Object model for manipulating natural language in JavaScript.
npm:
$ npm install textom
Component:
$ component install wooorm/textom
Bower:
$ bower install textom
var TextOMConstructor = require('textom');
/**
* Construct a new ``document''.
*/
var TextOM = new TextOMConstructor();
/**
* Construct a new root node.
*/
var root = new TextOM.RootNode();
See below for IDL definitions.
Let’s say all following examples start with below code.
Any changes made by below examples are discarded upon their ending.
var TextOMConstructor = require('textom');
/* Construct a new ``document''. */
var TextOM = new TextOMConstructor();
/* Construct a root node. */
var root = new TextOM.RootNode();
/* Add a paragraph node. */
var paragraph = new TextOM.ParagraphNode();
root.append(paragraph);
/* Add a sentence node. */
var sentence = new TextOM.SentenceNode();
paragraph.append(sentence);
/* Add words, symbols, punctuation, and white space. */
var dogs = sentence.append(new TextOM.WordNode()),
space0 = sentence.append(new TextOM.WhiteSpaceNode(' ')),
ampersand = sentence.append(new TextOM.SymbolNode('&')),
space1 = sentence.append(new TextOM.WhiteSpaceNode(' ')),
cats = sentence.append(new TextOM.WordNode()),
fullStop = sentence.append(new TextOM.PunctuationNode('.'));
/* Add words. */
var dogsText = dogs.append(new TextOM.TextNode('Dogs')),
catsText = cats.append(new TextOM.TextNode('cats'));
/* Check root's content. */
root.toString(); // 'Dogs & cats.'
Object.
Constructor.
TextOM.RootNode.on('someeventname', function () {});
Subscribe listener to name events on instances of Node.
TextOM.WordNode.off('someeventname');
off(name, listener): Unsubscribe listener from name events on instances of Node;off(name): Unsubscribe from name events on instances of Node;off(): Unsubscribe from events on instances of Node.root.on('someeventname', function () {});
Subscribe listener to name events on node.
dogs.off('someeventname');
off(name, listener): Unsubscribe listener from name events on node;off(name): Unsubscribe from name events on node;off(): Unsubscribe from events on node.TextOM.WordNode.on('someeventname', function () {
this; // dogs
});
dogs.emit('someeventname');
emit(name, parameters...): Fire a name event with parameters on node;emit(name): Fire a name event on node.Bubbles through nodes constructors. In the case of dogs: WordNode, Element, Child, Parent, Node.
root.on('someeventnameinside', function (context) {
this; // root
context; // dogsText
});
dogsText.trigger('someeventname', dogs);
trigger(name, context, parameters...): Fire a name event with parameters on node;trigger(name, context): Fire a name event on node;trigger(name): Same as TextOM\.Node#emit(name).emits an event, and triggers name + "inside" events on context and its parents, and their constructor.
In the case of dogsText: someeventname is emitted on dogsText and TextNode, and someeventname is triggered on dogs and WordNode; sentence and SentenceNode; paragraph and ParagraphNode; root and RootNode.
Identifier for Nodes.
root.TextOM === TextOM; // true
TextOM object associated with node.
Identifier for RootNodes.
Identifier for ParagraphNodes.
Identifier for SentenceNodes.
Identifier for WordNodes.
Identifier for SymbolNodes.
Identifier for PunctuationNodes.
Identifier for WhiteSpaceNodes.
Identifier for SourceNodes.
Identifier for TextNodes.
Identifier for Nodes.
Identifier for Parents.
Identifier for Elements.
Identifier for Childs.
Identifier for Texts.
Constructor (Node).
Identifier for Parents.
paragraph.head; // sentence
sentence.head; // dogs
First Child of parent or null.
paragraph.tail; // null (see description below);
sentence.tail; // fullStop
Last Child of parent (if more than one child exists) or null.
root.length; // 1
sentence.length; // 6
Number of children in parent.
sentence.head; // dogs
sentence.prepend(fullStop);
sentence.head; // fullStop
Insert child as parents first child.
sentence.tail; // fullStop
sentence.append(dogs);
sentence.tail; // dogs
Insert child as parents last child.
root.item(); // paragraph
sentence.item(0); // dogs
sentence.item(5); // fullStop
sentence.item(6); // null
root.toString(); // "Dogs & cats."
'' + sentence; // "Dogs & cats."
Get parents content.
dogs.valueOf();
/**
* {
* "type": "WordNode",
* "children": [
* {
* "type": "TextNode",
* "value": "Dogs"
* }
* ]
* }
*/
Get parents NLCST representation.
