selector.go

/*
Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.

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

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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/

package labels

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
	"strings"

	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/selection"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
	"k8s.io/klog"
)

// Requirements is AND of all requirements.
type Requirements []Requirement

// Selector represents a label selector.
type Selector interface {
	// Matches returns true if this selector matches the given set of labels.
	Matches(Labels) bool

	// Empty returns true if this selector does not restrict the selection space.
	Empty() bool

	// String returns a human readable string that represents this selector.
	String() string

	// Add adds requirements to the Selector
	Add(r ...Requirement) Selector

	// Requirements converts this interface into Requirements to expose
	// more detailed selection information.
	// If there are querying parameters, it will return converted requirements and selectable=true.
	// If this selector doesn't want to select anything, it will return selectable=false.
	Requirements() (requirements Requirements, selectable bool)

	// Make a deep copy of the selector.
	DeepCopySelector() Selector
}

// Everything returns a selector that matches all labels.
func Everything() Selector {
	return internalSelector{}
}

type nothingSelector struct{}

func (n nothingSelector) Matches(_ Labels) bool              { return false }
func (n nothingSelector) Empty() bool                        { return false }
func (n nothingSelector) String() string                     { return "" }
func (n nothingSelector) Add(_ ...Requirement) Selector      { return n }
func (n nothingSelector) Requirements() (Requirements, bool) { return nil, false }
func (n nothingSelector) DeepCopySelector() Selector         { return n }

// Nothing returns a selector that matches no labels
func Nothing() Selector {
	return nothingSelector{}
}

// NewSelector returns a nil selector
func NewSelector() Selector {
	return internalSelector(nil)
}

type internalSelector []Requirement

func (s internalSelector) DeepCopy() internalSelector {
	if s == nil {
		return nil
	}
	result := make([]Requirement, len(s))
	for i := range s {
		s[i].DeepCopyInto(&result[i])
	}
	return result
}

func (s internalSelector) DeepCopySelector() Selector {
	return s.DeepCopy()
}

// ByKey sorts requirements by key to obtain deterministic parser
type ByKey []Requirement

func (a ByKey) Len() int { return len(a) }

func (a ByKey) Swap(i, j int) { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }

func (a ByKey) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].key < a[j].key }

// Requirement contains values, a key, and an operator that relates the key and values.
// The zero value of Requirement is invalid.
// Requirement implements both set based match and exact match
// Requirement should be initialized via NewRequirement constructor for creating a valid Requirement.
// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
type Requirement struct {
	key      string
	operator selection.Operator
	// In huge majority of cases we have at most one value here.
	// It is generally faster to operate on a single-element slice
	// than on a single-element map, so we have a slice here.
	strValues []string
}

// NewRequirement is the constructor for a Requirement.
// If any of these rules is violated, an error is returned:
// (1) The operator can only be In, NotIn, Equals, DoubleEquals, NotEquals, Exists, or DoesNotExist.
// (2) If the operator is In or NotIn, the values set must be non-empty.
// (3) If the operator is Equals, DoubleEquals, or NotEquals, the values set must contain one value.
// (4) If the operator is Exists or DoesNotExist, the value set must be empty.
// (5) If the operator is Gt or Lt, the values set must contain only one value, which will be interpreted as an integer.
// (6) The key is invalid due to its length, or sequence
//     of characters. See validateLabelKey for more details.
//
// The empty string is a valid value in the input values set.
func NewRequirement(key string, op selection.Operator, vals []string) (*Requirement, error) {
	if err := validateLabelKey(key); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	switch op {
	case selection.In, selection.NotIn:
		if len(vals) == 0 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("for 'in', 'notin' operators, values set can't be empty")
		}
	case selection.Equals, selection.DoubleEquals, selection.NotEquals:
		if len(vals) != 1 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("exact-match compatibility requires one single value")
		}
	case selection.Exists, selection.DoesNotExist:
		if len(vals) != 0 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("values set must be empty for exists and does not exist")
		}
	case selection.GreaterThan, selection.LessThan:
		if len(vals) != 1 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("for 'Gt', 'Lt' operators, exactly one value is required")
		}
		for i := range vals {
			if _, err := strconv.ParseInt(vals[i], 10, 64); err != nil {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("for 'Gt', 'Lt' operators, the value must be an integer")
			}
		}
	default:
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("operator '%v' is not recognized", op)
	}

	for i := range vals {
		if err := validateLabelValue(vals[i]); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}
	return &Requirement{key: key, operator: op, strValues: vals}, nil
}

func (r *Requirement) hasValue(value string) bool {
	for i := range r.strValues {
		if r.strValues[i] == value {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

