// Part 1 about Regular Expression Matching

//==========================================

abstract class Rexp

case object ZERO extends Rexp

case object ONE extends Rexp

case class CHAR(c: Char) extends Rexp

case class ALT(r1: Rexp, r2: Rexp) extends Rexp 

case class SEQ(r1: Rexp, r2: Rexp) extends Rexp 

case class STAR(r: Rexp) extends Rexp 

// some convenience for typing in regular expressions

import scala.language.implicitConversions    

import scala.language.reflectiveCalls 

def charlist2rexp(s: List[Char]): Rexp = s match {

  case Nil => ONE

  case c::Nil => CHAR(c)

  case c::s => SEQ(CHAR(c), charlist2rexp(s))

}

implicit def string2rexp(s: String): Rexp = charlist2rexp(s.toList)

implicit def RexpOps (r: Rexp) = new {

  def | (s: Rexp) = ALT(r, s)

  def % = STAR(r)

  def ~ (s: Rexp) = SEQ(r, s)

}

implicit def stringOps (s: String) = new {

  def | (r: Rexp) = ALT(s, r)

  def | (r: String) = ALT(s, r)

  def % = STAR(s)

  def ~ (r: Rexp) = SEQ(s, r)

  def ~ (r: String) = SEQ(s, r)

}

// the definition given in the coursework; this 

// function checks whether a regular expression

def nullable (r: Rexp) : Boolean = r match {

  case ZERO => false

  case ONE => true

  case CHAR(_) => false

  case ALT(r1, r2) => nullable(r1) || nullable(r2)

  case SEQ(r1, r2) => nullable(r1) && nullable(r2)

  case STAR(_) => true

}

// the definition given in the coursework; this

// function calculates the derivative of a 

def der (c: Char, r: Rexp) : Rexp = r match {

  case ZERO => ZERO

  case ONE => ZERO

  case CHAR(d) => if (c == d) ONE else ZERO

  case ALT(r1, r2) => ALT(der(c, r1), der(c, r2))

  case SEQ(r1, r2) => 

    if (nullable(r1)) ALT(SEQ(der(c, r1), r2), der(c, r2))

    else SEQ(der(c, r1), r2)

  case STAR(r1) => SEQ(der(c, r1), STAR(r1))

}

// the specification given in the coursework; this

def simp(r: Rexp) : Rexp = r match {

  case ALT(r1, r2) => (simp(r1), simp(r2)) match {

    case (ZERO, r2s) => r2s

    case (r1s, ZERO) => r1s

    case (r1s, r2s) => if (r1s == r2s) r1s else ALT (r1s, r2s)

  }

  case SEQ(r1, r2) =>  (simp(r1), simp(r2)) match {

    case (ZERO, _) => ZERO

    case (_, ZERO) => ZERO

    case (ONE, r2s) => r2s

    case (r1s, ONE) => r1s

    case (r1s, r2s) => SEQ(r1s, r2s)

  }

  case r => r

}

// calculates the derivative w.r.t. a string; the second

// is the regular expression matcher taking a regular

// expression and a string and checks whether the

def ders (s: List[Char], r: Rexp) : Rexp = s match {

  case Nil => r

  case c::s => ders(s, simp(der(c, r)))

}

// main matcher function

// given in the coursework.

def size(r: Rexp): Int = r match {

  case ZERO => 1

  case ONE => 1

  case CHAR(_) => 1

  case ALT(r1, r2) => 1 + size(r1) + size (r2)

  case SEQ(r1, r2) => 1 + size(r1) + size (r2)

  case STAR(r1) => 1 + size(r1)

}

// some testing data

// the supposedly 'evil' regular expression (a*)* b

val EVIL = SEQ(STAR(STAR(CHAR('a'))), CHAR('b'))

// size without simplifications

// size with simplification

//

// Lets see how long it takes to match strings with 

def time_needed[T](i: Int, code: => T) = {

  val start = System.nanoTime()

  for (j <- 1 to i) code

  val end = System.nanoTime()

  (end - start)/(i * 1.0e9)

}