W. Alex Gray

24 papers A 3B 1C 1Journal 8Unranked 10
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2013 conf
MedInfo
Shada Alsalamah, W. Alex Gray, Jeremy Hilton, Hessah A. Alsalamah
2012 conf
CTS
Pete Burnap, Irena Spasic, W. Alex Gray, Jeremy Hilton, Omer F. Rana, Glyn Elwyn
2011 J jnl
Int. J. Medical Informatics
Alex R. Hardisty, Susan C. Peirce, Alun D. Preece, Charlotte E. Bolton, Edward C. Conley, W. Alex Gray, Omer F. Rana, Zaheer Yousef, Glyn Elwyn
2010 J jnl
Health Informatics J.
Alysia Skilton, W. Alex Gray, Omnia Allam, David Morrey
2008 conf
BNCOD
Alysia Skilton, W. Alex Gray, Omnia Allam, David Morrey, Hazel Bailey
2008 ed.
BNCOD
W. Alex Gray, Keith G. Jeffery, Jianhua Shao
2008 B conf
IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
Sathish Periyasamy, W. Alex Gray, Peter Kille
2007 conf
MedInfo
Ben W. I. Sissons, W. Alex Gray, Anthony Bater, David Morrey
2007 J jnl
Int. J. Inf. Qual.
Mikhaila Burgess, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian
2006 C conf
CIT
Gareth Shercliff, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian
2006 conf
VDMB
Badr Al-Daihani, W. Alex Gray, Peter Kille
2006 A conf
AAMAS
Jigar Patel, W. T. Luke Teacy, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart W. Chalmers, Nir Oren, Timothy J. Norman, Alun D. Preece, Peter M. D. Gray, Gareth Shercliff, Patrick J. Stockreisser, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, Simon G. Thompson
2006 conf
DEXA Workshops
Badr Al-Daihani, W. Alex Gray, Peter Kille
2006 J jnl
Health Informatics J.
Asma Al-Busaidi, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian
2006 A conf
ICSOC
Gareth Shercliff, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian
2006 A conf
ICSOC
Patrick J. Stockreisser, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian
2005 conf
Knowledge and Data Management in GRIDs
Shirley Y. Crompton, Brian Matthews, W. Alex Gray, Andrew C. Jones, Richard J. White
2005 J jnl
Multiagent Grid Syst.
Jigar Patel, W. T. Luke Teacy, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart W. Chalmers, Nir Oren, Timothy J. Norman, Alun D. Preece, Peter M. D. Gray, Gareth Shercliff, Patrick J. Stockreisser, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, Simon G. Thompson
2003 conf
SGAI Conf.
Timothy J. Norman, Alun D. Preece, Stuart W. Chalmers, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Viet Dung Dang, Thuc Duong Nguyen, Vikas Deora, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian
2002 J jnl
Comput. Ind.
Jeevani Samantha Goonetillake, Tom W. Carnduff, W. Alex Gray
1999 J jnl
Inf. Res.
Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Donatella Castelli, Frans Coenen, Laura Devendeville-Brisoux, Barry Eaglestone, Nick J. Fiddian, W. Alex Gray, Antoni Ligeza, Anca I. Vermesan
1981 conf
CHI (2)
R. Evans, Nick J. Fiddian, W. Alex Gray
1981 conf
CHI (2)
Nick J. Fiddian, W. Alex Gray, M. W. Read
1973 J jnl
Inf. Storage Retr.
A. Stephanie Barber, Elizabeth D. Barraclough, W. Alex Gray
src/highlight.rs
← Index src/highlight.rs rust
use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
use regex::Regex;
use std::collections::HashMap;

/// Highlighting rules for a "family" of languages.
struct LangRule {
    line_comments: &'static [&'static str],
    block_comments: &'static [(&'static str, &'static str)],
    /// If true, enables strings delimited by " and '
    strings: bool,
    /// If true, also enables triple-quoted strings (Python)
    triple_quote: bool,
    /// If true, also enables backtick template strings (JS/TS)
    backtick: bool,
    /// If true, keywords are matched case-insensitively (e.g. SQL)
    case_insensitive_keywords: bool,
    keywords: &'static [&'static str],
}

const EMPTY_KW: &[&str] = &[];