// Matches returns true if the Requirement matches the input Labels.
// There is a match in the following cases:
// (1) The operator is Exists and Labels has the Requirement's key.
// (2) The operator is In, Labels has the Requirement's key and Labels'
//     value for that key is in Requirement's value set.
// (3) The operator is NotIn, Labels has the Requirement's key and
//     Labels' value for that key is not in Requirement's value set.
// (4) The operator is DoesNotExist or NotIn and Labels does not have the
//     Requirement's key.
// (5) The operator is GreaterThanOperator or LessThanOperator, and Labels has
//     the Requirement's key and the corresponding value satisfies mathematical inequality.
func (r *Requirement) Matches(ls Labels) bool {
	switch r.operator {
	case selection.In, selection.Equals, selection.DoubleEquals:
		if !ls.Has(r.key) {
			return false
		}
		return r.hasValue(ls.Get(r.key))
	case selection.NotIn, selection.NotEquals:
		if !ls.Has(r.key) {
			return true
		}
		return !r.hasValue(ls.Get(r.key))
	case selection.Exists:
		return ls.Has(r.key)
	case selection.DoesNotExist:
		return !ls.Has(r.key)
	case selection.GreaterThan, selection.LessThan:
		if !ls.Has(r.key) {
			return false
		}
		lsValue, err := strconv.ParseInt(ls.Get(r.key), 10, 64)
		if err != nil {
			klog.V(10).Infof("ParseInt failed for value %+v in label %+v, %+v", ls.Get(r.key), ls, err)
			return false
		}

		// There should be only one strValue in r.strValues, and can be converted to a integer.
		if len(r.strValues) != 1 {
			klog.V(10).Infof("Invalid values count %+v of requirement %#v, for 'Gt', 'Lt' operators, exactly one value is required", len(r.strValues), r)
			return false
		}

		var rValue int64
		for i := range r.strValues {
			rValue, err = strconv.ParseInt(r.strValues[i], 10, 64)
			if err != nil {
				klog.V(10).Infof("ParseInt failed for value %+v in requirement %#v, for 'Gt', 'Lt' operators, the value must be an integer", r.strValues[i], r)
				return false
			}
		}
		return (r.operator == selection.GreaterThan && lsValue > rValue) || (r.operator == selection.LessThan && lsValue < rValue)
	default:
		return false
	}
}

// Key returns requirement key
func (r *Requirement) Key() string {
	return r.key
}

// Operator returns requirement operator
func (r *Requirement) Operator() selection.Operator {
	return r.operator
}

// Values returns requirement values
func (r *Requirement) Values() sets.String {
	ret := sets.String{}
	for i := range r.strValues {
		ret.Insert(r.strValues[i])
	}
	return ret
}

// Empty returns true if the internalSelector doesn't restrict selection space
func (lsel internalSelector) Empty() bool {
	if lsel == nil {
		return true
	}
	return len(lsel) == 0
}

// String returns a human-readable string that represents this
// Requirement. If called on an invalid Requirement, an error is
// returned. See NewRequirement for creating a valid Requirement.
func (r *Requirement) String() string {
	var buffer bytes.Buffer
	if r.operator == selection.DoesNotExist {
		buffer.WriteString("!")
	}
	buffer.WriteString(r.key)

	switch r.operator {
	case selection.Equals:
		buffer.WriteString("=")
	case selection.DoubleEquals:
		buffer.WriteString("==")
	case selection.NotEquals:
		buffer.WriteString("!=")
	case selection.In:
		buffer.WriteString(" in ")
	case selection.NotIn:
		buffer.WriteString(" notin ")
	case selection.GreaterThan:
		buffer.WriteString(">")
	case selection.LessThan:
		buffer.WriteString("<")
	case selection.Exists, selection.DoesNotExist:
		return buffer.String()
	}

	switch r.operator {
	case selection.In, selection.NotIn:
		buffer.WriteString("(")
	}
	if len(r.strValues) == 1 {
		buffer.WriteString(r.strValues[0])
	} else { // only > 1 since == 0 prohibited by NewRequirement
		// normalizes value order on output, without mutating the in-memory selector representation
		// also avoids normalization when it is not required, and ensures we do not mutate shared data
		buffer.WriteString(strings.Join(safeSort(r.strValues), ","))
	}

	switch r.operator {
	case selection.In, selection.NotIn:
		buffer.WriteString(")")
	}
	return buffer.String()
}

