mensch

WebJar for mensch

License

License

MIT
GroupId

GroupId

org.webjars.npm
ArtifactId

ArtifactId

mensch
Last Version

Last Version

0.3.4
Release Date

Release Date

Type

Type

jar
Description

Description

mensch
WebJar for mensch
Project URL

Project URL

https://www.webjars.org
Source Code Management

Source Code Management

https://github.com/brettstimmerman/mensch

Download mensch

How to add to project

<!-- https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/org.webjars.npm/mensch/ -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.webjars.npm</groupId>
    <artifactId>mensch</artifactId>
    <version>0.3.4</version>
</dependency>
// https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/org.webjars.npm/mensch/
implementation 'org.webjars.npm:mensch:0.3.4'
// https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/org.webjars.npm/mensch/
implementation ("org.webjars.npm:mensch:0.3.4")
'org.webjars.npm:mensch:jar:0.3.4'
<dependency org="org.webjars.npm" name="mensch" rev="0.3.4">
  <artifact name="mensch" type="jar" />
</dependency>
@Grapes(
@Grab(group='org.webjars.npm', module='mensch', version='0.3.4')
)
libraryDependencies += "org.webjars.npm" % "mensch" % "0.3.4"
[org.webjars.npm/mensch "0.3.4"]

Dependencies

There are no dependencies for this project. It is a standalone project that does not depend on any other jars.

Project Modules

There are no modules declared in this project.

mensch Build Status

A decent CSS parser.

usage

npm install mensch
var mensch = require('mensch');

var ast = mensch.parse('p { color: black; }');
var css = mensch.stringify(ast);

console.log(css);
// => p { color: black; }

api

parse(css, [options={}])

Convert a CSS string or an array of lexical tokens into a stringify-able AST.

  • css {String|Array} CSS string or array of lexical tokens
  • [options] {Object}
  • [options.comments=false] {Boolean} Allow comment nodes in the AST.
  • [options.position=false] {Boolean} Allow line/column position in the AST.

When {position: true}, AST node will have a position property:

{
  type: 'comment',
  text: ' Hello World! ',
  position: {
    start: { line: 1, col: 1 },
    end: { line 1, col: 18 }
  }
}

stringify(ast, [options={}])

Convert a stringify-able AST into a CSS string.

  • ast {Object} A stringify-able AST
  • [options] {Object}
  • [options.comments=false] {Boolean} Allow comments in the stringified CSS.
  • [options.indentation=''] {String} E.g., indentation: ' ' will indent by two spaces.

lex(css)

Convert a CSS string to an array of lexical tokens for use with .parse().

  • css {String} CSS

non-validating

Mensch is a non-validating CSS parser. While it can handle the major language constructs just fine, and it can recover from gaffes like mis-matched braces and missing or extraneous semi-colons, mensch can't tell you when it finds invalid CSS like a misspelled property name or a misplaced @import.

comments

Unlike most CSS parsers, mensch allows comments to be represented in the AST and subsequently stringified with the {comments: true} option.

var options = { comments: true };
var ast = mensch.parse('.red { color: red; /* Natch. */ }', options);
var css = mensch.stringify(ast, options);

console.log(css);
//=> .red { color: red; /* Natch. */ }

However, comments within the context of a selector, property, etc., will be ignored. These comments are difficult to represent in the AST.

var ast = mench.parse('.red /*1*/ { color /*2*/: /*3*/ red /*4*/; }', options);
var css = mesch.stringify(ast, options);

console.log(css);
//=> .red { color: red; }

ast

The structure of mensch's AST riffs on several existing CSS parsers, but it might not be 100% compatible with other CSS parsers. Here it is in a nutshell:

{
  type: 'stylesheet'
  stylesheet: {
    rules: [{
      type: 'rule',
      selectors: ['.foo'],
      declarations: [{
        type: 'property',
        name: 'color',
        value: 'black'
      }]
    }]
  }
}

credits

Mensch is based on several existing CSS parsers, but nzakas/parser-lib and visionmedia/css are notable influences.

known users

voidlabs/mosaico uses Mensch parser to parse custom-flavored CSS rules in email templates and make the template editable: positions, comment parsing, multiple declarations for the same property have been keys to the choice of Mensch!

Automattic/juice moved to Mensch CSS parser since 3.0 release in order to fix dozen of issues with the previous parser, expecially with support for "multiple properties declarations" in the same ruleset and with invalid values.

Please let us know if you use Mensch in your library!

Versions

Version
0.3.4
0.3.3