fn rule_for(lang: &str) -> LangRule {
    match lang {
        "rust" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "as", "break", "const", "continue", "crate", "dyn", "else", "enum", "extern",
                "false", "fn", "for", "if", "impl", "in", "let", "loop", "match", "mod", "move",
                "mut", "pub", "ref", "return", "self", "Self", "static", "struct", "super",
                "trait", "true", "type", "unsafe", "use", "where", "while", "async", "await",
                "union",
            ],
        },
        "python" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["#"],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: true,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "False", "None", "True", "and", "as", "assert", "async", "await", "break",
                "class", "continue", "def", "del", "elif", "else", "except", "finally", "for",
                "from", "global", "if", "import", "in", "is", "lambda", "nonlocal", "not", "or",
                "pass", "raise", "return", "try", "while", "with", "yield", "self",
            ],
        },
        "javascript" | "typescript" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: true,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "break", "case", "catch", "class", "const", "continue", "debugger", "default",
                "delete", "do", "else", "export", "extends", "finally", "for", "function", "if",
                "import", "in", "instanceof", "new", "return", "super", "switch", "this", "throw",
                "try", "typeof", "var", "void", "while", "with", "yield", "let", "static",
                "async", "await", "of", "null", "true", "false", "undefined", "interface",
                "type", "enum", "implements", "namespace", "readonly", "public", "private",
                "protected", "abstract", "as", "declare", "from", "get", "set",
            ],
        },
        "java" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "abstract", "assert", "boolean", "break", "byte", "case", "catch", "char",
                "class", "const", "continue", "default", "do", "double", "else", "enum",
                "extends", "final", "finally", "float", "for", "goto", "if", "implements",
                "import", "instanceof", "int", "interface", "long", "native", "new", "package",
                "private", "protected", "public", "return", "short", "static", "strictfp",
                "super", "switch", "synchronized", "this", "throw", "throws", "transient", "try",
                "void", "volatile", "while", "true", "false", "null", "var", "record", "yield",
                "sealed", "permits",
            ],
        },
        "c" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "auto", "break", "case", "char", "const", "continue", "default", "do", "double",
                "else", "enum", "extern", "float", "for", "goto", "if", "inline", "int", "long",
                "register", "restrict", "return", "short", "signed", "sizeof", "static",
                "struct", "switch", "typedef", "union", "unsigned", "void", "volatile", "while",
            ],
        },
        "cpp" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "auto", "break", "case", "char", "const", "continue", "default", "do", "double",
                "else", "enum", "extern", "float", "for", "goto", "if", "inline", "int", "long",
                "register", "return", "short", "signed", "sizeof", "static", "struct", "switch",
                "typedef", "union", "unsigned", "void", "volatile", "while", "class",
                "namespace", "template", "typename", "public", "private", "protected", "virtual",
                "friend", "this", "new", "delete", "try", "catch", "throw", "using", "operator",
                "explicit", "mutable", "bool", "true", "false", "nullptr", "constexpr",
                "decltype", "noexcept", "override", "final",
            ],
        },
        "csharp" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "abstract", "as", "base", "bool", "break", "byte", "case", "catch", "char",
                "checked", "class", "const", "continue", "decimal", "default", "delegate", "do",
                "double", "else", "enum", "event", "explicit", "extern", "false", "finally",
                "fixed", "float", "for", "foreach", "goto", "if", "implicit", "in", "int",
                "interface", "internal", "is", "lock", "long", "namespace", "new", "null",
                "object", "operator", "out", "override", "params", "private", "protected",
                "public", "readonly", "ref", "return", "sbyte", "sealed", "short", "sizeof",
                "stackalloc", "static", "string", "struct", "switch", "this", "throw", "true",
                "try", "typeof", "uint", "ulong", "unchecked", "unsafe", "ushort", "using",
                "virtual", "void", "volatile", "while", "var", "async", "await", "yield",
                "nameof",
            ],
        },
        "go" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: true,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "break", "case", "chan", "const", "continue", "default", "defer", "else",
                "fallthrough", "for", "func", "go", "goto", "if", "import", "interface", "map",
                "package", "range", "return", "select", "struct", "switch", "type", "var",
                "true", "false", "nil", "iota",
            ],
        },
        "ruby" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["#"],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "def", "end", "if", "elsif", "else", "unless", "while", "until", "for", "in",
                "do", "begin", "rescue", "ensure", "raise", "class", "module", "self", "nil",
                "true", "false", "and", "or", "not", "then", "yield", "return", "break", "next",
                "redo", "retry", "super", "require", "require_relative", "attr_accessor",
                "attr_reader", "attr_writer", "private", "public", "protected",
            ],
        },
        "php" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//", "#"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "abstract", "and", "array", "as", "break", "callable", "case", "catch", "class",
                "clone", "const", "continue", "declare", "default", "do", "echo", "else",
