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82 changes: 28 additions & 54 deletions javascript/processingFunctions/processExerciseJson.js
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import { recursiveProcessTextJson } from "../parseXmlJson";
import { missingExerciseWarning } from "./warnings.js";
import { referenceStore } from "./processReferenceJson";

let unlabeledEx = 0;
const processExerciseJson = (node, obj) => {
const label = node.getElementsByTagName("LABEL")[0];
let labelName = "";
const solution = node.getElementsByTagName("SOLUTION")[0];

if (!label) {
unlabeledEx++;
labelName = "ex:unlabeled" + unlabeledEx;
} else {
labelName = label.getAttribute("NAME");
}

if (!referenceStore[labelName]) {
missingExerciseWarning(labelName);
return;
}

const displayName = referenceStore[labelName].displayName;

obj["tag"] = "EXERCISE";
obj["title"] = "Exercise " + displayName;
obj["id"] = `#ex-${displayName}`;

recursiveProcessTextJson(node.firstChild, obj);

if (solution) {
const childObj = {};
recursiveProcessTextJson(solution.firstChild, childObj);
obj["solution"] = childObj["child"];
}
};

export const getIdForExerciseJson = node => {
const label = node.getElementsByTagName("LABEL")[0];
let labelName = "";

if (!label) {
labelName = "ex:unlabeled" + unlabeledEx;
} else {
labelName = label.getAttribute("NAME");
}

if (!referenceStore[labelName]) {
missingExerciseWarning(labelName);
return undefined;
import { getChildrenByTagName } from "../utilityFunctions.js";
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medium

The import getChildrenByTagName is unused in this file and can be removed to improve code cleanliness.

import { recursivelyProcessTextSnippetJson } from "./processSnippetJson.js";

const processExerciseJson = (node, writeTo) => {
const exercise = {
type: "exercise",
content: []
};
const children = Array.from(node.childNodes);
for (const child of children) {
if (child.nodeName === "SNIPPET") {
const snippet = [];
recursivelyProcessTextSnippetJson(child.firstChild, snippet);
const code = snippet.join("").trim();
exercise.content.push({
type: "snippet",
code: code.replace(/const\s+(\w+)\s*=\s*/g, "$1 = ")
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The regular expression /const\s+(\w+)\s*=\s*/g is not robust enough. It has two main issues:

  1. It only supports simple variable declarations (e.g., const x = ...) and will not work for declarations that use destructuring, such as const { a, b } = ....
  2. It can incorrectly modify occurrences of "const" inside string literals, as it is not anchored.

A safer and more robust approach is to anchor the regex to the beginning of a line and preserve leading whitespace. This will correctly handle all forms of const declarations without affecting string contents.

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code: code.replace(/const\s+(\w+)\s*=\s*/g, "$1 = ")
code: code.replace(/^(\s*)const\s+/gm, "$1")

});
} else if (child.nodeName === "TEXT") {
const text = [];
recursivelyProcessTextSnippetJson(child.firstChild, text);
exercise.content.push({
type: "text",
content: text.join("").trim()
});
}
}

const displayName = referenceStore[labelName].displayName;
return `#ex-${displayName}`;
writeTo.push(exercise);
};
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critical

This pull request introduces breaking changes that will likely cause the application to crash at runtime.

  1. Removed getIdForExerciseJson: The function getIdForExerciseJson has been removed from this file, but it is still imported and called in javascript/parseXmlJson.js (e.g., on line 219). This will cause a ReferenceError.
  2. Incompatible processExerciseJson signature: The signature and implementation of processExerciseJson have been completely changed.
    • It is called from parseXmlJson.js with an object as the second argument, but the new implementation expects an array and calls .push() on it, which will result in a TypeError.
    • The old function was called with more arguments which are now ignored.
  3. Loss of functionality: The previous implementation of processExerciseJson handled exercise labels, solutions, and references. This logic has been removed entirely. This is a significant change that seems to go beyond the scope of replacing const declarations and may have unintended side effects on how exercises are processed.

It appears that javascript/parseXmlJson.js and potentially other files need to be updated to be compatible with these changes. Due to the high risk of breaking the application, this is a critical issue.


export default processExerciseJson;
export default processExerciseJson;