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+export class BBCodeParser {
+    token_match: any = /{[A-Z_]+[0-9]*}/ig;
+
+    // regular expressions for the different bbcode tokens
+    tokens: any = {
+        URL: '((?:(?:[a-z][a-z\\d+\\-.]*:\\/{2}(?:(?:[a-z0-9\\-._~\\!$&\'*+,;=:@|]+|%[\\dA-F]{2})+|[0-9.]+|\\[[a-z0-9.]+:[a-z0-9.]+:[a-z0-9.:]+\\])(?::\\d*)?(?:\\/(?:[a-z0-9\\-._~\\!$&\'*+,;=:@|]+|%[\\dA-F]{2})*)*(?:\\?(?:[a-z0-9\\-._~\\!$&\'*+,;=:@\\/?|]+|%[\\dA-F]{2})*)?(?:#(?:[a-z0-9\\-._~\\!$&\'*+,;=:@\\/?|]+|%[\\dA-F]{2})*)?)|(?:www\\.(?:[a-z0-9\\-._~\\!$&\'*+,;=:@|]+|%[\\dA-F]{2})+(?::\\d*)?(?:\\/(?:[a-z0-9\\-._~\\!$&\'*+,;=:@|]+|%[\\dA-F]{2})*)*(?:\\?(?:[a-z0-9\\-._~\\!$&\'*+,;=:@\\/?|]+|%[\\dA-F]{2})*)?(?:#(?:[a-z0-9\\-._~\\!$&\'*+,;=:@\\/?|]+|%[\\dA-F]{2})*)?)))',
+        LINK: '([a-z0-9\-\./]+[^"\' ]*)',
+        TEXT: '([\\S\\s]*?)'
+    };
+
+    bbcode_matches: any[] = [];        // matches for bbcode to html
+
+    html_tpls: any[] = [];             // html templates for html to bbcode
+
+    html_matches: any[] = [];          // matches for html to bbcode
+
+    bbcode_tpls: any[] = [];           // bbcode templates for bbcode to html
+
+    constructor() {
+        this.addBBCode('\n', '<br>');
+        this.addBBCode('[b]{TEXT}[/b]', '<b>{TEXT}</b>');
+        this.addBBCode('[i]{TEXT}[/i]', '<i>{TEXT}</i>');
+        this.addBBCode('[u]{TEXT}[/u]', '<u>{TEXT}</u>');
+        this.addBBCode('[code]{TEXT}[/code]', '<pre>{TEXT}</pre>');
+        this.addBBCode('[url={URL}]{TEXT}[/url]', '<a href="{URL}" title="link" target="_blank">{TEXT}</a>');
+        this.addBBCode('[url]{URL}[/url]', '<a href="{URL}" title="link" target="_blank">{URL}</a>');
+        this.addBBCode('[url={LINK}]{TEXT}[/url]', '<a href="{LINK}" title="link" target="_blank">{TEXT}</a>');
+        this.addBBCode('[url]{LINK}[/url]', '<a href="{LINK}" title="link" target="_blank">{LINK}</a>');
+        this.addBBCode('[img]{URL}[/img]', '<img src="{URL}">');
+        this.addBBCode('[img]{LINK}[/img]', '<img src="{LINK}">');
+        this.addBBCode('[quote]{TEXT}[/quote]', '<blockquote>{TEXT}</blockquote>');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Turns a bbcode into a regular rexpression by changing the tokens into
+     * their regex form
+     */
+    private _getRegEx(str: string) {
+        var matches = str.match(this.token_match);
+        var nrmatches = matches === null ? 0 :  matches.length;
+        var i = 0;
+        var replacement = '';
+
+        if (nrmatches <= 0) {
+            return new RegExp(this.preg_quote(str), 'g');        // no tokens so return the escaped string
+        }
+
+        for (; i < nrmatches; i += 1) {
+            // Remove {, } and numbers from the token so it can match the
+            // keys in tokens
+            var token = matches[i].replace(/[{}0-9]/g, '');
+
+            if (this.tokens[token]) {
+                // Escape everything before the token
+                replacement += this.preg_quote(str.substr(0, str.indexOf(matches[i]))) + this.tokens[token];
+
+                // Remove everything before the end of the token so it can be used
+                // with the next token. Doing this so that parts can be escaped
+                str = str.substr(str.indexOf(matches[i]) + matches[i].length);
+            }
+        }
+
+        replacement += this.preg_quote(str);      // add whatever is left to the string
+
+        return new RegExp(replacement, 'gi');
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Turns a bbcode template into the replacement form used in regular expressions
+     * by turning the tokens in $1, $2, etc.
+     */
+    private _getTpls(str: string) {
+        var matches = str.match(this.token_match);
+        var nrmatches = matches === null ? 0 :  matches.length;
+        var i = 0;
+        var replacement = '';
+        var positions = {};
+        var next_position = 0;
+
+        if (nrmatches <= 0) {
+            return str;       // no tokens so return the string
+        }
+
+        for (; i < nrmatches; i += 1) {
+            // Remove {, } and numbers from the token so it can match the
+            // keys in tokens
+            var token = matches[i].replace(/[{}0-9]/g, '');
+            var position;
+
+            // figure out what $# to use ($1, $2)
+            if (positions[matches[i]]) {
+                position = positions[matches[i]];         // if the token already has a position then use that
+            } else {
+                // token doesn't have a position so increment the next position
+                // and record this token's position
+                next_position += 1;
+                position = next_position;
+                positions[matches[i]] = position;
+            }
+
+            if (this.tokens[token]) {
+                replacement += str.substr(0, str.indexOf(matches[i])) + '$' + position;
+                str = str.substr(str.indexOf(matches[i]) + matches[i].length);
+            }
+        }
+
+        replacement += str;
+
+        return replacement;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a bbcode to the list
+     */
+    private addBBCode(bbcode_match: any, bbcode_tpl: any) {
+        // add the regular expressions and templates for bbcode to html
+        this.bbcode_matches.push(this._getRegEx(bbcode_match));
+        this.html_tpls.push(this._getTpls(bbcode_tpl));
+
+        // add the regular expressions and templates for html to bbcode
+        this.html_matches.push(this._getRegEx(bbcode_tpl));
+        this.bbcode_tpls.push(this._getTpls(bbcode_match));
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Turns all of the added bbcodes into html
+     */
+    public bbcodeToHtml(str: string) {
+        var nrbbcmatches = this.bbcode_matches.length;
+        var i = 0;
+
+        for (; i < nrbbcmatches; i += 1) {
+            str = str.replace(this.bbcode_matches[i], this.html_tpls[i]);
+        }
+
+        return str;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Turns html into bbcode
+     */
+    public htmlToBBCode(str: string) {
+        var nrhtmlmatches = this.html_matches.length;
+        var i = 0;
+
+        for (; i < nrhtmlmatches; i += 1) {
+            str = str.replace(this.html_matches[i], this.bbcode_tpls[i]);
+        }
+
+        return str;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Quote regular expression characters plus an optional character
+     * taken from phpjs.org
+     */
+    private preg_quote(str: string, delimiter: string = null) {
+        return (str + '').replace(new RegExp('[.\\\\+*?\\[\\^\\]$(){}=!<>|:\\' + (delimiter || '') + '-]', 'g'), '\\$&');
+    }
+}