import {
  analyzeTokenTypes,
  charCodeToOptimizedIndex,
  cloneEmptyGroups,
  DEFAULT_MODE,
  LineTerminatorOptimizedTester,
  performRuntimeChecks,
  performWarningRuntimeChecks,
  SUPPORT_STICKY,
  validatePatterns
} from "./lexer"
import {
  cloneArr,
  cloneObj,
  forEach,
  IDENTITY,
  isArray,
  isEmpty,
  isUndefined,
  keys,
  last,
  map,
  merge,
  NOOP,
  PRINT_WARNING,
  reduce,
  reject,
  timer,
  toFastProperties
} from "../utils/utils"
import { augmentTokenTypes } from "./tokens"
import {
  CustomPatternMatcherFunc,
  ILexerConfig,
  ILexerDefinitionError,
  ILexingError,
  IMultiModeLexerDefinition,
  IToken,
  TokenType
} from "../../api"
import { defaultLexerErrorProvider } from "../scan/lexer_errors_public"
import { clearRegExpParserCache } from "./reg_exp_parser"

export interface ILexingResult {
  tokens: IToken[]
  groups: { [groupName: string]: IToken[] }
  errors: ILexingError[]
}

export enum LexerDefinitionErrorType {
  MISSING_PATTERN,
  INVALID_PATTERN,
  EOI_ANCHOR_FOUND,
  UNSUPPORTED_FLAGS_FOUND,
  DUPLICATE_PATTERNS_FOUND,
  INVALID_GROUP_TYPE_FOUND,
  PUSH_MODE_DOES_NOT_EXIST,
  MULTI_MODE_LEXER_WITHOUT_DEFAULT_MODE,
  MULTI_MODE_LEXER_WITHOUT_MODES_PROPERTY,
  MULTI_MODE_LEXER_DEFAULT_MODE_VALUE_DOES_NOT_EXIST,
  LEXER_DEFINITION_CANNOT_CONTAIN_UNDEFINED,
  SOI_ANCHOR_FOUND,
  EMPTY_MATCH_PATTERN,
  NO_LINE_BREAKS_FLAGS,
  UNREACHABLE_PATTERN,
  IDENTIFY_TERMINATOR,
  CUSTOM_LINE_BREAK
}

export interface IRegExpExec {
  exec: CustomPatternMatcherFunc
}

const DEFAULT_LEXER_CONFIG: ILexerConfig = {
  deferDefinitionErrorsHandling: false,
  positionTracking: "full",
  lineTerminatorsPattern: /\n|\r\n?/g,
  lineTerminatorCharacters: ["\n", "\r"],
  ensureOptimizations: false,
  safeMode: false,
  errorMessageProvider: defaultLexerErrorProvider,
  traceInitPerf: false,
  skipValidations: false
}

Object.freeze(DEFAULT_LEXER_CONFIG)

export class Lexer {
  public static SKIPPED =
    "This marks a skipped Token pattern, this means each token identified by it will" +
    "be consumed and then thrown into oblivion, this can be used to for example to completely ignore whitespace."

  public static NA = /NOT_APPLICABLE/
  public lexerDefinitionErrors: ILexerDefinitionError[] = []
  public lexerDefinitionWarning: ILexerDefinitionError[] = []

  protected patternIdxToConfig: any = {}
  protected charCodeToPatternIdxToConfig: any = {}

  protected modes: string[] = []
  protected defaultMode: string
  protected emptyGroups: { [groupName: string]: IToken } = {}

  private config: ILexerConfig = undefined
  private trackStartLines: boolean = true
  private trackEndLines: boolean = true
  private hasCustom: boolean = false
  private canModeBeOptimized: any = {}

  private traceInitPerf: boolean | number
  private traceInitMaxIdent: number
  private traceInitIndent: number

  constructor(
    protected lexerDefinition: TokenType[] | IMultiModeLexerDefinition,
    config: ILexerConfig = DEFAULT_LEXER_CONFIG
  ) {
    if (typeof config === "boolean") {
      throw Error(
        "The second argument to the Lexer constructor is now an ILexerConfig Object.\n" +
          "a boolean 2nd argument is no longer supported"
      )
    }

