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-- | Common utilities.
module Network.HTTP.Media.Utils
    ( breakChar
    , trimBS

    , validChars
    , isValidChar
    ) where

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import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS

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import Data.ByteString (ByteString)


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-- | Equivalent to 'Data.ByteString.break' (on equality against the given
-- character), but leaves out the byte that the string is broken on.
breakChar :: Char -> ByteString -> (ByteString, ByteString)
breakChar c = fmap BS.tail . BS.break (== c)


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-- | Trims tab and space characters from both ends of a ByteString.
trimBS :: ByteString -> ByteString
trimBS = fst . BS.spanEnd isLWS . BS.dropWhile isLWS
  where
    isLWS c = c == ' ' || c == '\t'


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-- | List of the valid characters for a media-type `reg-name` as per RFC 4288.
validChars :: [Char]
validChars = ['A'..'Z'] ++ ['a'..'z'] ++ ['0'..'9'] ++ "!#$&.+-^_"


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-- | Evaluates whether the given character is valid in a media type `reg-name`
-- as per RFC 4288.
isValidChar :: Char -> Bool
isValidChar = (`elem` validChars)