                "elseif", "empty", "extends", "final", "finally", "fn", "for", "foreach",
                "function", "global", "goto", "if", "implements", "include", "include_once",
                "instanceof", "interface", "isset", "list", "match", "namespace", "new", "or",
                "print", "private", "protected", "public", "require", "require_once", "return",
                "static", "switch", "throw", "trait", "try", "unset", "use", "var", "while",
                "xor", "yield", "true", "false", "null", "self", "parent",
            ],
        },
        "bash" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["#"],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "if", "then", "else", "elif", "fi", "for", "while", "until", "do", "done",
                "case", "esac", "function", "in", "return", "break", "continue", "local",
                "export", "readonly", "shift", "exit", "echo", "source",
            ],
        },
        "sql" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["--"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: true,
            keywords: &[
                "select", "from", "where", "insert", "into", "values", "update", "set",
                "delete", "create", "table", "alter", "drop", "join", "inner", "left", "right",
                "outer", "on", "group", "by", "order", "having", "as", "and", "or", "not",
                "null", "is", "in", "like", "limit", "offset", "distinct", "union", "all",
                "exists", "between", "case", "when", "then", "end", "primary", "key", "foreign",
                "references", "default", "index", "view", "trigger", "procedure", "function",
                "begin", "commit", "rollback",
            ],
        },
        "lua" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["--"],
            block_comments: &[("--[[", "]]")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "and", "break", "do", "else", "elseif", "end", "false", "for", "function", "if",
                "in", "local", "nil", "not", "or", "repeat", "return", "then", "true", "until",
                "while",
            ],
        },
        "kotlin" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "as", "break", "class", "continue", "do", "else", "false", "for", "fun", "if",
                "in", "interface", "is", "null", "object", "package", "return", "super", "this",
                "throw", "true", "try", "typealias", "val", "var", "when", "while", "by",
                "companion", "constructor", "data", "enum", "import", "init", "override",
                "private", "protected", "public", "sealed", "suspend",
            ],
        },
        "swift" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &[
                "class", "deinit", "enum", "extension", "func", "import", "init", "internal",
                "let", "operator", "private", "protocol", "public", "static", "struct",
                "subscript", "typealias", "var", "break", "case", "continue", "default", "do",
                "else", "fallthrough", "if", "in", "for", "return", "switch", "where", "while",
                "as", "false", "true", "guard", "nil", "self", "super", "throw", "try", "async",
                "await",
            ],
        },
        "css" | "scss" | "less" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &[],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: EMPTY_KW,
        },
        "xml" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &[],
            block_comments: &[("<!--", "-->")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: EMPTY_KW,
        },
        "json" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &[],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &["true", "false", "null"],
        },
        "yaml" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["#"],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &["true", "false", "null", "yes", "no"],
        },
        "ini" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["#", ";"],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: EMPTY_KW,
        },
        "dockerfile" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["#"],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: true,
            keywords: &[
                "from", "run", "cmd", "label", "expose", "env", "add", "copy", "entrypoint",
                "volume", "user", "workdir", "arg", "onbuild", "stopsignal", "healthcheck",
                "shell",
            ],
        },
        "makefile" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["#"],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: EMPTY_KW,
        },
        "graphql" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["#"],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &["query", "mutation", "subscription", "type", "input", "enum", "interface", "fragment", "on"],
        },
        // Language families without detailed specific rules: still
        // highlight comments/strings/numbers generically.
        "perl" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["#"],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &["my", "our", "sub", "if", "elsif", "else", "unless", "while", "for", "foreach", "return", "use", "package"],
        },
        "groovy" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["//"],
            block_comments: &[("/*", "*/")],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: EMPTY_KW,
        },
        "r" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &["#"],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: true,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: &["function", "if", "else", "for", "while", "repeat", "break", "next", "return", "TRUE", "FALSE", "NULL", "NA"],
        },
        "diff" => LangRule {
            line_comments: &[],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: false,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: EMPTY_KW,
        },
        // markdown, plaintext, cmake, vbnet, dos, powershell, etc:
        // no specific highlighting, plain but formatted text.
        _ => LangRule {
            line_comments: &[],
            block_comments: &[],
            strings: false,
            triple_quote: false,
            backtick: false,
            case_insensitive_keywords: false,
            keywords: EMPTY_KW,
        },
    }
}

