highlightjs-motoko/src/languages/candid.js

highlight.js syntax definition for the Motoko programming language

/*
Language: Candid
Author: DFINITY Foundation
Description: Candid interface description language support
Website: https://internetcomputer.org
*/

function hljsDefineCandid(hljs) {
    const string = {
        className: 'string',
        variants: [
            {
                begin: /r(#*)"(.|\n)*?"\1(?!#)/,
            },
            {
                begin: /b?'\\?(x\w{2}|u\w{4}|U\w{8}|.)'/,
            },
        ],
    };
    
    const number = {
        className: 'number',
        variants: [
            {
                begin: '[+-]?\\b0[xX]([A-Fa-f0-9_]+)',
            },
            {
                begin: '[+-]?\\b(\\d[\\d_]*(\\.[0-9_]+)?([eE][+-]?[0-9_]+)?)',
            },
        ],
        relevance: 0,
    };

    return {
        name: 'Candid',
        aliases: ['candid', 'did'],
        disableAutodetect: true,
        keywords: {
            $pattern: '[a-zA-Z_]\\w*',
            keyword: 'import service type',
            built_in:
                'opt vec record variant func blob principal' +
                ' nat nat8 nat16 nat32 nat64 int int8 int16 int32 int64' +
                ' float32 float64 bool text null reserved empty' +
                ' oneway query',
        },
        illegal: '</',
        contains: [
            hljs.C_LINE_COMMENT_MODE,
            hljs.COMMENT('/\\*', '\\*/', {
                contains: ['self'],
            }),
            hljs.inherit(hljs.QUOTE_STRING_MODE, {
                begin: /b?"/,
                illegal: null,
            }),
            string,
            number,
        ],
    };
}

module.exports = hljsDefineCandid;