    // todo: defaults func?
    this.config = merge(DEFAULT_LEXER_CONFIG, config)

    const traceInitVal = this.config.traceInitPerf
    if (traceInitVal === true) {
      this.traceInitMaxIdent = Infinity
      this.traceInitPerf = true
    } else if (typeof traceInitVal === "number") {
      this.traceInitMaxIdent = traceInitVal
      this.traceInitPerf = true
    }
    this.traceInitIndent = -1

    this.TRACE_INIT("Lexer Constructor", () => {
      let actualDefinition: IMultiModeLexerDefinition
      let hasOnlySingleMode = true
      this.TRACE_INIT("Lexer Config handling", () => {
        if (
          this.config.lineTerminatorsPattern ===
          DEFAULT_LEXER_CONFIG.lineTerminatorsPattern
        ) {
          // optimized built-in implementation for the defaults definition of lineTerminators
          this.config.lineTerminatorsPattern = LineTerminatorOptimizedTester
        } else {
          if (
            this.config.lineTerminatorCharacters ===
            DEFAULT_LEXER_CONFIG.lineTerminatorCharacters
          ) {
            throw Error(
              "Error: Missing <lineTerminatorCharacters> property on the Lexer config.\n" +
                "\tFor details See: https://sap.github.io/chevrotain/docs/guide/resolving_lexer_errors.html#MISSING_LINE_TERM_CHARS"
            )
          }
        }

        if (config.safeMode && config.ensureOptimizations) {
          throw Error(
            '"safeMode" and "ensureOptimizations" flags are mutually exclusive.'
          )
        }

        this.trackStartLines = /full|onlyStart/i.test(
          this.config.positionTracking
        )
        this.trackEndLines = /full/i.test(this.config.positionTracking)

        // Convert SingleModeLexerDefinition into a IMultiModeLexerDefinition.
        if (isArray(lexerDefinition)) {
          actualDefinition = <any>{ modes: {} }
          actualDefinition.modes[DEFAULT_MODE] = cloneArr(
            <TokenType[]>lexerDefinition
          )
          actualDefinition[DEFAULT_MODE] = DEFAULT_MODE
        } else {
          // no conversion needed, input should already be a IMultiModeLexerDefinition
          hasOnlySingleMode = false
          actualDefinition = cloneObj(
            <IMultiModeLexerDefinition>lexerDefinition
          )
        }
      })

      if (this.config.skipValidations === false) {
        this.TRACE_INIT("performRuntimeChecks", () => {
          this.lexerDefinitionErrors = this.lexerDefinitionErrors.concat(
            performRuntimeChecks(
              actualDefinition,
              this.trackStartLines,
              this.config.lineTerminatorCharacters
            )
          )
        })

        this.TRACE_INIT("performWarningRuntimeChecks", () => {
          this.lexerDefinitionWarning = this.lexerDefinitionWarning.concat(
            performWarningRuntimeChecks(
              actualDefinition,
              this.trackStartLines,
              this.config.lineTerminatorCharacters
            )
          )
        })
      }

      // for extra robustness to avoid throwing an none informative error message
      actualDefinition.modes = actualDefinition.modes
        ? actualDefinition.modes
        : {}

      // an error of undefined TokenTypes will be detected in "performRuntimeChecks" above.
      // this transformation is to increase robustness in the case of partially invalid lexer definition.
      forEach(actualDefinition.modes, (currModeValue, currModeName) => {
        actualDefinition.modes[currModeName] = reject<TokenType>(
          currModeValue,
          (currTokType) => isUndefined(currTokType)
        )
      })

      let allModeNames = keys(actualDefinition.modes)

      forEach(
        actualDefinition.modes,
        (currModDef: TokenType[], currModName) => {
          this.TRACE_INIT(`Mode: <${currModName}> processing`, () => {
            this.modes.push(currModName)

            if (this.config.skipValidations === false) {
              this.TRACE_INIT(`validatePatterns`, () => {
                this.lexerDefinitionErrors = this.lexerDefinitionErrors.concat(
                  validatePatterns(<TokenType[]>currModDef, allModeNames)
                )
              })
            }

