Deprecate cnfvar_old and arnied_wrapper

[pyi2ncommon] / src / cnfvar_old.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
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"""

summary
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Represent CNF_VARs as recursive structures.

DEPRECATED! Please do not extend this or add new uses of this module, use
:py:mod:`pyi2ncommon.arnied_api` or :py:mod:`pyi2ncommon.cnfvar` instead!

Copyright: 2014-2017 Intra2net AG
License:   GPLv2+


contents
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This module provides read and write functionality for the Intra2net *CNF*
format. Two different syntaxes are available: classical *CNF* and a JSON
representation. Both versions are commonly understood by Intra2net software.

On the command line, raw CNF is accepted if the option ``-`` is given: ::

    $ get_cnf routing 2 |python3 cnfvar.py - <<ENOUGH
    1 ROUTING,2: "192.168.55.0"
    2    (1) ROUTING_COMMENT,0: ""
    3    (1) ROUTING_DNS_RELAYING_ALLOWED,0: "1"
    4    (1) ROUTING_EMAIL_RELAYING_ALLOWED,0: "1"
    5    (1) ROUTING_FIREWALL_RULESET_REF,0: "9"
    6    (1) ROUTING_GATEWAY,0: "10.0.254.1"
    7    (1) ROUTING_NAT_INTO,0: "0"
    8    (1) ROUTING_NETMASK,0: "255.255.255.0"
    9    (1) ROUTING_PROXY_PROFILE_REF,0: "2"
    ENOUGH

    1 ROUTING,2: "192.168.55.0"
    2   (1) ROUTING_COMMENT,0: ""
    3   (1) ROUTING_DNS_RELAYING_ALLOWED,0: "1"
    4   (1) ROUTING_EMAIL_RELAYING_ALLOWED,0: "1"
    5   (1) ROUTING_FIREWALL_RULESET_REF,0: "9"
    6   (1) ROUTING_GATEWAY,0: "10.0.254.1"
    7   (1) ROUTING_NAT_INTO,0: "0"
    8   (1) ROUTING_NETMASK,0: "255.255.255.0"
    9   (1) ROUTING_PROXY_PROFILE_REF,0: "2"

The input takes one round-trip through the parsers and will error out on
problematic lines. Thus, ``cnfvar.py`` can be used to syntax-check CNF data.

Note that line numbers may be arbitrarily reassigned in the process. Of course,
parent references and the relative ordering of lines will be preserved in this
case.

.. todo::
    Decide on some facility for automatic fixup of line number values. The
    internal representation is recursive so line numbers are not needed to
    establish a variable hierarchy. They might as well be omitted from the json
    input and only added when writing cnf. For the time being a lack of the
    "number" field is interpreted as an error. Though it should at least
    optionally be possible to omit the numbers entirely and have a function add
    them after the fact. This might as well be added to :py:func:`is_cnf`
    though it would be counterintuitive to have a predicate mutate its
    argument. So maybe it could return a second argument to indicate a valid
    structure that needs fixup or something like that.

.. note::
    The variable values of get_cnf seems to be encoded in latin1, and set_cnf
    seems to assume latin1-encoded values (not var names). Function
    :py:func:`read_cnf` converts this to unicode and functions
    :py:func:`dump_cnf_string`, :py:func:`print_cnf`, and :py:func:`write_cnf`
    convert unicode back to latin1.


notes on Python 3 conversion
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Since the original *CNF* format assumes latin-1 encoded data pretty much
exclusively, we preserve the original encoding while parsing the file.
When assembling the data structures returned to the user, values are then
converted to strings so they can be used naturally at the Python end.

implementation
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"""

import functools
import sys
import json
import re
import io


###############################################################################
# CONSTANTS
###############################################################################


