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package org.apache.solr.search;

import org.apache.lucene.index.Term;
import org.apache.lucene.queries.function.FunctionQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.queries.function.valuesource.QueryValueSource;
import org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanClause;
import org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.ConstantScoreQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.FuzzyQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.NumericRangeQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.PrefixQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
import org.apache.lucene.search.Sort;
import org.apache.lucene.search.SortField;
import org.apache.lucene.search.TermQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.TermRangeQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.WildcardQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
import org.apache.lucene.util.CharsRef;
import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException;
import org.apache.solr.common.params.MapSolrParams;
import org.apache.solr.common.params.SolrParams;
import org.apache.solr.parser.QueryParser;
import org.apache.solr.request.SolrQueryRequest;
import org.apache.solr.schema.FieldType;
import org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema;
import org.apache.solr.schema.SchemaField;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Collection of static utilities useful for query parsing.
 *
 *
 */
public class QueryParsing {
    public static final String OP = "q.op"; // the SolrParam used to override the QueryParser "default operator"
    public static final String V = "v"; // value of this parameter
    public static final String F = "f"; // field that a query or command pertains to
    public static final String TYPE = "type";// parser for this query or command
    public static final String DEFTYPE = "defType"; // default parser for any direct subqueries
    public static final String LOCALPARAM_START = "{!";
    public static final char LOCALPARAM_END = '}';
    public static final String DOCID = "_docid_";
    public static final String SCORE = "score";

    // true if the value was specified by the "v" param (i.e. v=myval, or v=$param)
    public static final String VAL_EXPLICIT = "__VAL_EXPLICIT__";

    /**
     * Returns the "preferred" default operator for use by Query Parsers,
     * based on the settings in the IndexSchema which may be overridden using 
     * an optional String override value.
     *
     * @see IndexSchema#getQueryParserDefaultOperator()
     * @see #OP
     */
    public static QueryParser.Operator getQueryParserDefaultOperator(final IndexSchema sch, final String override) {
        String val = override;
        if (null == val)
            val = sch.getQueryParserDefaultOperator();
        return "AND".equals(val) ? QueryParser.Operator.AND : QueryParser.Operator.OR;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the effective default field based on the 'df' param or
     * hardcoded schema default.  May be null if either exists specified.
     * @see org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams#DF
     * @see org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema#getDefaultSearchFieldName
     */
    public static String getDefaultField(final IndexSchema s, final String df) {
        return df != null ? df : s.getDefaultSearchFieldName();
    }

    // note to self: something needs to detect infinite recursion when parsing queries
    public static int parseLocalParams(String txt, int start, Map<String, String> target, SolrParams params)
            throws SyntaxError {
        return parseLocalParams(txt, start, target, params, LOCALPARAM_START, LOCALPARAM_END);
    }

    public static int parseLocalParams(String txt, int start, Map<String, String> target, SolrParams params,
            String startString, char endChar) throws SyntaxError {
        int off = start;
        if (!txt.startsWith(startString, off))
            return start;
        StrParser p = new StrParser(txt, start, txt.length());
        p.pos += startString.length(); // skip over "{!"

        for (;;) {
            /*
            if (p.pos>=txt.length()) {
              throw new SyntaxError("Missing '}' parsing local params '" + txt + '"');
            }
            */
            char ch = p.peek();
            if (ch == endChar) {
                return p.pos + 1;
            }

            String id = p.getId();
            if (id.length() == 0) {
                throw new SyntaxError(
                        "Expected ending character '" + endChar + "' parsing local params '" + txt + '"');