            // If definition errors were encountered, the analysis phase may fail unexpectedly/
            // Considering a lexer with definition errors may never be used, there is no point
            // to performing the analysis anyhow...
            if (isEmpty(this.lexerDefinitionErrors)) {
              augmentTokenTypes(currModDef)

              let currAnalyzeResult
              this.TRACE_INIT(`analyzeTokenTypes`, () => {
                currAnalyzeResult = analyzeTokenTypes(currModDef, {
                  lineTerminatorCharacters: this.config
                    .lineTerminatorCharacters,
                  positionTracking: config.positionTracking,
                  ensureOptimizations: config.ensureOptimizations,
                  safeMode: config.safeMode,
                  tracer: this.TRACE_INIT.bind(this)
                })
              })

              this.patternIdxToConfig[currModName] =
                currAnalyzeResult.patternIdxToConfig

              this.charCodeToPatternIdxToConfig[currModName] =
                currAnalyzeResult.charCodeToPatternIdxToConfig

              this.emptyGroups = merge(
                this.emptyGroups,
                currAnalyzeResult.emptyGroups
              )

              this.hasCustom = currAnalyzeResult.hasCustom || this.hasCustom

              this.canModeBeOptimized[currModName] =
                currAnalyzeResult.canBeOptimized
            }
          })
        }
      )

      this.defaultMode = actualDefinition.defaultMode

      if (
        !isEmpty(this.lexerDefinitionErrors) &&
        !this.config.deferDefinitionErrorsHandling
      ) {
        let allErrMessages = map(this.lexerDefinitionErrors, (error) => {
          return error.message
        })
        let allErrMessagesString = allErrMessages.join(
          "-----------------------\n"
        )
        throw new Error(
          "Errors detected in definition of Lexer:\n" + allErrMessagesString
        )
      }

      // Only print warning if there are no errors, This will avoid pl
      forEach(this.lexerDefinitionWarning, (warningDescriptor) => {
        PRINT_WARNING(warningDescriptor.message)
      })

      this.TRACE_INIT("Choosing sub-methods implementations", () => {
        // Choose the relevant internal implementations for this specific parser.
        // These implementations should be in-lined by the JavaScript engine
        // to provide optimal performance in each scenario.
        if (SUPPORT_STICKY) {
          this.chopInput = <any>IDENTITY
          this.match = this.matchWithTest
        } else {
          this.updateLastIndex = NOOP
          this.match = this.matchWithExec
        }

        if (hasOnlySingleMode) {
          this.handleModes = NOOP
        }

        if (this.trackStartLines === false) {
          this.computeNewColumn = IDENTITY
        }

        if (this.trackEndLines === false) {
          this.updateTokenEndLineColumnLocation = NOOP
        }

        if (/full/i.test(this.config.positionTracking)) {
          this.createTokenInstance = this.createFullToken
        } else if (/onlyStart/i.test(this.config.positionTracking)) {
          this.createTokenInstance = this.createStartOnlyToken
        } else if (/onlyOffset/i.test(this.config.positionTracking)) {
          this.createTokenInstance = this.createOffsetOnlyToken
        } else {
          throw Error(
            `Invalid <positionTracking> config option: "${this.config.positionTracking}"`
          )
        }

        if (this.hasCustom) {
          this.addToken = this.addTokenUsingPush
          this.handlePayload = this.handlePayloadWithCustom
        } else {
          this.addToken = this.addTokenUsingMemberAccess
          this.handlePayload = this.handlePayloadNoCustom
        }
      })

      this.TRACE_INIT("Failed Optimization Warnings", () => {
        const unOptimizedModes = reduce(
          this.canModeBeOptimized,
          (cannotBeOptimized, canBeOptimized, modeName) => {
            if (canBeOptimized === false) {
              cannotBeOptimized.push(modeName)
            }
            return cannotBeOptimized
          },
          []
        )

        if (config.ensureOptimizations && !isEmpty(unOptimizedModes)) {
          throw Error(
            `Lexer Modes: < ${unOptimizedModes.join(
              ", "
            )} > cannot be optimized.\n` +
              '\t Disable the "ensureOptimizations" lexer config flag to silently ignore this and run the lexer in an un-optimized mode.\n' +
              "\t Or inspect the console log for details on how to resolve these issues."
          )
        }
      })

      this.TRACE_INIT("clearRegExpParserCache", () => {
        clearRegExpParserCache()
      })

