squash - keep this just for temporary reference

src/parser.c

@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ PARSER_Parse(OpQuotedString)
 
 
 struct data_QuotedString {
-	int dashIsNull;
+	int dashIsEmpty;
 	int quotesOptional;
 	int supportEscape;
 };
@@ -1661,35 +1661,51 @@ PARSER_Parse(QuotedString)
 	const char *c;
 	struct data_QuotedString *const data = (struct data_QuotedString*) pdata;
 	size_t i;
+	int hadQuote = 0;
 
 	assert(npb->str != NULL);
 	assert(offs != NULL);
 	assert(parsed != NULL);
 	c = npb->str;
 	i = *offs;
-	if(i + 2 > npb->strLen)
-		goto done;	/* needs at least 2 characters */
+	if(i + 1 > npb->strLen)
+		goto done;	/* needs at least 1 characters (with quotesQptional...) */
 
-	if(c[i] != '"')
-		goto done;
-	++i;
+	if(c[i] == '"') {
+		hadQuote = 1;
+		++i;
+	} else {
+		if(!data->quotesOptional) {
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
 
+fprintf(stderr, "start loop %zd, char %c\n", i, c[i]);
 	/* search end of string */
-	while(i < npb->strLen && c[i] != '"') {
+	while(i < npb->strLen &&
+	        ( (hadQuote && c[i] != '"') || (!hadQuote && c[i] != ' ') )
+	     ) {
+fprintf(stderr, "in loop %zd, char %c\n", i, c[i]);
 		if(data->supportEscape && c[i] == '\\' && (i < npb->strLen)) {
 			i++; /* next char is escaped */
 		}
 		i++;
 	}
 
-	if(i == npb->strLen || c[i] != '"')
+	if(hadQuote && (i == npb->strLen || c[i] != '"'))
 		goto done;
 
 	/* success, persist */
-	*parsed = i + 1 - *offs; /* "eat" terminal double quote */
+	const size_t charsFound = i - *offs + (hadQuote ? 1 : 0);
+fprintf(stderr, "charsFound %zd, i %zd, offs %zd\n", charsFound, i, *offs);
+	*parsed = charsFound; /* "eat" terminal double quote */
 	/* create JSON value to save quoted string contents */
 	if(value != NULL) {
-		*value = json_object_new_string_len(npb->str+(*offs), *parsed);
+		if(charsFound == 3 && data->dashIsEmpty && !strncmp(npb->str+(*offs), "\"-\"", 3)) {
+			*value = json_object_new_string_len("", 0);
+		} else {
+			*value = json_object_new_string_len(npb->str+(*offs), *parsed);
+		}
 	}
 	r = 0; /* success */
 done:
@@ -1711,8 +1727,8 @@ PARSER_Construct(QuotedString)
 		struct json_object *const val = json_object_iter_peek_value(&it);
 		if(!strcasecmp(key, "option.quotesOptional")) {
 			data->quotesOptional = json_object_get_boolean(val);
-		} else if(!strcasecmp(key, "option.dashIsNull")) {
-			data->dashIsNull = json_object_get_boolean(val);
+		} else if(!strcasecmp(key, "option.dashIsEmpty")) {
+			data->dashIsEmpty = json_object_get_boolean(val);
 		} else if(!strcasecmp(key, "option.supportEscape")) {
 			data->supportEscape = json_object_get_boolean(val);
 		} else {

tests/Makefile.am

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ TESTS_SHELLSCRIPTS = \
 	strict_prefix_matching_1.sh \
 	strict_prefix_matching_2.sh \
 	quote-string-escape.sh \
+	quote-string-dash-empty.sh \
+	quote-string-quote-optional.sh \
 	field_string.sh \
 	field_string_perm_chars.sh \
 	field_string_lazy_matching.sh \

tests/quote-string-dash-empty.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# added 2021-06-07 by Rainer Gerhards
+# This file is part of the liblognorm project, released under ASL 2.0
+. $srcdir/exec.sh
+no_solaris10
+test_def $0 "quoted string with dash"
+
+add_rule 'version=2'
+add_rule 'rule=:%
+		{"type":"quoted-string", "name":"str", "option.dashIsEmpty":True}
+	 %'
+
+execute '"-"'
+assert_output_json_eq '{ "str": ""}'
+
+reset_rules
+add_rule 'version=2'
+add_rule 'rule=:%
+		{"type":"quoted-string", "name":"str"}
+	 %'
+
+execute '"-"'
+assert_output_json_eq '{ "str": "\"-\""}'
+
+
+cleanup_tmp_files
+

tests/quote-string-escape.sh

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ add_rule 'rule=:%
 	 %'
 
 execute '"word1\"word2"'
-assert_output_json_eq '{ "b": "word2", "a": "word1" }'
+assert_output_json_eq '{ "str": "\"word1\\\"word2\""}'
 
 
 cleanup_tmp_files

tests/quote-string-quote-optional.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# added 2021-06-07 by Rainer Gerhards
+# This file is part of the liblognorm project, released under ASL 2.0
+. $srcdir/exec.sh
+no_solaris10
+test_def $0 "quoted string with quotesOptional"
+
+add_rule 'version=2'
+add_rule 'rule=:%
+		{"type":"quoted-string", "name":"str", "option.quotesOptional":True}
+	 %'
+
+execute '"line 1"'
+assert_output_json_eq '{ "str": "\"line 1\""}'
+
+execute 'line2'
+assert_output_json_eq '{ "str": "line2"}'
+
+
+cleanup_tmp_files