/// Cache of compiled regexes (one per language actually encountered).
static REGEX_CACHE: Lazy<std::sync::Mutex<HashMap<String, Option<Regex>>>> =
    Lazy::new(|| std::sync::Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));

fn build_regex(rule: &LangRule) -> Option<Regex> {
    let mut comment_alts: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
    for (start, end) in rule.block_comments {
        comment_alts.push(format!(
            "(?s:{}.*?{})",
            regex::escape(start),
            regex::escape(end)
        ));
    }
    for prefix in rule.line_comments {
        comment_alts.push(format!("{}[^\n]*", regex::escape(prefix)));
    }

    let mut string_alts: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
    if rule.triple_quote {
        string_alts.push(r#"(?s:"""(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*?""")"#.to_string());
        string_alts.push(r#"(?s:'''(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*?''')"#.to_string());
    }
    if rule.strings {
        string_alts.push(r#""(?:[^"\\\n]|\\.)*""#.to_string());
        string_alts.push(r#"'(?:[^'\\\n]|\\.)*'"#.to_string());
    }
    if rule.backtick {
        string_alts.push(r"(?s:`(?:[^`\\]|\\.)*`)".to_string());
    }

    let number_pat = r"\b0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+\b|\b\d+\.\d+(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?\b|\b\d+\b".to_string();

    let mut keyword_alt = String::new();
    if !rule.keywords.is_empty() {
        let escaped: Vec<String> = rule.keywords.iter().map(|k| regex::escape(k)).collect();
        let joined = escaped.join("|");
        keyword_alt = if rule.case_insensitive_keywords {
            format!("(?i:\\b(?:{})\\b)", joined)
        } else {
            format!("\\b(?:{})\\b", joined)
        };
    }

    let mut parts: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
    if !comment_alts.is_empty() {
        parts.push(format!("(?P<comment>{})", comment_alts.join("|")));
    }
    if !string_alts.is_empty() {
        parts.push(format!("(?P<string>{})", string_alts.join("|")));
    }
    parts.push(format!("(?P<number>{})", number_pat));
    if !keyword_alt.is_empty() {
        parts.push(format!("(?P<keyword>{})", keyword_alt));
    }

    if parts.is_empty() {
        return None;
    }

    Regex::new(&parts.join("|")).ok()
}

fn escape_html(s: &str) -> String {
    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
    for c in s.chars() {
        match c {
            '&' => out.push_str("&amp;"),
            '<' => out.push_str("&lt;"),
            '>' => out.push_str("&gt;"),
            '"' => out.push_str("&quot;"),
            '\'' => out.push_str("&#39;"),
            _ => out.push(c),
        }
    }
    out
}

/// Highlights the source code and returns HTML that's already escaped
/// and ready to insert inside a `<pre><code>...</code></pre>`.
/// No JavaScript involved: all the work happens here, in Rust,
/// at file-generation time.
pub fn highlight_code(content: &str, lang: &str) -> String {
    let rule = rule_for(lang);

    let regex_opt = {
        let mut cache = REGEX_CACHE.lock().unwrap();
        cache
            .entry(lang.to_string())
            .or_insert_with(|| build_regex(&rule))
            .clone()
    };

    let Some(re) = regex_opt else {
        return escape_html(content);
    };

    let mut out = String::with_capacity(content.len() + content.len() / 4);
    let mut last = 0;

    for caps in re.captures_iter(content) {
        let m = caps.get(0).unwrap();
        out.push_str(&escape_html(&content[last..m.start()]));

        let class = if caps.name("comment").is_some() {
            "c"
        } else if caps.name("string").is_some() {
            "s"
        } else if caps.name("number").is_some() {
            "n"
        } else if caps.name("keyword").is_some() {
            "k"
        } else {
            ""
        };

        let escaped_match = escape_html(m.as_str());
        if class.is_empty() {
            out.push_str(&escaped_match);
        } else {
            out.push_str(&format!("<span class=\"{}\">{}</span>", class, escaped_match));
        }
        last = m.end();
    }
    out.push_str(&escape_html(&content[last..]));
    out
}