Source: interpolation.js

const errors = require('./errors');

/**
 * Regular Expression to match placeholders.
 * @type {RegExp}
 * @private
 */
const PLACEHOLDER = new RegExp(/%\(([\w-]+)\)s/);

/**
 * Maximum recursion depth for parseValue
 * @type {number}
 */
const MAXIMUM_INTERPOLATION_DEPTH = 50;

/**
 * Recursively parses a string and replaces the placeholder ( %(key)s )
 * with the value the key points to.
 * @param {ParserConfig} parser - Parser Config Object
 * @param {string} section - Section Name
 * @param {string} key - Key Name
 */
function interpolate(parser, section, key) {
    return interpolateRecurse(parser, section, key, 1);
}

/**
 * Interpolate Recurse
 * @param parser
 * @param section
 * @param key
 * @param depth
 * @private
 */
function interpolateRecurse(parser, section, key, depth) {
    let value = parser.get(section, key, true);
    if(depth > MAXIMUM_INTERPOLATION_DEPTH){
        throw new errors.MaximumInterpolationDepthError(section, key, value, MAXIMUM_INTERPOLATION_DEPTH);
    }
    let res = PLACEHOLDER.exec(value);
    while(res !== null){
        const placeholder = res[1];
        const rep = interpolateRecurse(parser, section, placeholder, depth + 1);
        // replace %(key)s with the returned value next
        value = value.substr(0, res.index) + rep +
            value.substr(res.index + res[0].length);
        // get next placeholder
        res = PLACEHOLDER.exec(value);
    }
    return value;
}

module.exports = {
    interpolate,
    MAXIMUM_INTERPOLATION_DEPTH
};