CompressCss.hs

-- | Module used for CSS compression. The compression is currently in a simple
-- state, but would typically reduce the number of bytes by about 25%.
--
module Hakyll.Web.CompressCss
    ( compressCssCompiler
    , compressCss
    ) where

import Data.Char (isSpace)
import Data.List (isPrefixOf)
import Control.Arrow ((>>^))

import Hakyll.Core.Compiler
import Hakyll.Core.Resource
import Hakyll.Core.Util.String

-- | Compiler form of 'compressCss'
--
compressCssCompiler :: Compiler Resource String
compressCssCompiler = getResourceString >>^ compressCss

-- | Compress CSS to speed up your site.
--
compressCss :: String -> String
compressCss = compressSeparators
            . stripComments
            . compressWhitespace

-- | Compresses certain forms of separators.
--
compressSeparators :: String -> String
compressSeparators = replaceAll "; *}" (const "}")
                   . replaceAll " *([{};:]) *" (take 1 . dropWhile isSpace)
                   . replaceAll ";+" (const ";")

-- | Compresses all whitespace.
--
compressWhitespace :: String -> String
compressWhitespace = replaceAll "[ \t\n\r]+" (const " ")

-- | Function that strips CSS comments away.
--
stripComments :: String -> String
stripComments [] = []
stripComments str
    | isPrefixOf "/*" str = stripComments $ eatComments $ drop 2 str
    | otherwise = head str : stripComments (drop 1 str)
  where
    eatComments str' | null str' = []
                     | isPrefixOf "*/" str' = drop 2 str'
                     | otherwise = eatComments $ drop 1 str'