Constructor (Node).
Identifier for Childs.
dogs.parent; // sentence
sentence.parent; // paragraph
paragraph.parent; // root
childs Parent or null.
dogs.prev; // null
space0.prev; // dogs
childs preceding sibling (Child) or null.
cats.next; // fullStop
fullStop.next; // null
childs following sibling (Child) or null.
dogs.prev; // null
dogs.before(cats);
dogs.prev; // cats
Insert sibling (Child) as childs preceding sibling in parent.
cats.next; // null
cats.after(dogs);
cats.next; // dogs
Insert sibling (Child) as childs following sibling in parent.
root.toString(); // "Dogs & cats."
fullStop.remove();
root.toString(); // "Dogs & cats"
Remove child from parent.
root.toString(); // "Dogs & cats."
cats.replace(dogs);
root.toString(); // " & Dogs"
Replace child with sibling (Child) in parent.
Constructor (Parent and Child).
Identifier for Elements.
sentence.prev; // null
sentence.toString(); // "Dogs & cats."
sentence.split(2);
sentence.toString(); // "& cats"
sentence.prev.toString(); // "Dogs "
Split element in two.
split(position): A new node, prependee (a new instance of elements constructor), is inserted before element in parent. prependee receives the children from 0 to position (not including). element receives the children from position (including);split(): A new node, prependee (a new instance of elements constructor), is inserted before element in parent.Constructor (Child).
Identifier for Texts.
dogsText.toString(); // "Dogs"
space1.toString(); // " "
fullStop.toString(); // "."
Get texts value.
dogsText.valueOf();
/**
* {
* "type": "TextNode",
* "value": "Dogs"
* }
*/
Get texts NLCST representation.
root.toString(); // "Dogs & cats."
catsText.fromString();
root.toString(); // "Dogs & ."
catsText.fromString("Lions");
root.toString(); // "Dogs & Lions."
fromString(value): Set texts value to value;fromString(): Remove texts value.catsText.prev; // null
catsText.toString(); // "cats"
catsText.split(2);
catsText.toString(); // "ts"
catsText.prev.toString(); // "ca"
Split text in two.
split(position): A new node, prependee (a new instance of texts constructor), is inserted before text in parent. prependee receives the value from 0 to position (not including). text receives the value from position (including);split(): A new node, prependee (a new instance of texts constructor), is inserted before text in parent.Constructor (Parent).
Identifier for RootNodes.
Constructor (Element).
Identifier for ParagraphNodes.
Constructor (Element).
Identifier for SentenceNodes.
Constructor (Element).
Identifier for WordNodes.
Constructor (Text).
Identifier for SymbolNodes.
Constructor (SymbolNode).
Identifier for PunctuationNodes.
Constructor (SymbolNode).
Identifier for WhiteSpaceNodes.
Constructor (Text).
Identifier for SourceNodes.
Constructor (Text).
Identifier for TextNodes.
The below IDL-like document gives a short view of the defined interfaces by TextOM.
module textom
{
[Constructor]
interface Node {
const string nodeName = "Node"
const string NODE = "Node"
const string PARENT = "Parent"
const string ELEMENT = "Element"
const string CHILD = "Child"
const string TEXT = "Text"
const string ROOT_NODE = "RootNode"
const string PARAGRAPH_NODE = "ParagraphNode"
const string SENTENCE_NODE = "SentenceNode"
const string WORD_NODE = "WordNode"
const string SYMBOL_NODE = "SymbolNode"
const string PUNCTUATION_NODE = "PunctuationNode"
const string WHITE_SPACE_NODE = "WhiteSpaceNode"
const string SOURCE_NODE = "SourceNode"
const string TEXT_NODE = "TextNode"
void on(String type, Function callback);
void off(optional String type = null, optional Function callback = null);
};
[Constructor,
ArrayClass]
interface Parent {
readonly attribute string nodeName = "Parent";
getter Child? item(unsigned long index);
readonly attribute unsigned long length;
readonly attribute Child? head;
readonly attribute Child? tail;
Child prepend(Child child);
Child append(Child child);
[NewObject] Object valueOf();
string toString();
};
Parent implements Node;
[Constructor]
interface Child {
readonly attribute nodeName = "Child"
readonly attribute Parent? parent;
readonly attribute Child? prev;
readonly attribute Child? next;
Child before(Child child);
Child after(Child child);
Child replace(Child child);
Child remove(Child child);
};
Child implements Node;
[Constructor]
interface Element {
readonly attribute nodeName = "Element"
[NewObject] Element split(unsigned long position);
};
Element implements Child;
Element implements Parent;
[Constructor(optional String value = "")]
interface Text {
readonly attribute nodeName = "Text"
[NewObject] Object valueOf();
string toString();