            }
            String val = null;

            ch = p.peek();
            if (ch != '=') {
                // single word... treat {!func} as type=func for easy lookup
                val = id;
                id = TYPE;
            } else {
                // saw equals, so read value
                p.pos++;
                ch = p.peek();
                boolean deref = false;
                if (ch == '$') {
                    p.pos++;
                    ch = p.peek();
                    deref = true; // dereference whatever value is read by treating it as a variable name
                }

                if (ch == '\"' || ch == '\'') {
                    val = p.getQuotedString();
                } else {
                    // read unquoted literal ended by whitespace or endChar (normally '}')
                    // there is no escaping.
                    int valStart = p.pos;
                    for (;;) {
                        if (p.pos >= p.end) {
                            throw new SyntaxError(
                                    "Missing end to unquoted value starting at " + valStart + " str='" + txt + "'");
                        }
                        char c = p.val.charAt(p.pos);
                        if (c == endChar || Character.isWhitespace(c)) {
                            val = p.val.substring(valStart, p.pos);
                            break;
                        }
                        p.pos++;
                    }
                }

                if (deref) { // dereference parameter
                    if (params != null) {
                        val = params.get(val);
                    }
                }
            }
            if (target != null)
                target.put(id, val);
        }
    }

    public static String encodeLocalParamVal(String val) {
        int len = val.length();
        int i = 0;
        if (len > 0 && val.charAt(0) != '$') {
            for (; i < len; i++) {
                char ch = val.charAt(i);
                if (Character.isWhitespace(ch) || ch == '}')
                    break;
            }
        }

        if (i >= len)
            return val;

        // We need to enclose in quotes... but now we need to escape
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(val.length() + 4);
        sb.append('\'');
        for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            char ch = val.charAt(i);
            if (ch == '\'') {
                sb.append('\\');
            }
            sb.append(ch);
        }
        sb.append('\'');
        return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * "foo" returns null
     * "{!prefix f=myfield}yes" returns type="prefix",f="myfield",v="yes"
     * "{!prefix f=myfield v=$p}" returns type="prefix",f="myfield",v=params.get("p")
     */
    public static SolrParams getLocalParams(String txt, SolrParams params) throws SyntaxError {
        if (txt == null || !txt.startsWith(LOCALPARAM_START)) {
            return null;
        }
        Map<String, String> localParams = new HashMap<String, String>();
        int start = QueryParsing.parseLocalParams(txt, 0, localParams, params);

        String val = localParams.get(V);
        if (val == null) {
            val = txt.substring(start);
            localParams.put(V, val);
        } else {
            // localParams.put(VAL_EXPLICIT, "true");
        }
        return new MapSolrParams(localParams);
    }

    /**
     * Returns null if the sortSpec is the standard sort desc.
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * The form of the sort specification string currently parsed is:
     * </p>
     * <pre>
     * SortSpec ::= SingleSort [, SingleSort]*
     * SingleSort ::= &lt;fieldname&gt; SortDirection
     * SortDirection ::= top | desc | bottom | asc
     * </pre>
     * Examples:
     * <pre>
     *   score desc               #normal sort by score (will return null)
     *   weight bottom            #sort by weight ascending
     *   weight desc              #sort by weight descending
     *   height desc,weight desc  #sort by height descending, and use weight descending to break any ties
     *   height desc,weight asc   #sort by height descending, using weight ascending as a tiebreaker
     * </pre>
     */
    public static Sort parseSort(String sortSpec, SolrQueryRequest req) {
        if (sortSpec == null || sortSpec.length() == 0)
            return null;
        List<SortField> lst = new ArrayList<SortField>(4);

        try {

            StrParser sp = new StrParser(sortSpec);
            while (sp.pos < sp.end) {
                sp.eatws();

                final int start = sp.pos;

                // short circuit test for a really simple field name
                String field = sp.getId(null);
                Exception qParserException = null;

                if (field == null || !Character.isWhitespace(sp.peekChar())) {
                    // let's try it as a function instead
                    field = null;
                    String funcStr = sp.val.substring(start);

                    QParser parser = QParser.getParser(funcStr, FunctionQParserPlugin.NAME, req);
                    Query q = null;
                    try {
                        if (parser instanceof FunctionQParser) {
                            FunctionQParser fparser = (FunctionQParser) parser;
                            fparser.setParseMultipleSources(false);
                            fparser.setParseToEnd(false);

                            q = fparser.getQuery();