      this.TRACE_INIT("toFastProperties", () => {
        toFastProperties(this)
      })
    })
  }

  public tokenize(
    text: string,
    initialMode: string = this.defaultMode
  ): ILexingResult {
    if (!isEmpty(this.lexerDefinitionErrors)) {
      let allErrMessages = map(this.lexerDefinitionErrors, (error) => {
        return error.message
      })
      let allErrMessagesString = allErrMessages.join(
        "-----------------------\n"
      )
      throw new Error(
        "Unable to Tokenize because Errors detected in definition of Lexer:\n" +
          allErrMessagesString
      )
    }

    let lexResult = this.tokenizeInternal(text, initialMode)

    return lexResult
  }

  // There is quite a bit of duplication between this and "tokenizeInternalLazy"
  // This is intentional due to performance considerations.
  private tokenizeInternal(text: string, initialMode: string): ILexingResult {
    let i,
      j,
      matchAltImage,
      longerAltIdx,
      matchedImage,
      payload,
      altPayload,
      imageLength,
      group,
      tokType,
      newToken,
      errLength,
      droppedChar,
      msg,
      match
    let orgText = text
    let orgLength = orgText.length
    let offset = 0
    let matchedTokensIndex = 0
    // initializing the tokensArray to the "guessed" size.
    // guessing too little will still reduce the number of array re-sizes on pushes.
    // guessing too large (Tested by guessing x4 too large) may cost a bit more of memory
    // but would still have a faster runtime by avoiding (All but one) array resizing.
    let guessedNumberOfTokens = this.hasCustom
      ? 0 // will break custom token pattern APIs the matchedTokens array will contain undefined elements.
      : Math.floor(text.length / 10)
    let matchedTokens = new Array(guessedNumberOfTokens)
    let errors: ILexingError[] = []
    let line = this.trackStartLines ? 1 : undefined
    let column = this.trackStartLines ? 1 : undefined
    let groups: any = cloneEmptyGroups(this.emptyGroups)
    let trackLines = this.trackStartLines
    const lineTerminatorPattern = this.config.lineTerminatorsPattern

    let currModePatternsLength = 0
    let patternIdxToConfig = []
    let currCharCodeToPatternIdxToConfig = []

    let modeStack = []

    const emptyArray = []
    Object.freeze(emptyArray)
    let getPossiblePatterns = undefined

    function getPossiblePatternsSlow() {
      return patternIdxToConfig
    }

    function getPossiblePatternsOptimized(charCode) {
      const optimizedCharIdx = charCodeToOptimizedIndex(charCode)
      const possiblePatterns =
        currCharCodeToPatternIdxToConfig[optimizedCharIdx]
      if (possiblePatterns === undefined) {
        return emptyArray
      } else {
        return possiblePatterns
      }
    }

    let pop_mode = (popToken) => {
      // TODO: perhaps avoid this error in the edge case there is no more input?
      if (
        modeStack.length === 1 &&
        // if we have both a POP_MODE and a PUSH_MODE this is in-fact a "transition"
        // So no error should occur.
        popToken.tokenType.PUSH_MODE === undefined
      ) {
        // if we try to pop the last mode there lexer will no longer have ANY mode.
        // thus the pop is ignored, an error will be created and the lexer will continue parsing in the previous mode.
        let msg = this.config.errorMessageProvider.buildUnableToPopLexerModeMessage(
          popToken
        )

        errors.push({
          offset: popToken.startOffset,
          line:
            popToken.startLine !== undefined ? popToken.startLine : undefined,
          column:
            popToken.startColumn !== undefined
              ? popToken.startColumn
              : undefined,
          length: popToken.image.length,
          message: msg
        })
      } else {
        modeStack.pop()
        let newMode = last(modeStack)
        patternIdxToConfig = this.patternIdxToConfig[newMode]
        currCharCodeToPatternIdxToConfig = this.charCodeToPatternIdxToConfig[
          newMode
        ]
        currModePatternsLength = patternIdxToConfig.length
        const modeCanBeOptimized =
          this.canModeBeOptimized[newMode] && this.config.safeMode === false