string fromString(String value);
[NewObject] Text split(unsigned long position);
};
Text implements Child;
[Constructor]
interface RootNode {
readonly attribute string type = "RootNode";
};
RootNode implements Parent;
[Constructor]
interface ParagraphNode {
readonly attribute string type = "ParagraphNode";
};
ParagraphNode implements Element;
[Constructor]
interface SentenceNode {
readonly attribute string type = "SentenceNode";
};
SentenceNode implements Element;
[Constructor]
interface WordNode {
readonly attribute string type = "WordNode";
};
WordNode implements Element;
[Constructor(optional String value = "")]
interface SymbolNode {
readonly attribute string type = "SymbolNode";
};
SymbolNode implements Text;
[Constructor(optional String value = "")]
interface PunctuationNode {
readonly attribute string type = "PunctuationNode";
};
PunctuationNode implements SymbolNode;
[Constructor(optional String value = "")]
interface WhiteSpaceNode {
readonly attribute string type = "WhiteSpaceNode";
};
WhiteSpaceNode implements SymbolNode;
[Constructor(optional String value = "")]
interface TextNode {
readonly attribute string type = "TextNode";
};
[Constructor(optional String value = "")]
interface SourceNode {
readonly attribute string type = "SourceNode";
};
SourceNode implements Text;
}
TextOM provides events which can be subscribed to, to get notified when something changes.
Event can be subscribed to through on() methods, and unsubscribed to through off() methods. These methods exist on every instance and on every constructor.
When subscribing to an instance's events, listener is invoked for changes to that specific instance. When subscribing to a constructor's events, listener is invoked for changes to any of constructor's instances.
dogs.on('remove', function (previous) {
this === dogs; // true
previous === sentence; // true
});
dogs.remove();
Fires when a Child is removed from previousParent.
dogs.on('insert', function () {
this === dogs; // true
});
sentence.append(dogs);
Fires when a Child is inserted into a Parent.
Child.dogsText.on('changetext', function (current, previous) {
this === dogsText; // true
current === 'Poodles'; // true
previous === 'Dogs'; // true
});
dogsText.fromString('Poodles');
Fires when a Text changes value.
Text;cats.on('changeprev', function (current, previous) {
this === cats; // true
current === ampersand; // true
previousNode === space1; // true
});
space1.remove();
Fires when a preceding sibling (Child) changes.
Child following the changed sibling;cats.on('changenext', function (current, previous) {
this === cats; // true
current === null; // true
previousNode === fullStop; // true
});
fullStop.remove();
Fires when a following sibling (Child) changes.
Child preceding the changed sibling;root.on('changetextinside', function (node, current, previous) {
this === root; // true
node === catsText; // true
current === 'lions'; // true
previous === 'cats'; // true
});
catsText.fromString('lions');
Fires when a Text inside an ancestor.
Text;Text;sentence.on('insertinside', function (node) {
this === sentence; // true
node === ampersand; // true
});
sentence.append(ampersand);
Fires when a Child is inserted inside an ancestor.
root.on('removeinside', function (node, previous) {
this === root; // true
node === dogs; // true
previous === sentence; // true;
});
dogs.remove();
Fires when a Child is removed inside an ancestor.
TextOM provides two types of events: Bubbling and non-bubbling. In API terms, bubbling event names end with "inside".
Normal events fire on instances of Child and do not fire on ancestors. They additionally fire on all constructors of the instance.
Let’s say we have the example code given in API, and add the following line to it:
dogsText.fromString('Poodles');
A "changetext" event fires on dogsText. Because dogsText is a TextNode, the event fires on TextNode too. Because TextNode inherits from Text, the event also fires on Text, continuing with Child, and finally Node.
Bubbling events start on a Parent and continue through its ancestors. These events also fire on the ancestors constructor.
Let’s say we have the example code given in API, and add the following line to it:
dogsText.fromString('Wolves');
A "changetextinside" event fires on dogsText parent, dogs, and because dogs is a WordNode, the event fires on WordNode too, continuing with sentence and SentenceNode, paragraph and ParagraphNode, and finally root and RootNode.
MIT © Titus Wormer
FAQs
Deprecated. I don’t believe in DOM-like models anymore. [**retext**](https://github.com/wooorm/retext) lives on without them.
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