                            if (fparser.localParams != null) {
                                if (fparser.valFollowedParams) {
                                    // need to find the end of the function query via the string parser
                                    int leftOver = fparser.sp.end - fparser.sp.pos;
                                    sp.pos = sp.end - leftOver; // reset our parser to the same amount of leftover
                                } else {
                                    // the value was via the "v" param in localParams, so we need to find
                                    // the end of the local params themselves to pick up where we left off
                                    sp.pos = start + fparser.localParamsEnd;
                                }
                            } else {
                                // need to find the end of the function query via the string parser
                                int leftOver = fparser.sp.end - fparser.sp.pos;
                                sp.pos = sp.end - leftOver; // reset our parser to the same amount of leftover
                            }
                        } else {
                            // A QParser that's not for function queries.
                            // It must have been specified via local params.
                            q = parser.getQuery();

                            assert parser.getLocalParams() != null;
                            sp.pos = start + parser.localParamsEnd;
                        }

                        Boolean top = sp.getSortDirection();
                        if (null != top) {
                            // we have a Query and a valid direction
                            if (q instanceof FunctionQuery) {
                                lst.add(((FunctionQuery) q).getValueSource().getSortField(top));
                            } else {
                                lst.add((new QueryValueSource(q, 0.0f)).getSortField(top));
                            }
                            continue;
                        }
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        // hang onto this in case the string isn't a full field name either
                        qParserException = e;
                    }
                }

                // if we made it here, we either have a "simple" field name,
                // or there was a problem parsing the string as a complex func/quer

                if (field == null) {
                    // try again, simple rules for a field name with no whitespace
                    sp.pos = start;
                    field = sp.getSimpleString();
                }
                Boolean top = sp.getSortDirection();
                if (null == top) {
                    throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST,
                            "Can't determine a Sort Order (asc or desc) in sort spec " + sp);
                }

                if (SCORE.equals(field)) {
                    if (top) {
                        lst.add(SortField.FIELD_SCORE);
                    } else {
                        lst.add(new SortField(null, SortField.Type.SCORE, true));
                    }
                } else if (DOCID.equals(field)) {
                    lst.add(new SortField(null, SortField.Type.DOC, top));
                } else {
                    // try to find the field
                    SchemaField sf = req.getSchema().getFieldOrNull(field);
                    if (null == sf) {
                        if (null != qParserException) {
                            throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST,
                                    "sort param could not be parsed as a query, and is not a "
                                            + "field that exists in the index: " + field,
                                    qParserException);
                        }
                        throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST,
                                "sort param field can't be found: " + field);
                    }
                    lst.add(sf.getSortField(top));
                }
            }

        } catch (SyntaxError e) {
            throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST, "error in sort: " + sortSpec, e);
        }

        // normalize a sort on score desc to null
        if (lst.size() == 1 && lst.get(0) == SortField.FIELD_SCORE) {
            return null;
        }

        return new Sort(lst.toArray(new SortField[lst.size()]));
    }

    ///////////////////////////
    ///////////////////////////
    ///////////////////////////

    static FieldType writeFieldName(String name, IndexSchema schema, Appendable out, int flags) throws IOException {
        FieldType ft = null;
        ft = schema.getFieldTypeNoEx(name);
        out.append(name);
        if (ft == null) {
            out.append("(UNKNOWN FIELD " + name + ')');
        }
        out.append(':');
        return ft;
    }

    static void writeFieldVal(String val, FieldType ft, Appendable out, int flags) throws IOException {
        if (ft != null) {
            try {
                out.append(ft.indexedToReadable(val));
            } catch (Exception e) {
                out.append("EXCEPTION(val=");
                out.append(val);
                out.append(")");
            }
        } else {
            out.append(val);
        }
    }

    static void writeFieldVal(BytesRef val, FieldType ft, Appendable out, int flags) throws IOException {
        if (ft != null) {
            try {
                CharsRef readable = new CharsRef();
                ft.indexedToReadable(val, readable);
                out.append(readable);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                out.append("EXCEPTION(val=");
                out.append(val.utf8ToString());
                out.append(")");
            }
        } else {
            out.append(val.utf8ToString());
        }
    }