CNF_FIELD_MANDATORY = set ([ "varname", "data", "instance" ])
CNF_FIELD_OPTIONAL  = set ([ "parent", "children", "comment", "number" ])
CNF_FIELD_KNOWN     = CNF_FIELD_MANDATORY | CNF_FIELD_OPTIONAL

grab_parent_pattern = re.compile(b"""
                                    ^            # match from start
                                    \s*          # optional spaces
                                    \d+          # line number
                                    \s+          # spaces
                                    \((\d+)\)    # parent
                                 """,
                                 re.VERBOSE)

base_line_pattern = re.compile(b"""
                                    ^                    # match from start
                                    \s*                  # optional spaces
                                    (\d+)                # line number
                                    \s+                  # spaces
                                    ([A-Z][A-Z0-9_]*)    # varname
                                    \s*                  # optional spaces
                                    ,                    # delimiter
                                    \s*                  # optional spaces
                                    (-1|\d+)             # instance
                                    \s*                  # optional spaces
                                    :                    # delimiter
                                    \s*                  # optional spaces
                                    \"(                  # quoted string (data)
                                       (?:  \\\"         #  (of escaped dquote
                                           |[^\"])*      #   or anything not a
                                      )\"                #   literal quote)
                                    \s*                  # optional spaces
                                    (                    # bgroup
                                     \#                  # comment leader
                                     \s*                 # optional spaces
                                     .*                  # string (comment)
                                    )?                   # egroup, optional
                                    $                    # eol
                               """,
                               re.VERBOSE)

child_line_pattern = re.compile(b"""
                                     ^                    # match from start
                                     \s*                  # optional spaces
                                     (\d+)                # line number
                                     \s+                  # spaces
                                     \((\d+)\)            # parent
                                     \s+                  # spaces
                                     ([A-Z][A-Z0-9_]*)    # varname
                                     \s*                  # optional spaces
                                     ,                    # delimiter
                                     \s*                  # optional spaces
                                     (-1|\d+)             # instance
                                     \s*                  # optional spaces
                                     :                    # delimiter
                                     \s*                  # optional spaces
                                     \"([^\"]*)\"         # quoted string (data)
                                     \s*                  # optional spaces
                                     (                    # bgroup
                                      \#                  # comment leader
                                      \s*                 # optional spaces
                                      .*                  # string (comment)
                                     )?                   # egroup, optional
                                     $                    # eol
                                """,
                                re.VERBOSE)


###############################################################################
# HELPERS
###############################################################################


#
# Sadly, the Intranator is still stuck with one leg in the 90s.
#
def to_latin1(s):
    """Take given unicode str and convert it to a latin1-encoded `bytes`."""
    return s.encode("latin-1")


def from_latin1(s):
    """Take given latin1-encoded `bytes` value and convert it to `str`."""
    return s.decode("latin-1")


#
# Conversion functions
#

def marshal_in_number(number):
    return int(number)


def marshal_in_parent(parent):
    return int(parent)


def marshal_in_instance(instance):
    return int(instance)


def marshal_in_varname(varname):
    return from_latin1(varname).lower()


def marshal_in_data(data):
    return from_latin1(data) if data is not None else ""


def marshal_in_comment(comment):
    return comment and from_latin1(comment[1:].strip()) or None


#
# Type checking
#

def is_string(s):
    return isinstance(s, str)


###############################################################################
# EXCEPTIONS
###############################################################################


class InvalidCNF(Exception):

    def __init__(self, msg):
        self.msg = msg

    def __str__(self):
        return "Malformed CNF_VAR: \"%s\"" % self.msg


class MalformedCNF(Exception):

    def __init__(self, msg):
        self.msg = msg

    def __str__(self):
        return "Malformed CNF file: \"%s\"" % self.msg


###############################################################################
# VALIDATION
###############################################################################


def is_valid(acc,
             nested,
             comment,
             data,
             instance,
             number,
             parent,
             varname):
    if varname is None:
        raise InvalidCNF("CNF_VAR lacks a name.")
    elif not is_string(varname):
        raise InvalidCNF("Varname field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" is not a string."
                         % varname)
    elif varname == "":
        raise InvalidCNF("Varname field of CNF_VAR is the empty string.")

