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85 changes: 85 additions & 0 deletions src/Property/Selector/SpecificityCalculator.php
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<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Sabberworm\CSS\Property\Selector;

/**
* Utility class to calculate the specificity of a CSS selector.
*
* The results are cached to avoid recalculating the specificity of the same selector multiple times.
*/
final class SpecificityCalculator
{
/**
* regexp for specificity calculations
*
* @var non-empty-string
*/
private const NON_ID_ATTRIBUTES_AND_PSEUDO_CLASSES_RX = '/
(\\.[\\w]+) # classes
|
\\[(\\w+) # attributes
|
(\\:( # pseudo classes
link|visited|active
|hover|focus
|lang
|target
|enabled|disabled|checked|indeterminate
|root
|nth-child|nth-last-child|nth-of-type|nth-last-of-type
|first-child|last-child|first-of-type|last-of-type
|only-child|only-of-type
|empty|contains
))
/ix';

/**
* regexp for specificity calculations
*
* @var non-empty-string
*/
private const ELEMENTS_AND_PSEUDO_ELEMENTS_RX = '/
((^|[\\s\\+\\>\\~]+)[\\w]+ # elements
|
\\:{1,2}( # pseudo-elements
after|before|first-letter|first-line|selection
))
/ix';

/**
* @var array<string, int<0, max>>
*/
private static $cache = [];

/**
* Calculates the specificity of the given CSS selector.
*
* @return int<0, max>
*
* @internal
*/
public static function calculate(string $selector): int
{
if (!isset(self::$cache[$selector])) {
$a = 0;
/// @todo should exclude \# as well as "#"
$aMatches = null;
$b = \substr_count($selector, '#');
$c = \preg_match_all(self::NON_ID_ATTRIBUTES_AND_PSEUDO_CLASSES_RX, $selector, $aMatches);
$d = \preg_match_all(self::ELEMENTS_AND_PSEUDO_ELEMENTS_RX, $selector, $aMatches);
self::$cache[$selector] = ($a * 1000) + ($b * 100) + ($c * 10) + $d;
}

return self::$cache[$selector];
}

/**
* Clears the cache in order to lower memory usage.
*/
public static function clearCache(): void
{
self::$cache = [];
}
}
94 changes: 94 additions & 0 deletions tests/Unit/Property/Selector/SpecificityCalculatorTest.php
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<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Sabberworm\CSS\Tests\Unit\Property\Selector;

use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
use Sabberworm\CSS\Property\Selector\SpecificityCalculator;

/**
* @covers \Sabberworm\CSS\Property\Selector\SpecificityCalculator
*/
final class SpecificityCalculatorTest extends TestCase
{
protected function tearDown(): void
{
SpecificityCalculator::clearCache();
}

/**
* @return array<string, array{0: non-empty-string, 1: int<0, max>}>
*/
public static function provideSelectorsAndSpecificities(): array
{
return [
'element' => ['a', 1],
'element and descendant with pseudo-selector' => ['ol li::before', 3],
'class' => ['.highlighted', 10],
'element with class' => ['li.green', 11],
'class with pseudo-selector' => ['.help:hover', 20],
'ID' => ['#file', 100],
'ID and descendant class' => ['#test .help', 110],
];
}

/**
* @test
*
* @param non-empty-string $selector
* @param int<0, max> $expectedSpecificity
*
* @dataProvider provideSelectorsAndSpecificities
*/
public function calculateReturnsSpecificityForProvidedSelector(
string $selector,
int $expectedSpecificity
): void {
self::assertSame($expectedSpecificity, SpecificityCalculator::calculate($selector));
}

/**
* @test
*
* @param non-empty-string $selector
* @param int<0, max> $expectedSpecificity
*
* @dataProvider provideSelectorsAndSpecificities
*/
public function calculateAfterClearingCacheReturnsSpecificityForProvidedSelector(
string $selector,
int $expectedSpecificity
): void {
SpecificityCalculator::clearCache();

self::assertSame($expectedSpecificity, SpecificityCalculator::calculate($selector));
}

/**
* @test
*/
public function calculateCalledTwoTimesReturnsSameSpecificityForProvidedSelector(): void
{
$selector = '#test .help';

$firstResult = SpecificityCalculator::calculate($selector);
$secondResult = SpecificityCalculator::calculate($selector);

self::assertSame($firstResult, $secondResult);
}

/**
* @test
*/
public function calculateCalledReturnsSameSpecificityForProvidedSelectorBeforeAndAfterClearingCache(): void
{
$selector = '#test .help';

$firstResult = SpecificityCalculator::calculate($selector);
SpecificityCalculator::clearCache();
$secondResult = SpecificityCalculator::calculate($selector);

self::assertSame($firstResult, $secondResult);
}
}