RESwitch / RECase ColdFusion Custom Tags For Regular Expression Switch Statements

code-1.cfm

<!--- Set a value to test (quoted string). --->
<cfset strValue = """Hey Sugar""" />


<!--- Check to see what kind of value we are working with. --->
<cf_reswitch expression="#strValue#">

	<cf_recase
		pattern="^(\d+)\.(\d)+$"
		group1="intInteger"
		group2="intDecimal">

		Float found: #intInteger#.#intDecimal#.

	</cf_recase>

	<cf_recase pattern="^\d+$">

		Integer found: #strValue#.

	</cf_recase>

	<cf_recase
		pattern="^([^@]+)@(.+)\.(\w{2,})$"
		group1="strName"
		group2="strDomain"
		group3="strExtension">

		Email found: #strName#@#strDomain#.#strExtension#.

	</cf_recase>

	<cf_recase
		pattern="^(""([^""]+)""|([^""]+))$"
		group2="strQuotedValue"
		group3="strNonQuotedValue">

		<cfif Len( strQuotedValue )>

			Quoted string found: #strQuotedValue#.

		<cfelse>

			Non-Quoted string found: #strNonQuotedValue#.

		</cfif>

	</cf_recase>

	<!--- Default case. --->
	<cf_recase pattern="^[\w\W]*$">


		Unknown string value found: #strValue#.

	</cf_recase>

</cf_reswitch>

code-2.cfm

<!--- Check to see which tag mode we are in. --->
<cfif (THISTAG.ExecutionMode EQ "Start")>

	<!--- Start mode. --->

	<!--- Check to make sure this tag has an end tag. --->
	<cfif NOT THISTAG.HasEndTag>

		<cfthrow
			type="RESwitch.MissingEndTag"
			message="This RESwitch tag requires an end tag."
			/>

	</cfif>


	<!--- Param tag attributes. --->

	<!---
		This is the expression that we are testing (the value
		against which we are going to try and match our patterns).
	--->
	<cfparam
		name="ATTRIBUTES.Expression"
		type="string"
		/>


	<!---
		Set the match flag to indicate whether or not any of the
		child tags has successfully matched a tag.
	--->
	<cfset VARIABLES.IsPatternMatched = false />


	<!---
		Create a Pattern object that we can use to compile our
		patterns in the child tags.
	--->
	<cfset VARIABLES.PatternClass = CreateObject(
		"java",
		"java.util.regex.Pattern"
		) />

<cfelse>

	<!--- End mode. --->

</cfif>

code-3.cfm

<!--- Check to see which tag mode we are in. --->
<cfif (THISTAG.ExecutionMode EQ "Start")>

	<!--- Start mode. --->

	<!--- Check to make sure this tag has an end tag. --->
	<cfif NOT THISTAG.HasEndTag>

		<cfthrow
			type="RECase.MissingEndTag"
			message="This RECase tag requires an end tag."
			/>

	</cfif>


	<!---
		Get a reference to the parent tag so that we can update
		the tag context as needed.
	--->
	<cfset VARIABLES.SwitchTag = GetBaseTagData( "cf_reswitch" ) />


	<!---
		Check to see if a pattern has already been matched. If
		so, then we want to exit out immediately.
	--->
	<cfif VARIABLES.SwitchTag.IsPatternMatched>

		<!---
			Exit out immediately - we don't want any more of the
			child case tags to execute.
		--->
		<cfexit method="exittag" />

	</cfif>


	<!---
		ASSERT: If we have made it this far then we know that
		no pattern has been matched against our expression yet.
	--->


	<!--- Param tag attributes. --->

	<!---
		This is the patten that we are going to test against
		the parent tag expression.
	--->
	<cfparam
		name="ATTRIBUTES.Pattern"
		type="string"
		/>


	<!--- Compile this regular expression patterns. --->
	<cfset VARIABLES.Pattern = VARIABLES.SwitchTag.PatternClass.Compile(
		JavaCast( "string", ATTRIBUTES.Pattern )
		) />

	<!---
		Get a matcher for this pattern as it is applied to the
		expression we are testing.
	--->
	<cfset VARIABLES.Matcher = VARIABLES.Pattern.Matcher(
		JavaCast(
			"string",
			VARIABLES.SwitchTag.ATTRIBUTES.Expression
			)
		) />


	<!--- Check to see if this matcher can find a match. --->
	<cfif VARIABLES.Matcher.Find()>

		<!---
			Update the parent flag to indicate that this tag has
			matched a pattern.
		--->
		<cfset VARIABLES.SwitchTag.IsPatternMatched = true />

		<!---
			Now that we have matched a pattern, let's see if
			we need to move any of the matched groups into
			tag attributes. I have picked 20 arbitrarily.
		--->
		<cfloop
			index="VARIABLES.GroupIndex"
			from="1"
			to="20"
			step="1">

			<!---
				Check to see if an attribute exists for this
				matched group.
			--->
			<cfif StructKeyExists( ATTRIBUTES, "group#VARIABLES.GroupIndex#" )>

				<!---
					There is chance that this group did not
					actually get matched in the pattern. If that
					is the case, getting it will return a NULL
					which will remove the variable.
				--->
				<cfset VARIABLES.GroupValue = VARIABLES.Matcher.Group(
					JavaCast( "int", VARIABLES.GroupIndex )
					) />

				<!--- Check to see if it was matched. --->
				<cfif StructKeyExists( VARIABLES, "GroupValue" )>

					<!--- Store the matched pattern. --->
					<cfset CALLER[ ATTRIBUTES[ "group#VARIABLES.GroupIndex#" ] ] = VARIABLES.GroupValue />

				<cfelse>

					<!---
						That pattern has this group, but it was
						NOT matched. Let's just store an empty
						string in the variable. Not the best
						strategy, but we can always tweak later.
					--->
					<cfset CALLER[ ATTRIBUTES[ "group#VARIABLES.GroupIndex#" ] ] = "" />

				</cfif>

			</cfif>

		</cfloop>

	<cfelse>

		<!---
			No match was found. Exit out of this tag and let
			the next child tag execute.
		--->
		<cfexit method="exittag" />

	</cfif>

<cfelse>

	<!--- End mode. --->

</cfif>