// safeSort sort input strings without modification
func safeSort(in []string) []string {
	if sort.StringsAreSorted(in) {
		return in
	}
	out := make([]string, len(in))
	copy(out, in)
	sort.Strings(out)
	return out
}

// Add adds requirements to the selector. It copies the current selector returning a new one
func (lsel internalSelector) Add(reqs ...Requirement) Selector {
	var sel internalSelector
	for ix := range lsel {
		sel = append(sel, lsel[ix])
	}
	for _, r := range reqs {
		sel = append(sel, r)
	}
	sort.Sort(ByKey(sel))
	return sel
}

// Matches for a internalSelector returns true if all
// its Requirements match the input Labels. If any
// Requirement does not match, false is returned.
func (lsel internalSelector) Matches(l Labels) bool {
	for ix := range lsel {
		if matches := lsel[ix].Matches(l); !matches {
			return false
		}
	}
	return true
}

func (lsel internalSelector) Requirements() (Requirements, bool) { return Requirements(lsel), true }

// String returns a comma-separated string of all
// the internalSelector Requirements' human-readable strings.
func (lsel internalSelector) String() string {
	var reqs []string
	for ix := range lsel {
		reqs = append(reqs, lsel[ix].String())
	}
	return strings.Join(reqs, ",")
}

// Token represents constant definition for lexer token
type Token int

const (
	// ErrorToken represents scan error
	ErrorToken Token = iota
	// EndOfStringToken represents end of string
	EndOfStringToken
	// ClosedParToken represents close parenthesis
	ClosedParToken
	// CommaToken represents the comma
	CommaToken
	// DoesNotExistToken represents logic not
	DoesNotExistToken
	// DoubleEqualsToken represents double equals
	DoubleEqualsToken
	// EqualsToken represents equal
	EqualsToken
	// GreaterThanToken represents greater than
	GreaterThanToken
	// IdentifierToken represents identifier, e.g. keys and values
	IdentifierToken
	// InToken represents in
	InToken
	// LessThanToken represents less than
	LessThanToken
	// NotEqualsToken represents not equal
	NotEqualsToken
	// NotInToken represents not in
	NotInToken
	// OpenParToken represents open parenthesis
	OpenParToken
)

// string2token contains the mapping between lexer Token and token literal
// (except IdentifierToken, EndOfStringToken and ErrorToken since it makes no sense)
var string2token = map[string]Token{
	")":     ClosedParToken,
	",":     CommaToken,
	"!":     DoesNotExistToken,
	"==":    DoubleEqualsToken,
	"=":     EqualsToken,
	">":     GreaterThanToken,
	"in":    InToken,
	"<":     LessThanToken,
	"!=":    NotEqualsToken,
	"notin": NotInToken,
	"(":     OpenParToken,
}

// ScannedItem contains the Token and the literal produced by the lexer.
type ScannedItem struct {
	tok     Token
	literal string
}

// isWhitespace returns true if the rune is a space, tab, or newline.
func isWhitespace(ch byte) bool {
	return ch == ' ' || ch == '\t' || ch == '\r' || ch == '\n'
}

// isSpecialSymbol detect if the character ch can be an operator
func isSpecialSymbol(ch byte) bool {
	switch ch {
	case '=', '!', '(', ')', ',', '>', '<':
		return true
	}
	return false
}

// Lexer represents the Lexer struct for label selector.
// It contains necessary informationt to tokenize the input string
type Lexer struct {
	// s stores the string to be tokenized
	s string
	// pos is the position currently tokenized
	pos int
}

// read return the character currently lexed
// increment the position and check the buffer overflow
func (l *Lexer) read() (b byte) {
	b = 0
	if l.pos < len(l.s) {
		b = l.s[l.pos]
		l.pos++
	}
	return b
}

// unread 'undoes' the last read character
func (l *Lexer) unread() {
	l.pos--
}

// scanIDOrKeyword scans string to recognize literal token (for example 'in') or an identifier.
func (l *Lexer) scanIDOrKeyword() (tok Token, lit string) {
	var buffer []byte
IdentifierLoop:
	for {
		switch ch := l.read(); {
		case ch == 0:
			break IdentifierLoop
		case isSpecialSymbol(ch) || isWhitespace(ch):
			l.unread()
			break IdentifierLoop
		default:
			buffer = append(buffer, ch)
		}
	}
	s := string(buffer)
	if val, ok := string2token[s]; ok { // is a literal token?
		return val, s
	}
	return IdentifierToken, s // otherwise is an identifier
}