        if (currCharCodeToPatternIdxToConfig && modeCanBeOptimized) {
          getPossiblePatterns = getPossiblePatternsOptimized
        } else {
          getPossiblePatterns = getPossiblePatternsSlow
        }
      }
    }

    function push_mode(newMode) {
      modeStack.push(newMode)
      currCharCodeToPatternIdxToConfig = this.charCodeToPatternIdxToConfig[
        newMode
      ]

      patternIdxToConfig = this.patternIdxToConfig[newMode]
      currModePatternsLength = patternIdxToConfig.length

      currModePatternsLength = patternIdxToConfig.length
      const modeCanBeOptimized =
        this.canModeBeOptimized[newMode] && this.config.safeMode === false

      if (currCharCodeToPatternIdxToConfig && modeCanBeOptimized) {
        getPossiblePatterns = getPossiblePatternsOptimized
      } else {
        getPossiblePatterns = getPossiblePatternsSlow
      }
    }

    // this pattern seems to avoid a V8 de-optimization, although that de-optimization does not
    // seem to matter performance wise.
    push_mode.call(this, initialMode)

    let currConfig

    while (offset < orgLength) {
      matchedImage = null

      let nextCharCode = orgText.charCodeAt(offset)
      const chosenPatternIdxToConfig = getPossiblePatterns(nextCharCode)
      let chosenPatternsLength = chosenPatternIdxToConfig.length

      for (i = 0; i < chosenPatternsLength; i++) {
        currConfig = chosenPatternIdxToConfig[i]
        let currPattern = currConfig.pattern
        payload = null

        // manually in-lined because > 600 chars won't be in-lined in V8
        let singleCharCode = currConfig.short
        if (singleCharCode !== false) {
          if (nextCharCode === singleCharCode) {
            // single character string
            matchedImage = currPattern
          }
        } else if (currConfig.isCustom === true) {
          match = currPattern.exec(orgText, offset, matchedTokens, groups)
          if (match !== null) {
            matchedImage = match[0]
            if (match.payload !== undefined) {
              payload = match.payload
            }
          } else {
            matchedImage = null
          }
        } else {
          this.updateLastIndex(currPattern, offset)
          matchedImage = this.match(currPattern, text, offset)
        }

        if (matchedImage !== null) {
          // even though this pattern matched we must try a another longer alternative.
          // this can be used to prioritize keywords over identifiers
          longerAltIdx = currConfig.longerAlt
          if (longerAltIdx !== undefined) {
            // TODO: micro optimize, avoid extra prop access
            // by saving/linking longerAlt on the original config?
            let longerAltConfig = patternIdxToConfig[longerAltIdx]
            let longerAltPattern = longerAltConfig.pattern
            altPayload = null

            // single Char can never be a longer alt so no need to test it.
            // manually in-lined because > 600 chars won't be in-lined in V8
            if (longerAltConfig.isCustom === true) {
              match = longerAltPattern.exec(
                orgText,
                offset,
                matchedTokens,
                groups
              )
              if (match !== null) {
                matchAltImage = match[0]
                if (match.payload !== undefined) {
                  altPayload = match.payload
                }
              } else {
                matchAltImage = null
              }
            } else {
              this.updateLastIndex(longerAltPattern, offset)
              matchAltImage = this.match(longerAltPattern, text, offset)
            }

            if (matchAltImage && matchAltImage.length > matchedImage.length) {
              matchedImage = matchAltImage
              payload = altPayload
              currConfig = longerAltConfig
            }
          }
          break
        }
      }

      // successful match
      if (matchedImage !== null) {
        imageLength = matchedImage.length
        group = currConfig.group
        if (group !== undefined) {
          tokType = currConfig.tokenTypeIdx
          // TODO: "offset + imageLength" and the new column may be computed twice in case of "full" location information inside
          // createFullToken method
          newToken = this.createTokenInstance(
            matchedImage,
            offset,
            tokType,
            currConfig.tokenType,
            line,
            column,
            imageLength
          )

          this.handlePayload(newToken, payload)

          // TODO: optimize NOOP in case there are no special groups?
          if (group === false) {
            matchedTokensIndex = this.addToken(
              matchedTokens,
              matchedTokensIndex,
              newToken
            )
          } else {
            groups[group].push(newToken)
          }
        }
        text = this.chopInput(text, imageLength)
        offset = offset + imageLength

