function processState()

in lib/ace/mode/text_highlight_rules.js [124:206]


        function processState(key) {
            var state = rules[key];
            state.processed = true;
            for (var i = 0; i < state.length; i++) {
                var rule = state[i];
                var toInsert = null;
                if (Array.isArray(rule)) {
                    toInsert = rule;
                    rule = {};
                }
                if (!rule.regex && rule.start) {
                    rule.regex = rule.start;
                    if (!rule.next)
                        rule.next = [];
                    rule.next.push({
                        defaultToken: rule.token
                    }, {
                        token: rule.token + ".end",
                        regex: rule.end || rule.start,
                        next: "pop"
                    });
                    rule.token = rule.token + ".start";
                    rule.push = true;
                }
                var next = rule.next || rule.push;
                if (next && Array.isArray(next)) {
                    var stateName = rule.stateName;
                    if (!stateName)  {
                        stateName = rule.token;
                        if (typeof stateName != "string")
                            stateName = stateName[0] || "";
                        if (rules[stateName])
                            stateName += id++;
                    }
                    rules[stateName] = next;
                    rule.next = stateName;
                    processState(stateName);
                } else if (next == "pop") {
                    rule.next = popState;
                }

                if (rule.push) {
                    rule.nextState = rule.next || rule.push;
                    rule.next = pushState;
                    delete rule.push;
                }

                if (rule.rules) {
                    for (var r in rule.rules) {
                        if (rules[r]) {
                            if (rules[r].push)
                                rules[r].push.apply(rules[r], rule.rules[r]);
                        } else {
                            rules[r] = rule.rules[r];
                        }
                    }
                }
                var includeName = typeof rule == "string" ? rule : rule.include;
                if (includeName) {
                    if (Array.isArray(includeName))
                        toInsert = includeName.map(function(x) { return rules[x]; });
                    else
                        toInsert = rules[includeName];
                }

                if (toInsert) {
                    var args = [i, 1].concat(toInsert);
                    if (rule.noEscape)
                        args = args.filter(function(x) {return !x.next;});
                    state.splice.apply(state, args);
                    // skip included rules since they are already processed
                    //i += args.length - 3;
                    i--;
                }
                
                if (rule.keywordMap) {
                    rule.token = this.createKeywordMapper(
                        rule.keywordMap, rule.defaultToken || "text", rule.caseInsensitive
                    );
                    delete rule.defaultToken;
                }
            }
        }