    /**
     * @see #toString(Query,IndexSchema)
     */
    public static void toString(Query query, IndexSchema schema, Appendable out, int flags) throws IOException {
        boolean writeBoost = true;

        if (query instanceof TermQuery) {
            TermQuery q = (TermQuery) query;
            Term t = q.getTerm();
            FieldType ft = writeFieldName(t.field(), schema, out, flags);
            writeFieldVal(t.bytes(), ft, out, flags);
        } else if (query instanceof TermRangeQuery) {
            TermRangeQuery q = (TermRangeQuery) query;
            String fname = q.getField();
            FieldType ft = writeFieldName(fname, schema, out, flags);
            out.append(q.includesLower() ? '[' : '{');
            BytesRef lt = q.getLowerTerm();
            BytesRef ut = q.getUpperTerm();
            if (lt == null) {
                out.append('*');
            } else {
                writeFieldVal(lt, ft, out, flags);
            }

            out.append(" TO ");

            if (ut == null) {
                out.append('*');
            } else {
                writeFieldVal(ut, ft, out, flags);
            }

            out.append(q.includesUpper() ? ']' : '}');
        } else if (query instanceof NumericRangeQuery) {
            NumericRangeQuery q = (NumericRangeQuery) query;
            String fname = q.getField();
            FieldType ft = writeFieldName(fname, schema, out, flags);
            out.append(q.includesMin() ? '[' : '{');
            Number lt = q.getMin();
            Number ut = q.getMax();
            if (lt == null) {
                out.append('*');
            } else {
                out.append(lt.toString());
            }

            out.append(" TO ");

            if (ut == null) {
                out.append('*');
            } else {
                out.append(ut.toString());
            }

            out.append(q.includesMax() ? ']' : '}');
        } else if (query instanceof BooleanQuery) {
            BooleanQuery q = (BooleanQuery) query;
            boolean needParens = false;

            if (q.getBoost() != 1.0 || q.getMinimumNumberShouldMatch() != 0 || q.isCoordDisabled()) {
                needParens = true;
            }
            if (needParens) {
                out.append('(');
            }
            boolean first = true;
            for (BooleanClause c : q.clauses()) {
                if (!first) {
                    out.append(' ');
                } else {
                    first = false;
                }

                if (c.isProhibited()) {
                    out.append('-');
                } else if (c.isRequired()) {
                    out.append('+');
                }
                Query subQuery = c.getQuery();
                boolean wrapQuery = false;

                // TODO: may need to put parens around other types
                // of queries too, depending on future syntax.
                if (subQuery instanceof BooleanQuery) {
                    wrapQuery = true;
                }

                if (wrapQuery) {
                    out.append('(');
                }

                toString(subQuery, schema, out, flags);

                if (wrapQuery) {
                    out.append(')');
                }
            }

            if (needParens) {
                out.append(')');
            }
            if (q.getMinimumNumberShouldMatch() > 0) {
                out.append('~');
                out.append(Integer.toString(q.getMinimumNumberShouldMatch()));
            }
            if (q.isCoordDisabled()) {
                out.append("/no_coord");
            }

        } else if (query instanceof PrefixQuery) {
            PrefixQuery q = (PrefixQuery) query;
            Term prefix = q.getPrefix();
            FieldType ft = writeFieldName(prefix.field(), schema, out, flags);
            out.append(prefix.text());
            out.append('*');
        } else if (query instanceof WildcardQuery) {
            out.append(query.toString());
            writeBoost = false;
        } else if (query instanceof FuzzyQuery) {
            out.append(query.toString());
            writeBoost = false;
        } else if (query instanceof ConstantScoreQuery) {
            out.append(query.toString());
            writeBoost = false;
        } else if (query instanceof WrappedQuery) {
            WrappedQuery q = (WrappedQuery) query;
            out.append(q.getOptions());
            toString(q.getWrappedQuery(), schema, out, flags);
            writeBoost = false; // we don't use the boost on wrapped queries
        } else {
            out.append(query.getClass().getSimpleName() + '(' + query.toString() + ')');
            writeBoost = false;
        }

        if (writeBoost && query.getBoost() != 1.0f) {
            out.append("^");
            out.append(Float.toString(query.getBoost()));
        }