    if comment is not None:
        if not is_string(comment):
            raise InvalidCNF("Comment field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" is not a string."
                             % varname)

    if data is None:
        raise InvalidCNF("Data field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" is empty."
                         % varname)
    elif not is_string(data):
        raise InvalidCNF("Data field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" is not a string."
                         % varname)

    if instance is None:
        raise InvalidCNF("Instance field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" is empty."
                         % varname)
    elif not isinstance(instance, int):
        raise InvalidCNF("Instance field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" is not an integer."
                         % varname)

    if number is None:
        raise InvalidCNF("Number field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" is empty."
                         % varname)
    elif not isinstance(number, int):
        raise InvalidCNF("Number field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" is not an integer."
                         % varname)
    elif number < 1:
        raise InvalidCNF("Number field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" must be positive, not %d."
                         % (varname, number))
    else:
        other = acc.get(number, None)
        if other is not None:  # already in use
            raise InvalidCNF("Number field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" already used by variable %s."
                             % (varname, other))
        acc[number] = varname

    if nested is True:
        if parent is None:
            raise InvalidCNF("Parent field of nested CNF_VAR \"%s\" is empty."
                             % varname)
        elif not isinstance(parent, int):
            raise InvalidCNF("Parent field of CNF_VAR \"%s\" is not an integer."
                             % varname)
    else:
        if parent is not None:
            raise InvalidCNF("Flat CNF_VAR \"%s\" has nonsensical parent field \"%s\"."
                             % (varname, parent))
    return acc


def is_cnf(root):
    """
    is_cnf -- Predicate testing "CNF_VAR-ness". Folds the :py:func:`is_valid`
    predicate over the argument which can be either a well-formed CNF
    dictionary or a list of CNF_VARs.

    :type root: cnfvar or cnf list
    :rtype: bool

    Not that if it returns at all, ``is_cnf()`` returns ``True``. Any non
    well-formed member of the argument will cause the predicate to bail out
    with an exception during traversal.
    """
    cnf = cnf_root(root)
    if cnf is None:
        raise InvalidCNF(root)
    return walk_cnf(cnf, False, is_valid, {}) is not None


def is_cnf_var(obj):
    """
    Check whether a dictionary is a valid CNF.

    :param dict obj: dictionary to check
    :returns: True if the dictionary has all the mandatory fields and no
              unknown fields, False otherwise
    :rtype: bool
    """
    assert isinstance (obj, dict)

    for f in CNF_FIELD_MANDATORY:
        if obj.get(f, None) is None:
            return False

    for f in obj:
        if f not in CNF_FIELD_KNOWN:
            return False

    return True


###############################################################################
# DESERIALIZATION
###############################################################################


#
# JSON reader for get_cnf -j (the easy part)
#

def make_varname_lowercase(cnfvar):
    """
    Custom hook for json decoder: convert variable name to lowercase.

    Since variable names are case insensitive, :py:func:`read_cnf` converts
    them all to lower case. Downstream users of :py:func:`read_cnf_json` (e.g.
    :py:class:`simple_cnf.SimpleCnf`) rely on lowercase variable names.

    :param dict cnfvar: JSON "object" converted into a dict
    :returns: same as input but if field `varname` is present, its value is
              converted to lower case
    :rtype: dict with str keys
    """
    try:
        cnfvar['varname'] = cnfvar['varname'].lower()
    except KeyError:      # there is no "varname" field
        pass
    except AttributeError:   # cnfvar['varname'] is not a string
        pass
    return cnfvar


def read_cnf_json(cnfdata):
    """
    Read json data from cnf data bytes.

    :param bytes cnfdata: config data
    :return: the parsed json data
    :rtype: str

    .. note:: The JSON module does not decode data for all versions
        of Python 3 so we handle the decoding ourselves.
    """
    if isinstance (cnfdata, bytes) is True:
        cnfdata = from_latin1 (cnfdata)
    cnf_json = json.loads(cnfdata, object_hook=make_varname_lowercase)
    if is_cnf(cnf_json) is False:
        raise TypeError("Invalid CNF_VAR.")
    return cnf_json


