExpression (_name);

          return _resolved [_name];
        },

        extend:function (_regExpLookup) {
          return this.Class (Uize.copy (this._regExpLookup,_regExpLookup))
        }
      }
    });
  }
});