    }

    /**
     * Formats a Query for debugging, using the IndexSchema to make
     * complex field types readable.
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * The benefit of using this method instead of calling
     * <code>Query.toString</code> directly is that it knows about the data
     * types of each field, so any field which is encoded in a particularly
     * complex way is still readable. The downside is that it only knows
     * about built in Query types, and will not be able to format custom
     * Query classes.
     * </p>
     */
    public static String toString(Query query, IndexSchema schema) {
        try {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            toString(query, schema, sb, 0);
            return sb.toString();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Simple class to help with parsing a string.
     * <b>Note: This API is experimental and may change in non backward-compatible ways in the future</b>
     */
    public static class StrParser {
        String val;
        int pos;
        int end;

        public StrParser(String val) {
            this(val, 0, val.length());
        }

        public StrParser(String val, int start, int end) {
            this.val = val;
            this.pos = start;
            this.end = end;
        }

        void eatws() {
            while (pos < end && Character.isWhitespace(val.charAt(pos)))
                pos++;
        }

        char ch() {
            return pos < end ? val.charAt(pos) : 0;
        }

        void skip(int nChars) {
            pos = Math.max(pos + nChars, end);
        }

        boolean opt(String s) {
            eatws();
            int slen = s.length();
            if (val.regionMatches(pos, s, 0, slen)) {
                pos += slen;
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        boolean opt(char ch) {
            eatws();
            if (pos < end && val.charAt(pos) == ch) {
                pos++;
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        void expect(String s) throws SyntaxError {
            eatws();
            int slen = s.length();
            if (val.regionMatches(pos, s, 0, slen)) {
                pos += slen;
            } else {
                throw new SyntaxError("Expected '" + s + "' at position " + pos + " in '" + val + "'");
            }
        }

        float getFloat() {
            eatws();
            char[] arr = new char[end - pos];
            int i;
            for (i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
                char ch = val.charAt(pos);
                if ((ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') || ch == '+' || ch == '-' || ch == '.' || ch == 'e' || ch == 'E') {
                    pos++;
                    arr[i] = ch;
                } else {
                    break;
                }
            }

            return Float.parseFloat(new String(arr, 0, i));
        }

        Number getNumber() {
            eatws();
            int start = pos;
            boolean flt = false;

            while (pos < end) {
                char ch = val.charAt(pos);
                if ((ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') || ch == '+' || ch == '-') {
                    pos++;
                } else if (ch == '.' || ch == 'e' || ch == 'E') {
                    flt = true;
                    pos++;
                } else {
                    break;
                }
            }

            String v = val.substring(start, pos);
            if (flt) {
                return Double.parseDouble(v);
            } else {
                return Long.parseLong(v);
            }
        }

        double getDouble() {
            eatws();
            char[] arr = new char[end - pos];
            int i;
            for (i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
                char ch = val.charAt(pos);
                if ((ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') || ch == '+' || ch == '-' || ch == '.' || ch == 'e' || ch == 'E') {
                    pos++;
                    arr[i] = ch;
                } else {
                    break;
                }
            }

            return Double.parseDouble(new String(arr, 0, i));
        }

        int getInt() {
            eatws();
            char[] arr = new char[end - pos];
            int i;
            for (i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
                char ch = val.charAt(pos);
                if ((ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') || ch == '+' || ch == '-') {
                    pos++;
                    arr[i] = ch;
                } else {
                    break;
                }
            }

            return Integer.parseInt(new String(arr, 0, i));
        }

        String getId() throws SyntaxError {
            return getId("Expected identifier");
        }