#
# CNF reader (the moderately more complicated part)
#
# Parsing usually starts from the `read_cnf`, which accepts a string containing
# the variables to parse in the same structure as returned by `get_cnf`.
#
# In the `prepare` function the string is split into lines, and a 3-element
# tuple is built. The first (named `current`) and second (named `next`)
# elements of this tuple are respectively the first and second non-empty lines
# of the input, while the third is a list of the remaining lines. This tuple is
# named `state` in the implementation below, and it is passed around during
# parsing. The `get` and `peek` functions are used to easily retrieve the
# `current` and `next` items from the "state".
#
# When we "advance" the state, we actually drop the "current" element,
# replacing it with the "next", while a new "next" is popped from the list of
# remaining lines. Parsing is done this way because we need to look ahead at
# the next line -- if it is a child it needs to be appended to the `children`
# property of the current line.
#
# Regular expressions are used to extract important information from the CNF
# lines. Finally, once parsing is completed, a dictionary is returned. The dict
# has the same structure as the serialized JSON output returned by
# `get_cnf -j`.
#


def read_cnf(data):
    """
    Read cnf data from data bytes.

    :param bytes data: raw data
    :return: the parsed cnf data
    :rtype: {str, {str, str or int}}
    """
    if isinstance(data, str):
        data = to_latin1(data)
    state = prepare(data)
    if state is None:
        raise InvalidCNF("Empty input string.")

    cnf = parse_cnf_root(state)
    if is_cnf(cnf) is False:
        raise TypeError("Invalid CNF_VAR.")
    return {"cnf": cnf}


def prepare(raw):
    """
    Build 3-element iterable from a CNF string dump.

    :param raw: string content as returned by `get_cnf`
    :type raw: bytes
    :returns: 3-element tuple, where the first two elements are the first two
              lines of the output and the third is a list containing the rest
              of the lines in reverse.
    :rtype: (str * str option * str list) option
    """
    lines = raw.splitlines()
    lines.reverse()
    try:
        first = lines.pop()
    except IndexError:
        return None

    try:
        second = lines.pop()
    except IndexError:
        second = None

    first = first.strip()
    if first == b"":
        return advance((first, second, lines))

    return (first, second, lines)


def advance(cns):
    """
    Pop the next line from the stream, advancing the tuple.

    :param cns: a 3-element tuple containing two CNF lines and a list of the
                remaining lines
    :type cnd: (str, str, [str])
    :returns: a new tuple with a new item popped from the list of lines
    :rtype cnd: (str, str, [str])
    """
    current, next, stream = cns
    if next is None:  # reached end of stream
        return None
    current = next

    try:
        next = stream.pop()
        next = next.strip()
    except IndexError:
        next = None

    if current == "":  # skip blank lines
        return advance((current, next, stream))
    return (current, next, stream)


def get(cns):
    """
    Get the current line from the state without advancing it.

    :param cns: a 3-element tuple containing two CNF lines and a list of the
                remaining lines
    :type cnd: (str, str, [str])
    :returns: the CNF line stored as `current`
    :rtype: str
    """
    current, _, _ = cns
    return current


def peek(cns):
    """
    Get the next line from the state without advancing it.

    :param cns: a 3-element tuple containing two CNF lines and a list of the
                remaining lines
    :type cnd: (str, str, [str])
    :returns: the CNF line stored as `next`
    :rtype: str
    """
    _, next, _ = cns
    return next


def parse_cnf_root(state):
    """
    Iterate over and parse a list of CNF lines.

    :param state: a 3-element tuple containing two lines and a list of the
                  remaining lines
    :type state: (str, str, [str])
    :returns: a list of parsed CNF variables
    :rtype: [dict]

    The function will parse the first element from the `state` tuple, then read
    the next line to see if it is a child variable. If it is, it will be
    appended to the last parsed CNF, otherwise top-level parsing is done
    normally.
    """
    lines = []
    current = get(state)
    while state:
        cnf_line = read_base_line(current)
        if cnf_line is not None:
            lines.append(cnf_line)
            state = advance(state)
            if state is None:  # -> nothing left to do
                break
            current = get(state)
            parent = get_parent(current)  # peek at next line
            if parent is not None:  # -> recurse into children
                (state, children, _parent) = parse_cnf_children(state, parent)
                cnf_line["children"] = children
                if state is None:
                    break
                current = get(state)
        else:
            state = advance(state)
            if state is None:
                break
            current = get(state)
    return lines


def parse_cnf_children(state, parent):
    """
    Read and parse child CNFs of a given parent until there is none left.