        // TODO: with newlines the column may be assigned twice
        column = this.computeNewColumn(column, imageLength)

        if (trackLines === true && currConfig.canLineTerminator === true) {
          let numOfLTsInMatch = 0
          let foundTerminator
          let lastLTEndOffset
          lineTerminatorPattern.lastIndex = 0
          do {
            foundTerminator = lineTerminatorPattern.test(matchedImage)
            if (foundTerminator === true) {
              lastLTEndOffset = lineTerminatorPattern.lastIndex - 1
              numOfLTsInMatch++
            }
          } while (foundTerminator === true)

          if (numOfLTsInMatch !== 0) {
            line = line + numOfLTsInMatch
            column = imageLength - lastLTEndOffset
            this.updateTokenEndLineColumnLocation(
              newToken,
              group,
              lastLTEndOffset,
              numOfLTsInMatch,
              line,
              column,
              imageLength
            )
          }
        }
        // will be NOOP if no modes present
        this.handleModes(currConfig, pop_mode, push_mode, newToken)
      } else {
        // error recovery, drop characters until we identify a valid token's start point
        let errorStartOffset = offset
        let errorLine = line
        let errorColumn = column
        let foundResyncPoint = false
        while (!foundResyncPoint && offset < orgLength) {
          // drop chars until we succeed in matching something
          droppedChar = orgText.charCodeAt(offset)
          // Identity Func (when sticky flag is enabled)
          text = this.chopInput(text, 1)
          offset++
          for (j = 0; j < currModePatternsLength; j++) {
            let currConfig = patternIdxToConfig[j]
            let currPattern = currConfig.pattern

            // manually in-lined because > 600 chars won't be in-lined in V8
            let singleCharCode = currConfig.short
            if (singleCharCode !== false) {
              if (orgText.charCodeAt(offset) === singleCharCode) {
                // single character string
                foundResyncPoint = true
              }
            } else if (currConfig.isCustom === true) {
              foundResyncPoint =
                currPattern.exec(orgText, offset, matchedTokens, groups) !==
                null
            } else {
              this.updateLastIndex(currPattern, offset)
              foundResyncPoint = currPattern.exec(text) !== null
            }

            if (foundResyncPoint === true) {
              break
            }
          }
        }

        errLength = offset - errorStartOffset
        // at this point we either re-synced or reached the end of the input text
        msg = this.config.errorMessageProvider.buildUnexpectedCharactersMessage(
          orgText,
          errorStartOffset,
          errLength,
          errorLine,
          errorColumn
        )
        errors.push({
          offset: errorStartOffset,
          line: errorLine,
          column: errorColumn,
          length: errLength,
          message: msg
        })
      }
    }

    // if we do have custom patterns which push directly into the
    // TODO: custom tokens should not push directly??
    if (!this.hasCustom) {
      // if we guessed a too large size for the tokens array this will shrink it to the right size.
      matchedTokens.length = matchedTokensIndex
    }

    return {
      tokens: matchedTokens,
      groups: groups,
      errors: errors
    }
  }

  private handleModes(config, pop_mode, push_mode, newToken) {
    if (config.pop === true) {
      // need to save the PUSH_MODE property as if the mode is popped
      // patternIdxToPopMode is updated to reflect the new mode after popping the stack
      let pushMode = config.push
      pop_mode(newToken)
      if (pushMode !== undefined) {
        push_mode.call(this, pushMode)
      }
    } else if (config.push !== undefined) {
      push_mode.call(this, config.push)
    }
  }

  private chopInput(text, length): string {
    return text.substring(length)
  }

  private updateLastIndex(regExp, newLastIndex): void {
    regExp.lastIndex = newLastIndex
  }