        String getId(String errMessage) throws SyntaxError {
            eatws();
            int id_start = pos;
            char ch;
            if (pos < end && (ch = val.charAt(pos)) != '$' && Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(ch)) {
                pos++;
                while (pos < end) {
                    ch = val.charAt(pos);
                    //          if (!Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(ch) && ch != '.' && ch != ':') {
                    if (!Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(ch) && ch != '.') {
                        break;
                    }
                    pos++;
                }
                return val.substring(id_start, pos);
            }

            if (errMessage != null) {
                throw new SyntaxError(errMessage + " at pos " + pos + " str='" + val + "'");
            }
            return null;
        }

        public String getGlobbedId(String errMessage) throws SyntaxError {
            eatws();
            int id_start = pos;
            char ch;
            if (pos < end && (ch = val.charAt(pos)) != '$'
                    && (Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(ch) || ch == '?' || ch == '*')) {
                pos++;
                while (pos < end) {
                    ch = val.charAt(pos);
                    if (!(Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(ch) || ch == '?' || ch == '*') && ch != '.') {
                        break;
                    }
                    pos++;
                }
                return val.substring(id_start, pos);
            }

            if (errMessage != null) {
                throw new SyntaxError(errMessage + " at pos " + pos + " str='" + val + "'");
            }
            return null;
        }

        /**
         * Skips leading whitespace and returns whatever sequence of non 
         * whitespace it can find (or hte empty string)
         */
        String getSimpleString() {
            eatws();
            int startPos = pos;
            char ch;
            while (pos < end) {
                ch = val.charAt(pos);
                if (Character.isWhitespace(ch))
                    break;
                pos++;
            }
            return val.substring(startPos, pos);
        }

        /**
         * Sort direction or null if current position does not indicate a 
         * sort direction. (True is desc, False is asc).  
         * Position is advanced to after the comma (or end) when result is non null 
         */
        Boolean getSortDirection() throws SyntaxError {
            final int startPos = pos;
            final String order = getId(null);

            Boolean top = null;

            if (null != order) {
                final String orderLowerCase = order.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
                if ("desc".equals(orderLowerCase) || "top".equals(orderLowerCase)) {
                    top = true;
                } else if ("asc".equals(orderLowerCase) || "bottom".equals(orderLowerCase)) {
                    top = false;
                }

                // it's not a legal direction if more stuff comes after it
                eatws();
                final char c = ch();
                if (0 == c) {
                    // :NOOP
                } else if (',' == c) {
                    pos++;
                } else {
                    top = null;
                }
            }

            if (null == top)
                pos = startPos; // no direction, reset
            return top;
        }

        // return null if not a string
        String getQuotedString() throws SyntaxError {
            eatws();
            char delim = peekChar();
            if (!(delim == '\"' || delim == '\'')) {
                return null;
            }
            int val_start = ++pos;
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); // needed for escaping
            for (;;) {
                if (pos >= end) {
                    throw new SyntaxError(
                            "Missing end quote for string at pos " + (val_start - 1) + " str='" + val + "'");
                }
                char ch = val.charAt(pos);
                if (ch == '\\') {
                    pos++;
                    if (pos >= end)
                        break;
                    ch = val.charAt(pos);
                    switch (ch) {
                    case 'n':
                        ch = '\n';
                        break;
                    case 't':
                        ch = '\t';
                        break;
                    case 'r':
                        ch = '\r';
                        break;
                    case 'b':
                        ch = '\b';
                        break;
                    case 'f':
                        ch = '\f';
                        break;
                    case 'u':
                        if (pos + 4 >= end) {
                            throw new SyntaxError(
                                    "bad unicode escape \\uxxxx at pos" + (val_start - 1) + " str='" + val + "'");
                        }
                        ch = (char) Integer.parseInt(val.substring(pos + 1, pos + 5), 16);
                        pos += 4;
                        break;
                    }
                } else if (ch == delim) {
                    pos++; // skip over the quote
                    break;
                }
                sb.append(ch);
                pos++;
            }

            return sb.toString();
        }

        // next non-whitespace char
        char peek() {
            eatws();
            return pos < end ? val.charAt(pos) : 0;
        }

        // next char
        char peekChar() {
            return pos < end ? val.charAt(pos) : 0;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return "'" + val + "'" + ", pos=" + pos;
        }

    }

    /**
     * Builds a list of String which are stringified versions of a list of Queries
     */
    public static List<String> toString(List<Query> queries, IndexSchema schema) {
        List<String> out = new ArrayList<String>(queries.size());
        for (Query q : queries) {
            out.add(QueryParsing.toString(q, schema));
        }
        return out;
    }

}