    :param state: a 3-element tuple containing two lines and a list of the
                  remaining lines
    :type state: (str, str, [str])
    :param parent: id of the parent whose children we are looking for
    :type parent: int
    :returns: a 3-element tuple with the current state, a list of children of
              the given parent and the parent ID
    :rtype: (tuple, [str], int)

    The function will recursively parse child lines from the `state` tuple
    until one of these conditions is satisfied:

    1. the input is exhausted
    2. the next CNF line
        2.1. is a toplevel line
        2.2. is a child line whose parent has a lower parent number

    Conceptually, 2.1 is a very similar to 2.2 but due to the special status of
    toplevel lines in CNF we need to handle them separately.

    Note that since nesting of CNF vars is achieved via parent line numbers,
    lines with different parents could appear out of order. libcnffile will
    happily parse those and still assign children to the specified parent:

    ::
        # set_cnf <<THATSALL
        1 USER,1337: "l33t_h4x0r"
        2    (1) USER_GROUP_MEMBER_REF,0: "2"
        4 USER,1701: "picard"
        5    (4) USER_GROUP_MEMBER_REF,0: "2"
        6    (4) USER_PASSWORD,0: "engage"
        3    (1) USER_PASSWORD,0: "hacktheplanet"
        THATSALL
        # get_cnf user 1337
        1 USER,1337: "l33t_h4x0r"
        2    (1) USER_GROUP_MEMBER_REF,0: "2"
        3    (1) USER_PASSWORD,0: "hacktheplanet"
        # get_cnf user 1701
        1 USER,1701: "picard"
        2    (1) USER_GROUP_MEMBER_REF,0: "2"
        3    (1) USER_PASSWORD,0: "engage"

    It is a limitation of ``cnfvar.py`` that it cannot parse CNF data
    structured like the above example: child lists are only populated from
    subsequent CNF vars using the parent number solely to track nesting levels.
    The parser does not keep track of line numbers while traversing the input
    so it doesn’t support retroactively assigning a child to anything else but
    the immediate parent.
    """
    lines = []
    current = get(state)
    while True:
        cnf_line = read_child_line(current)
        if cnf_line is not None:
            lines.append(cnf_line)
            state = advance(state)
            if state is None:
                break
            current = get(state)
            new_parent = get_parent(current)
            if new_parent is None:
                # drop stack
                return (state, lines, None)
            if new_parent > parent:
                # parent is further down in hierarchy -> new level
                (state, children, new_parent) = \
                    parse_cnf_children (state, new_parent)
                if state is None:
                    break
                cnf_line["children"] = children
                current = get(state)
                new_parent = get_parent(current)
                if new_parent is None:
                    # drop stack
                    return (state, lines, None)
            if new_parent < parent:
                # parent is further up in hierarchy -> pop level
                return (state, lines, new_parent)
            # new_parent == parent -> continue parsing on same level
    return (state, lines, parent)


def get_parent(line):
    """
    Extract the ID of the parent for a given CNF line.

    :param str line: CNF line
    :returns: parent ID or None if no parent is found
    :rtype: int or None
    """
    match = re.match(grab_parent_pattern, line)
    if match is None:  # -> no parent
        return None
    return int(match.groups()[0])


def read_base_line(line):
    """
    Turn one top-level CNF line into a dictionary.

    :param str line: CNF line
    :rtype: {str: Any}

    This performs the necessary decoding on values to obtain proper Python
    strings from 8-bit encoded CNF data.

    The function only operates on individual lines. Argument strings that
    contain data for multiple lines – this includes child lines of the current
    CNF var! – will trigger a parsing exception.
    """
    if len(line.strip()) == 0:
        return None  # ignore empty lines
    if line[0] == b"#":
        return None  # ignore comments

    match = re.match(base_line_pattern, line)
    if match is None:
        raise MalformedCNF("Syntax error in line \"\"\"%s\"\"\"" % line)
    number, varname, instance, data, comment = match.groups()
    return {
        "number"   : marshal_in_number   (number),
        "varname"  : marshal_in_varname  (varname),
        "instance" : marshal_in_instance (instance),
        "data"     : marshal_in_data     (data),
        "comment"  : marshal_in_comment  (comment),
    }


def read_child_line(line):
    """
    Turn one child CNF line into a dictionary.