  // TODO: decrease this under 600 characters? inspect stripping comments option in TSC compiler
  private updateTokenEndLineColumnLocation(
    newToken,
    group,
    lastLTIdx,
    numOfLTsInMatch,
    line,
    column,
    imageLength
  ): void {
    let lastCharIsLT, fixForEndingInLT
    if (group !== undefined) {
      // a none skipped multi line Token, need to update endLine/endColumn
      lastCharIsLT = lastLTIdx === imageLength - 1
      fixForEndingInLT = lastCharIsLT ? -1 : 0
      if (!(numOfLTsInMatch === 1 && lastCharIsLT === true)) {
        // if a token ends in a LT that last LT only affects the line numbering of following Tokens
        newToken.endLine = line + fixForEndingInLT
        // the last LT in a token does not affect the endColumn either as the [columnStart ... columnEnd)
        // inclusive to exclusive range.
        newToken.endColumn = column - 1 + -fixForEndingInLT
      }
      // else single LT in the last character of a token, no need to modify the endLine/EndColumn
    }
  }

  private computeNewColumn(oldColumn, imageLength) {
    return oldColumn + imageLength
  }

  // Place holder, will be replaced by the correct variant according to the locationTracking option at runtime.
  /* istanbul ignore next - place holder */
  private createTokenInstance(...args: any[]): IToken {
    return null
  }

  private createOffsetOnlyToken(image, startOffset, tokenTypeIdx, tokenType) {
    return {
      image,
      startOffset,
      tokenTypeIdx,
      tokenType
    }
  }

  private createStartOnlyToken(
    image,
    startOffset,
    tokenTypeIdx,
    tokenType,
    startLine,
    startColumn
  ) {
    return {
      image,
      startOffset,
      startLine,
      startColumn,
      tokenTypeIdx,
      tokenType
    }
  }

  private createFullToken(
    image,
    startOffset,
    tokenTypeIdx,
    tokenType,
    startLine,
    startColumn,
    imageLength
  ) {
    return {
      image,
      startOffset,
      endOffset: startOffset + imageLength - 1,
      startLine,
      endLine: startLine,
      startColumn,
      endColumn: startColumn + imageLength - 1,
      tokenTypeIdx,
      tokenType
    }
  }

  // Place holder, will be replaced by the correct variant according to the locationTracking option at runtime.
  /* istanbul ignore next - place holder */
  private addToken(tokenVector, index, tokenToAdd): number {
    return 666
  }

  private addTokenUsingPush(tokenVector, index, tokenToAdd): number {
    tokenVector.push(tokenToAdd)
    return index
  }

  private addTokenUsingMemberAccess(tokenVector, index, tokenToAdd): number {
    tokenVector[index] = tokenToAdd
    index++
    return index
  }

  // Place holder, will be replaced by the correct variant according to the hasCustom flag option at runtime.
  /* istanbul ignore next - place holder */
  private handlePayload(token: IToken, payload: any): void {}

  private handlePayloadNoCustom(token: IToken, payload: any): void {}

  private handlePayloadWithCustom(token: IToken, payload: any): void {
    if (payload !== null) {
      token.payload = payload
    }
  }

  /* istanbul ignore next - place holder to be replaced with chosen alternative at runtime */
  private match(pattern: RegExp, text: string, offset?: number): string {
    return null
  }

  private matchWithTest(pattern: RegExp, text: string, offset: number): string {
    let found = pattern.test(text)
    if (found === true) {
      return text.substring(offset, pattern.lastIndex)
    }
    return null
  }

  private matchWithExec(pattern, text): string {
    let regExpArray = pattern.exec(text)
    return regExpArray !== null ? regExpArray[0] : regExpArray
  }

  // Duplicated from the parser's perf trace trait to allow future extraction
  // of the lexer to a separate package.
  TRACE_INIT<T>(phaseDesc: string, phaseImpl: () => T): T {
    // No need to optimize this using NOOP pattern because
    // It is not called in a hot spot...
    if (this.traceInitPerf === true) {
      this.traceInitIndent++
      const indent = new Array(this.traceInitIndent + 1).join("\t")
      if (this.traceInitIndent < this.traceInitMaxIdent) {
        console.log(`${indent}--> <${phaseDesc}>`)
      }
      const { time, value } = timer(phaseImpl)
      /* istanbul ignore next - Difficult to reproduce specific performance behavior (>10ms) in tests */
      const traceMethod = time > 10 ? console.warn : console.log
      if (this.traceInitIndent < this.traceInitMaxIdent) {
        traceMethod(`${indent}<-- <${phaseDesc}> time: ${time}ms`)
      }
      this.traceInitIndent--
      return value
    } else {
      return phaseImpl()
    }
  }
}