Given a string representing a code snippet, you need to implement a tag validator to parse the code and return whether it is valid. A code snippet is valid if all the following rules hold:
<TAG_NAME>TAG_CONTENT</TAG_NAME>
.
Among them, <TAG_NAME>
is the start tag, and
</TAG_NAME>
is the end tag. The TAG_NAME in start and end tags should
be the same. A closed tag is valid if and only if the TAG_NAME and TAG_CONTENT
are valid.
TAG_NAME
only contain upper-case letters, and has
length in range [1,9]. Otherwise, the TAG_NAME
is invalid.
TAG_CONTENT
may contain other valid closed tags, cdata
and any characters (see note1) EXCEPT unmatched <
, unmatched
start and end tag, and unmatched or closed tags with invalid TAG_NAME. Otherwise, the
TAG_CONTENT
is invalid.
<
is unmatched if you cannot find a subsequent >
. And
when you find a <
or </
, all the subsequent characters
until the next >
should be parsed as TAG_NAME (not necessarily valid).
<![CDATA[CDATA_CONTENT]]>
. The
range of CDATA_CONTENT
is defined as the characters between <![CDATA[
and the first subsequent ]]>
.
CDATA_CONTENT
may contain any characters. The function of cdata is
to forbid the validator to parse CDATA_CONTENT
, so even it has some
characters that can be parsed as tag (no matter valid or invalid), you should treat it
as regular characters.
Valid Code Examples:
Input: "<DIV>This is the first line <![CDATA[<div>]]></DIV>"
Output: True
Explanation:
The code is wrapped in a closed tag : <DIV> and </DIV>.
The TAG_NAME is valid, the TAG_CONTENT consists of some characters and cdata.
Although CDATA_CONTENT has unmatched start tag with invalid TAG_NAME, it should be considered as plain text, not parsed as tag.
So TAG_CONTENT is valid, and then the code is valid. Thus return true.
Input: "<DIV>>> ![cdata[]] <![CDATA[<div>]>]]>]]>>]</DIV>"
Output: True
Explanation:
We first separate the code into : start_tag|tag_content|end_tag.
start_tag -> "<DIV>"
end_tag -> "</DIV>"
tag_content could also be separated into : text1|cdata|text2.
text1 -> ">> ![cdata[]] "
cdata -> "<![CDATA[<div>]>]]>", where the CDATA_CONTENT is "<div>]>"
text2 -> "]]>>]"
The reason why start_tag is NOT "<DIV>>>" is because of the rule 6. The reason why cdata is NOT "<![CDATA[<div>]>]]>]]>" is because of the rule 7.
Invalid Code Examples:
Input: "<A> <B> </A> </B>" Output: False Explanation: Unbalanced. If "<A>" is closed, then "<B>" must be unmatched, and vice versa. Input: "<DIV> div tag is not closed <DIV>" Output: False Input: "<DIV> unmatched < </DIV>" Output: False Input: "<DIV> closed tags with invalid tag name <b>123</b> </DIV>" Output: False Input: "<DIV> unmatched tags with invalid tag name </1234567890> and <CDATA[[]]> </DIV>" Output: False Input: "<DIV> unmatched start tag <B> and unmatched end tag </C> </DIV>" Output: False
Note:
letters
, digits
,
'<'
,'>'
,'/'
,'!'
,'['
,']'
and ' '
.