    :param str line: CNF line
    :rtype: {str: Any}

    This function only operates on individual lines. If the argument string is
    syntactically valid but contains input representing multiple CNF vars, a
    parse error will be thrown.
    """
    if len(line.strip()) == 0:
        return None  # ignore empty lines
    if line[0] == "#":
        return None  # ignore comments

    match = re.match(child_line_pattern, line)
    if match is None:
        raise MalformedCNF("Syntax error in child line \"\"\"%s\"\"\""
                           % from_latin1 (line))
    number, parent, varname, instance, data, comment = match.groups()
    return {
        "number"   : marshal_in_number   (number),
        "parent"   : marshal_in_parent   (parent),
        "varname"  : marshal_in_varname  (varname),
        "instance" : marshal_in_instance (instance),
        "data"     : marshal_in_data     (data),
        "comment"  : marshal_in_comment  (comment),
    }


###############################################################################
# SERIALIZATION
###############################################################################


cnf_line_nest_indent = "  "
cnf_line_base_fmt    = "%d %s,%d: \"%s\""
cnf_line_child_fmt   = "%d %s(%d) %s,%d: \"%s\""


def format_cnf_vars(da, var):
    """
    Return a list of formatted cnf_line byte strings.

    :param da: a tuple where the first element is the depth (0 = top-level,
               >1 = child CNF) and the second is the string being built.
    :type da: (int, str)
    :param var: the CNF element to convert to string in the current iteration
    :type var: dict
    :returns: a tuple like `da`, where the second element should contain all
              converted CNFs
    :rtype: (int, str)

    This function is meant to be passed to the :py:func:`functools.reduce`
    function.

    The variable names are uppercased unconditionally because while ``get_cnf``
    is case-indifferent for variable names, ``set_cnf`` isn’t.
    """
    depth, acc = da
    line = None
    if depth > 0:
        line = cnf_line_child_fmt \
            % (var["number"],
               cnf_line_nest_indent * depth,
               var["parent"],
               var["varname"].upper(),
               var["instance"],
               var["data"])
    else:
        line = cnf_line_base_fmt \
            % (var["number"],
               var["varname"].upper(),
               var["instance"],
               var["data"])

    comment = var.get("comment", None)
    if comment and len(comment) != 0:
        line = line + (" # %s" % comment)

    acc.append(to_latin1(line))

    children = var.get("children", None)
    if children is not None:
        (_, acc) = functools.reduce(format_cnf_vars, children, (depth + 1, acc))

    return (depth, acc)


def cnf_root(root):
    """
    Extract a list of CNFs from a given structure.

    :param root: list of CNFs or a CNF dictionary
    :type root: [dict] or dict
    :raises: :py:class:`TypeError` if no CNFs can be extracted
    :returns: list with one or more CNF objects
    :rtype: [dict]

    Output varies depending on a few conditions:
    - If `root` is a list, return it right away
    - If `root` is a dict corresponding to a valid CNF value, return it wrapped
      in a list
    - If `root` is a dict with a `cnf` key containg a list (as the JSON
      returned by `get_cnf -j`), return the value
    - Otherwise, raise an error
    """
    if isinstance(root, list):
        return root
    if not isinstance(root, dict):
        raise TypeError(
            "Expected dictionary of CNF_VARs, got %s." % type(root))
    if is_cnf_var(root):
        return [root]
    cnf = root.get("cnf", None)
    if not isinstance(cnf, list):
        raise TypeError("Expected list of CNF_VARs, got %s." % type(cnf))
    return cnf


def normalize_cnf(cnf):
    """
    Ensure the output conforms to set_cnf()’s expectations.

    :param cnf: list of CNF objects to normalize
    :type cnf: [dict]
    :returns: normalized list
    :rtype: [list]
    """
    if isinstance(cnf, list) is False:
        raise MalformedCNF("expected list of CNF_VARs, got [%s]" % type(cnf))
    def norm(var):
        vvar = \
            { "number"   : var ["number"]
            , "varname"  : var ["varname"].upper()
            , "instance" : var ["instance"]
            , "data"     : var ["data"]
            }

        children = var.get("children", None)
        if children is not None:
            vvar ["children"] = normalize_cnf(children)

        parent = var.get("parent", None)
        if parent is not None:
            vvar ["parent"] = var["parent"]

        comment = var.get("comment", None)
        if comment is not None:
            vvar ["comment"] = var["comment"]

        return vvar

    return [norm(var) for var in cnf]


###############################################################################
# TRAVERSAL
###############################################################################


def walk_cnf(cnf, nested, fun, acc):
    """
    Depth-first traversal of a CNF tree.

