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+/**
+ * @license
+ * Visual Blocks Editor
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012 Google Inc.
+ * https://developers.google.com/blockly/
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Utility functions for handling variables and procedure names.
+ * @author fraser@google.com (Neil Fraser)
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+goog.provide('Blockly.Names');
+
+
+/**
+ * Class for a database of entity names (variables, functions, etc).
+ * @param {string} reservedWords A comma-separated string of words that are
+ * illegal for use as names in a language (e.g. 'new,if,this,...').
+ * @param {string=} opt_variablePrefix Some languages need a '$' or a namespace
+ * before all variable names.
+ * @constructor
+ */
+Blockly.Names = function(reservedWords, opt_variablePrefix) {
+ this.variablePrefix_ = opt_variablePrefix || '';
+ this.reservedDict_ = Object.create(null);
+ if (reservedWords) {
+ var splitWords = reservedWords.split(',');
+ for (var i = 0; i < splitWords.length; i++) {
+ this.reservedDict_[splitWords[i]] = true;
+ }
+ }
+ this.reset();
+};
+
+/**
+ * When JavaScript (or most other languages) is generated, variable 'foo' and
+ * procedure 'foo' would collide. However, Blockly has no such problems since
+ * variable get 'foo' and procedure call 'foo' are unambiguous.
+ * Therefore, Blockly keeps a separate type name to disambiguate.
+ * getName('foo', 'variable') -> 'foo'
+ * getName('foo', 'procedure') -> 'foo2'
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Empty the database and start from scratch. The reserved words are kept.
+ */
+Blockly.Names.prototype.reset = function() {
+ this.db_ = Object.create(null);
+ this.dbReverse_ = Object.create(null);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Convert a Blockly entity name to a legal exportable entity name.
+ * @param {string} name The Blockly entity name (no constraints).
+ * @param {string} type The type of entity in Blockly
+ * ('VARIABLE', 'PROCEDURE', 'BUILTIN', etc...).
+ * @return {string} An entity name legal for the exported language.
+ */
+Blockly.Names.prototype.getName = function(name, type) {
+ var normalized = name.toLowerCase() + '_' + type;
+ var prefix = (type == Blockly.Variables.NAME_TYPE) ?
+ this.variablePrefix_ : '';
+ if (normalized in this.db_) {
+ return prefix + this.db_[normalized];
+ }
+ var safeName = this.getDistinctName(name, type);
+ this.db_[normalized] = safeName.substr(prefix.length);
+ return safeName;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Convert a Blockly entity name to a legal exportable entity name.
+ * Ensure that this is a new name not overlapping any previously defined name.
+ * Also check against list of reserved words for the current language and
+ * ensure name doesn't collide.
+ * @param {string} name The Blockly entity name (no constraints).
+ * @param {string} type The type of entity in Blockly
+ * ('VARIABLE', 'PROCEDURE', 'BUILTIN', etc...).
+ * @return {string} An entity name legal for the exported language.
+ */
+Blockly.Names.prototype.getDistinctName = function(name, type) {
+ var safeName = this.safeName_(name);
+ var i = '';
+ while (this.dbReverse_[safeName + i] ||
+ (safeName + i) in this.reservedDict_) {
+ // Collision with existing name. Create a unique name.
+ i = i ? i + 1 : 2;
+ }
+ safeName += i;
+ this.dbReverse_[safeName] = true;
+ var prefix = (type == Blockly.Variables.NAME_TYPE) ?
+ this.variablePrefix_ : '';
+ return prefix + safeName;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Given a proposed entity name, generate a name that conforms to the
+ * [_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]* format that most languages consider legal for
+ * variables.
+ * @param {string} name Potentially illegal entity name.
+ * @return {string} Safe entity name.
+ * @private
+ */
+Blockly.Names.prototype.safeName_ = function(name) {
+ if (!name) {
+ name = 'unnamed';
+ } else {
+ // Unfortunately names in non-latin characters will look like
+ // _E9_9F_B3_E4_B9_90 which is pretty meaningless.
+ name = encodeURI(name.replace(/ /g, '_')).replace(/[^\w]/g, '_');
+ // Most languages don't allow names with leading numbers.
+ if ('0123456789'.indexOf(name[0]) != -1) {
+ name = 'my_' + name;
+ }
+ }
+ return name;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Do the given two entity names refer to the same entity?
+ * Blockly names are case-insensitive.
+ * @param {string} name1 First name.
+ * @param {string} name2 Second name.
+ * @return {boolean} True if names are the same.
+ */
+Blockly.Names.equals = function(name1, name2) {
+ return name1.toLowerCase() == name2.toLowerCase();
+};