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module ActionController
  class UrlEncodedPairParser < StringScanner #:nodoc:
    attr_reader :top, :parent, :result

    def initialize(pairs = [])
      super('')
      @result = {}
      pairs.each { |key, value| parse(key, value) }
    end

    KEY_REGEXP = %r{([^\[\]=&]+)}
    BRACKETED_KEY_REGEXP = %r{\[([^\[\]=&]+)\]}

    # Parse the query string
    def parse(key, value)
      self.string = key
      @top, @parent = result, nil

      # First scan the bare key
      key = scan(KEY_REGEXP) or return
      key = post_key_check(key)

      # Then scan as many nestings as present
      until eos?
        r = scan(BRACKETED_KEY_REGEXP) or return
        key = self[1]
        key = post_key_check(key)
      end

      bind(key, value)
    end

    private
      # After we see a key, we must look ahead to determine our next action. Cases:
      #
      #   [] follows the key. Then the value must be an array.
      #   = follows the key. (A value comes next)
      #   & or the end of string follows the key. Then the key is a flag.
      #   otherwise, a hash follows the key.
      def post_key_check(key)
        if scan(/\[\]/) # a[b][] indicates that b is an array
          container(key, Array)
          nil
        elsif check(/\[[^\]]/) # a[b] indicates that a is a hash
          container(key, Hash)
          nil
        else # End of key? We do nothing.
          key
        end
      end

      # Add a container to the stack.
      def container(key, klass)
        type_conflict! klass, top[key] if top.is_a?(Hash) && top.key?(key) && ! top[key].is_a?(klass)
        value = bind(key, klass.new)
        type_conflict! klass, value unless value.is_a?(klass)
        push(value)
      end

      # Push a value onto the 'stack', which is actually only the top 2 items.
      def push(value)
        @parent, @top = @top, value
      end

      # Bind a key (which may be nil for items in an array) to the provided value.
      def bind(key, value)
        if top.is_a? Array
          if key
            if top[-1].is_a?(Hash) && ! top[-1].key?(key)
              top[-1][key] = value
            else
              top << {key => value}.with_indifferent_access
            end
            push top.last
            return top[key]
          else
            top << value
            return value
          end
        elsif top.is_a? Hash
          key = CGI.unescape(key)
          parent << (@top = {}) if top.key?(key) && parent.is_a?(Array)
          top[key] ||= value
          return top[key]
        else
          raise ArgumentError, "Don't know what to do: top is #{top.inspect}"
        end
      end

      def type_conflict!(klass, value)
        raise TypeError, "Conflicting types for parameter containers. Expected an instance of #{klass} but found an instance of #{value.class}. This can be caused by colliding Array and Hash parameters like qs[]=value&qs[key]=value. (The parameters received were #{value.inspect}.)"
      end
  end
end