    :type cnf: cnf list
    :type nested: bool
    :type fun: 'a -> bool -> (cnf stuff) -> 'a
    :type acc: 'a
    :rtype: 'a

    Executes ``fun`` recursively for each node in the tree. The function
    receives the accumulator ``acc`` which can be of an arbitrary type as first
    argument. The second argument is a flag indicating whether the current
    CNF var is a child (if ``True``) or a parent var. CNF member fields are
    passed via named optional arguments.
    """
    for var in cnf:
        acc = fun(acc,
                  nested,
                  comment=var.get("comment", None),
                  data=var.get("data", None),
                  instance=var.get("instance", None),
                  number=var.get("number", None),
                  parent=var.get("parent", None),
                  varname=var.get("varname", None))
        children = var.get("children", None)
        if children is not None:
            acc = walk_cnf(children, True, fun, acc)
    return acc


def renumber_vars(root, parent=None, toplevel=False):
    """
    Number cnfvars linearly.

    If *parent* is specified, numbering will start at this offset. Also, the
    VAR *root* will be assigned this number as a parent lineno unless
    *toplevel* is set (the root var in a CNF tree obviously can’t have a
    parent).

    The *toplevel* parameter is useful when renumbering an existing variable
    starting at a given offset without at the same time having that offset
    assigned as a parent.
    """
    root = cnf_root (root)
    i = parent or 0
    for var in root:
        i += 1
        var["number"] = i
        if toplevel is False and parent is not None:
            var["parent"] = parent
        children = var.get("children", None)
        if children is not None:
            i = renumber_vars(children, parent=i, toplevel=False)
    return i


def count_vars(root):
    """
    Traverse the cnf structure recursively, counting VAR objects (CNF lines).
    """
    cnf = cnf_root(root)
    if cnf is None:
        raise InvalidCNF(root)
    return walk_cnf(cnf, True, lambda n, _nested, **_kwa: n + 1, 0)

#
# querying
#


def get_vars(cnf, data=None, instance=None):
    """
    get_vars -- Query a CNF_VAR structure. Skims the *toplevel* of the CNF_VAR
    structure for entries with a matching `data` or `instance` field.

    :type cnf: CNF_VAR
    :type data: str
    :type instance: int
    :rtype: CNF_VAR
    :returns: The structure containing only references to the
             matching variables. Containing an empty list of
             variables in case there is no match.

    Values are compared literally. If both ``instance`` and ``data`` are
    specified, vars will be compared against both.
    """
    cnf = cnf["cnf"]
    if cnf:
        criterion = lambda _var: False
        if data:
            if instance:
                criterion = lambda var: var[
                    "data"] == data and var["instance"] == instance
            else:
                criterion = lambda var: var["data"] == data
        elif instance:
            criterion = lambda var: var["instance"] == instance

        return {"cnf": [var for var in cnf if criterion(var) is True]}

    return {"cnf": []}


###############################################################################
# PRINTING/DUMPING
###############################################################################


#
# Print/dump raw CNF values
#

def output_cnf(root, out, renumber=False):
    """
    Dump a textual representation of given CNF VAR structure to given stream.

    Runs :py:func:`format_cnf_vars` on the input (`root`) and then writes that
    to the given file-like object (out).