// scanSpecialSymbol scans string starting with special symbol.
// special symbol identify non literal operators. "!=", "==", "="
func (l *Lexer) scanSpecialSymbol() (Token, string) {
	lastScannedItem := ScannedItem{}
	var buffer []byte
SpecialSymbolLoop:
	for {
		switch ch := l.read(); {
		case ch == 0:
			break SpecialSymbolLoop
		case isSpecialSymbol(ch):
			buffer = append(buffer, ch)
			if token, ok := string2token[string(buffer)]; ok {
				lastScannedItem = ScannedItem{tok: token, literal: string(buffer)}
			} else if lastScannedItem.tok != 0 {
				l.unread()
				break SpecialSymbolLoop
			}
		default:
			l.unread()
			break SpecialSymbolLoop
		}
	}
	if lastScannedItem.tok == 0 {
		return ErrorToken, fmt.Sprintf("error expected: keyword found '%s'", buffer)
	}
	return lastScannedItem.tok, lastScannedItem.literal
}

// skipWhiteSpaces consumes all blank characters
// returning the first non blank character
func (l *Lexer) skipWhiteSpaces(ch byte) byte {
	for {
		if !isWhitespace(ch) {
			return ch
		}
		ch = l.read()
	}
}

// Lex returns a pair of Token and the literal
// literal is meaningfull only for IdentifierToken token
func (l *Lexer) Lex() (tok Token, lit string) {
	switch ch := l.skipWhiteSpaces(l.read()); {
	case ch == 0:
		return EndOfStringToken, ""
	case isSpecialSymbol(ch):
		l.unread()
		return l.scanSpecialSymbol()
	default:
		l.unread()
		return l.scanIDOrKeyword()
	}
}

// Parser data structure contains the label selector parser data structure
type Parser struct {
	l            *Lexer
	scannedItems []ScannedItem
	position     int
}

// ParserContext represents context during parsing:
// some literal for example 'in' and 'notin' can be
// recognized as operator for example 'x in (a)' but
// it can be recognized as value for example 'value in (in)'
type ParserContext int

const (
	// KeyAndOperator represents key and operator
	KeyAndOperator ParserContext = iota
	// Values represents values
	Values
)

// lookahead func returns the current token and string. No increment of current position
func (p *Parser) lookahead(context ParserContext) (Token, string) {
	tok, lit := p.scannedItems[p.position].tok, p.scannedItems[p.position].literal
	if context == Values {
		switch tok {
		case InToken, NotInToken:
			tok = IdentifierToken
		}
	}
	return tok, lit
}

// consume returns current token and string. Increments the position
func (p *Parser) consume(context ParserContext) (Token, string) {
	p.position++
	tok, lit := p.scannedItems[p.position-1].tok, p.scannedItems[p.position-1].literal
	if context == Values {
		switch tok {
		case InToken, NotInToken:
			tok = IdentifierToken
		}
	}
	return tok, lit
}

// scan runs through the input string and stores the ScannedItem in an array
// Parser can now lookahead and consume the tokens
func (p *Parser) scan() {
	for {
		token, literal := p.l.Lex()
		p.scannedItems = append(p.scannedItems, ScannedItem{token, literal})
		if token == EndOfStringToken {
			break
		}
	}
}

// parse runs the left recursive descending algorithm
// on input string. It returns a list of Requirement objects.
func (p *Parser) parse() (internalSelector, error) {
	p.scan() // init scannedItems

	var requirements internalSelector
	for {
		tok, lit := p.lookahead(Values)
		switch tok {
		case IdentifierToken, DoesNotExistToken:
			r, err := p.parseRequirement()
			if err != nil {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse requirement: %v", err)
			}
			requirements = append(requirements, *r)
			t, l := p.consume(Values)
			switch t {
			case EndOfStringToken:
				return requirements, nil
			case CommaToken:
				t2, l2 := p.lookahead(Values)
				if t2 != IdentifierToken && t2 != DoesNotExistToken {
					return nil, fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: identifier after ','", l2)
				}
			default:
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: ',' or 'end of string'", l)
			}
		case EndOfStringToken:
			return requirements, nil
		default:
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: !, identifier, or 'end of string'", lit)
		}
	}
}

func (p *Parser) parseRequirement() (*Requirement, error) {
	key, operator, err := p.parseKeyAndInferOperator()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	if operator == selection.Exists || operator == selection.DoesNotExist { // operator found lookahead set checked
		return NewRequirement(key, operator, []string{})
	}
	operator, err = p.parseOperator()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	var values sets.String
	switch operator {
	case selection.In, selection.NotIn:
		values, err = p.parseValues()
	case selection.Equals, selection.DoubleEquals, selection.NotEquals, selection.GreaterThan, selection.LessThan:
		values, err = p.parseExactValue()
	}
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return NewRequirement(key, operator, values.List())