    :param root: a CNF_VAR structure
    :type root: dict or list or anything that :py:func:`cnf_root` accepts
    :param out: file-like object or something with a `write(str)` function
    :param bool renumber: Whether to renumber cnfvars first

    Files are converted to the 8-bit format expected by CNF so they can be fed
    directly into libcnffile.
    """
    cnf = cnf_root(root)
    if renumber is True:
        _count = renumber_vars(root)
    if is_cnf(cnf) is True:
        (_, lines) = functools.reduce(format_cnf_vars, cnf, (0, []))
        if isinstance(out, (io.RawIOBase, io.BufferedIOBase)):
            out.write (b"\n".join (lines))
            out.write (b"\n")
        else:   # either subclass of io.TextIOBase or unknown
            out.write ("\n".join (map (from_latin1, lines)))
            out.write ("\n")


def dump_cnf_bytes (root, renumber=False):
    """
    Serialize CNF var structure, returning the result as a byte sequence.
    """
    cnf = cnf_root(root)
    out = io.BytesIO()
    output_cnf(root, out, renumber=renumber)
    res = out.getvalue()
    out.close()
    return res


def dump_cnf_string(root, renumber=False):
    """
    Serialize CNF var structure, returning a latin1-encode byte string.

    .. todo::this is identical to :py:func:`dump_cnf_bytes`!
    """
    cnf = cnf_root(root)
    out = io.BytesIO()
    output_cnf(root, out, renumber=renumber)
    res = out.getvalue()
    out.close()
    return res


def print_cnf(root, out=None, renumber=False):
    """
    Print given CNF_VAR structure to stdout (or other file-like object).

    Note that per default the config is printed to sys.stdout using the shell's
    preferred encoding. If the shell cannot handle unicode this might raise
    `UnicodeError`.

    All params forwarded to :py:func:`output_cnf`. See args there.
    """
    if root is not None:
        output_cnf(root, out or sys.stdout, renumber=renumber)


def write_cnf(*argv, **kw_argv):
    """Alias for :py:func:`print_cnf`."""
    print_cnf(*argv, **kw_argv)


def print_cnf_raw(root, out=None):
    """`if root is not None: out.write(root)`."""
    if root is not None:
        out.write(root)


def write_cnf_raw(*argv, **kw_argv):
    """Alias for :py:func:`print_cnf_raw`."""
    print_cnf_raw(*argv, **kw_argv)


#
# Print/dump CNF values in JSON format
#


def output_json(root, out, renumber=False):
    """
    Dump CNF_VAR structure to file-like object in json format.

    :param root: CNF_VAR structure
    :type root: dict or list or anything that :py:func:`cnf_root` accepts
    :param out: file-like object, used as argument to :py:func:`json.dumps` so
                probably has to accept `str` (as opposed to `bytes`).
    :param bool renumber: whether to renumber variables before dupming.
    """
    # if not isinstance(out, file):
        #raise TypeError("%s (%s) is not a stream." % (out, type(out)))
    if renumber is True:
        _count = renumber_vars(root)
    if is_cnf(root) is True:
        root ["cnf"] = normalize_cnf(cnf_root (root))
        data = json.dumps(root)
        out.write(data)
        out.write("\n")
    # TODO: else raise value error?


def dump_json_string(root, renumber=False):
    """
    Serialize CNF var structure as JSON, returning the result as a string.
    """
    out = io.StringIO()
    output_json(root, out, renumber=renumber)
    res = out.getvalue()
    out.close()
    return res


def print_cnf_json(root, out=None, renumber=False):
    """
    Print CNF_VAR structure in json format to stdout.

    Calls :py:func:`output_json` with `sys.stdout` if `out` is not given or
    `None`.
    """
    if root is not None:
        output_json(root, out or sys.stdout, renumber=renumber)


def write_cnf_json(*argv, **kw_argv):
    """Alias for :py:func:`print_cnf_json`."""
    print_cnf_json(*argv, **kw_argv)



###############################################################################
# ENTRY POINT FOR DEVELOPMENT
###############################################################################


def usage():
    print("usage: cnfvar.py -"      , file=sys.stderr)
    print(""                        , file=sys.stderr)
    print("    Read CNF from stdin.", file=sys.stderr)
    print(""                        , file=sys.stderr)


def main(argv):
    if len(argv) > 1:
        first = argv[1]
        if first == "-":
            cnf = read_cnf(sys.stdin.buffer.read())
            print_cnf(cnf)
            return 0
        elif first == "test":
            cnf = read_cnf(sys.stdin.buffer.read())
            cnff = get_vars(cnf, instance=2, data="FAX")
            print_cnf(cnff)
            return 0
    usage()
    return -1

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))