}

// parseKeyAndInferOperator parse literals.
// in case of no operator '!, in, notin, ==, =, !=' are found
// the 'exists' operator is inferred
func (p *Parser) parseKeyAndInferOperator() (string, selection.Operator, error) {
	var operator selection.Operator
	tok, literal := p.consume(Values)
	if tok == DoesNotExistToken {
		operator = selection.DoesNotExist
		tok, literal = p.consume(Values)
	}
	if tok != IdentifierToken {
		err := fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: identifier", literal)
		return "", "", err
	}
	if err := validateLabelKey(literal); err != nil {
		return "", "", err
	}
	if t, _ := p.lookahead(Values); t == EndOfStringToken || t == CommaToken {
		if operator != selection.DoesNotExist {
			operator = selection.Exists
		}
	}
	return literal, operator, nil
}

// parseOperator return operator and eventually matchType
// matchType can be exact
func (p *Parser) parseOperator() (op selection.Operator, err error) {
	tok, lit := p.consume(KeyAndOperator)
	switch tok {
	// DoesNotExistToken shouldn't be here because it's a unary operator, not a binary operator
	case InToken:
		op = selection.In
	case EqualsToken:
		op = selection.Equals
	case DoubleEqualsToken:
		op = selection.DoubleEquals
	case GreaterThanToken:
		op = selection.GreaterThan
	case LessThanToken:
		op = selection.LessThan
	case NotInToken:
		op = selection.NotIn
	case NotEqualsToken:
		op = selection.NotEquals
	default:
		return "", fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: '=', '!=', '==', 'in', notin'", lit)
	}
	return op, nil
}

// parseValues parses the values for set based matching (x,y,z)
func (p *Parser) parseValues() (sets.String, error) {
	tok, lit := p.consume(Values)
	if tok != OpenParToken {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("found '%s' expected: '('", lit)
	}
	tok, lit = p.lookahead(Values)
	switch tok {
	case IdentifierToken, CommaToken:
		s, err := p.parseIdentifiersList() // handles general cases
		if err != nil {
			return s, err
		}
		if tok, _ = p.consume(Values); tok != ClosedParToken {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: ')'", lit)
		}
		return s, nil
	case ClosedParToken: // handles "()"
		p.consume(Values)
		return sets.NewString(""), nil
	default:
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: ',', ')' or identifier", lit)
	}
}

// parseIdentifiersList parses a (possibly empty) list of
// of comma separated (possibly empty) identifiers
func (p *Parser) parseIdentifiersList() (sets.String, error) {
	s := sets.NewString()
	for {
		tok, lit := p.consume(Values)
		switch tok {
		case IdentifierToken:
			s.Insert(lit)
			tok2, lit2 := p.lookahead(Values)
			switch tok2 {
			case CommaToken:
				continue
			case ClosedParToken:
				return s, nil
			default:
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: ',' or ')'", lit2)
			}
		case CommaToken: // handled here since we can have "(,"
			if s.Len() == 0 {
				s.Insert("") // to handle (,
			}
			tok2, _ := p.lookahead(Values)
			if tok2 == ClosedParToken {
				s.Insert("") // to handle ,)  Double "" removed by StringSet
				return s, nil
			}
			if tok2 == CommaToken {
				p.consume(Values)
				s.Insert("") // to handle ,, Double "" removed by StringSet
			}
		default: // it can be operator
			return s, fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: ',', or identifier", lit)
		}
	}
}

// parseExactValue parses the only value for exact match style
func (p *Parser) parseExactValue() (sets.String, error) {
	s := sets.NewString()
	tok, lit := p.lookahead(Values)
	if tok == EndOfStringToken || tok == CommaToken {
		s.Insert("")
		return s, nil
	}
	tok, lit = p.consume(Values)
	if tok == IdentifierToken {
		s.Insert(lit)
		return s, nil
	}
	return nil, fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: identifier", lit)
}

// Parse takes a string representing a selector and returns a selector
// object, or an error. This parsing function differs from ParseSelector
// as they parse different selectors with different syntaxes.
// The input will cause an error if it does not follow this form:
//
//  <selector-syntax>         ::= <requirement> | <requirement> "," <selector-syntax>
//  <requirement>             ::= [!] KEY [ <set-based-restriction> | <exact-match-restriction> ]
//  <set-based-restriction>   ::= "" | <inclusion-exclusion> <value-set>
//  <inclusion-exclusion>     ::= <inclusion> | <exclusion>
//  <exclusion>               ::= "notin"
//  <inclusion>               ::= "in"
//  <value-set>               ::= "(" <values> ")"
//  <values>                  ::= VALUE | VALUE "," <values>
//  <exact-match-restriction> ::= ["="|"=="|"!="] VALUE
//
// KEY is a sequence of one or more characters following [ DNS_SUBDOMAIN "/" ] DNS_LABEL. Max length is 63 characters.
// VALUE is a sequence of zero or more characters "([A-Za-z0-9_-\.])". Max length is 63 characters.
// Delimiter is white space: (' ', '\t')
// Example of valid syntax:
//  "x in (foo,,baz),y,z notin ()"
//
// Note:
//  (1) Inclusion - " in " - denotes that the KEY exists and is equal to any of the
//      VALUEs in its requirement
//  (2) Exclusion - " notin " - denotes that the KEY is not equal to any
//      of the VALUEs in its requirement or does not exist
//  (3) The empty string is a valid VALUE
//  (4) A requirement with just a KEY - as in "y" above - denotes that
//      the KEY exists and can be any VALUE.
//  (5) A requirement with just !KEY requires that the KEY not exist.
//
func Parse(selector string) (Selector, error) {
	parsedSelector, err := parse(selector)
	if err == nil {
		return parsedSelector, nil
	}
	return nil, err
}

// parse parses the string representation of the selector and returns the internalSelector struct.
// The callers of this method can then decide how to return the internalSelector struct to their
// callers. This function has two callers now, one returns a Selector interface and the other
// returns a list of requirements.
func parse(selector string) (internalSelector, error) {
	p := &Parser{l: &Lexer{s: selector, pos: 0}}
	items, err := p.parse()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	sort.Sort(ByKey(items)) // sort to grant determistic parsing
	return internalSelector(items), err
}

func validateLabelKey(k string) error {
	if errs := validation.IsQualifiedName(k); len(errs) != 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid label key %q: %s", k, strings.Join(errs, "; "))
	}
	return nil
}

func validateLabelValue(v string) error {
	if errs := validation.IsValidLabelValue(v); len(errs) != 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid label value: %q: %s", v, strings.Join(errs, "; "))
	}
	return nil
}

// SelectorFromSet returns a Selector which will match exactly the given Set. A
// nil and empty Sets are considered equivalent to Everything().
func SelectorFromSet(ls Set) Selector {
	if ls == nil || len(ls) == 0 {
		return internalSelector{}
	}
	var requirements internalSelector
	for label, value := range ls {
		r, err := NewRequirement(label, selection.Equals, []string{value})
		if err == nil {
			requirements = append(requirements, *r)
		} else {
			//TODO: double check errors when input comes from serialization?
			return internalSelector{}
		}
	}
	// sort to have deterministic string representation
	sort.Sort(ByKey(requirements))
	return requirements
}

// SelectorFromValidatedSet returns a Selector which will match exactly the given Set.
// A nil and empty Sets are considered equivalent to Everything().
// It assumes that Set is already validated and doesn't do any validation.
func SelectorFromValidatedSet(ls Set) Selector {
	if ls == nil || len(ls) == 0 {
		return internalSelector{}
	}
	var requirements internalSelector
	for label, value := range ls {
		requirements = append(requirements, Requirement{key: label, operator: selection.Equals, strValues: []string{value}})
	}
	// sort to have deterministic string representation
	sort.Sort(ByKey(requirements))
	return requirements
}

// ParseToRequirements takes a string representing a selector and returns a list of
// requirements. This function is suitable for those callers that perform additional
// processing on selector requirements.
// See the documentation for Parse() function for more details.
// TODO: Consider exporting the internalSelector type instead.
func ParseToRequirements(selector string) ([]Requirement, error) {
	return parse(selector)
}