diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 netwerk/dns/prepare_tlds.py
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+++ b/netwerk/dns/prepare_tlds.py	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+import codecs
+import encodings.idna
+import re
+import sys
+
+"""
+Processes a file containing effective TLD data.  See the following URL for a
+description of effective TLDs and of the file format that this script
+processes (although for the latter you're better off just reading this file's
+short source code).
+
+http://wiki.mozilla.org/Gecko:Effective_TLD_Service
+"""
+
+def getEffectiveTLDs(path):
+  file = codecs.open(path, "r", "UTF-8")
+  domains = set()
+  while True:
+    line = file.readline()
+    # line always contains a line terminator unless the file is empty
+    if len(line) == 0:
+      raise StopIteration
+    line = line.rstrip()
+    # comment, empty, or superfluous line for explicitness purposes
+    if line.startswith("//") or "." not in line:
+      continue
+    line = re.split(r"[ \t\n]", line, 1)[0]
+    entry = EffectiveTLDEntry(line)
+    domain = entry.domain()
+    assert domain not in domains, \
+           "repeating domain %s makes no sense" % domain
+    domains.add(domain)
+    yield entry
+
+def _normalizeHostname(domain):
+  """
+  Normalizes the given domain, component by component.  ASCII components are
+  lowercased, while non-ASCII components are processed using the ToASCII
+  algorithm.
+  """
+  def convertLabel(label):
+    if _isASCII(label):
+      return label.lower()
+    return encodings.idna.ToASCII(label)
+  return ".".join(map(convertLabel, domain.split(".")))
+
+def _isASCII(s):
+  "True if s consists entirely of ASCII characters, false otherwise."
+  for c in s:
+    if ord(c) > 127:
+      return False
+  return True
+
+class EffectiveTLDEntry:
+  """
+  Stores an entry in an effective-TLD name file.
+  """
+
+  _exception = False
+  _wild = False
+
+  def __init__(self, line):
+    """
+    Creates a TLD entry from a line of data, which must have been stripped of
+    the line ending.
+    """
+    if line.startswith("!"):
+      self._exception = True
+      domain = line[1:]
+    elif line.startswith("*."):
+      self._wild = True
+      domain = line[2:]
+    else:
+      domain = line
+    self._domain = _normalizeHostname(domain)
+
+  def domain(self):
+    "The domain this represents."
+    return self._domain
+
+  def exception(self):
+    "True if this entry's domain denotes does not denote an effective TLD."
+    return self._exception
+
+  def wild(self):
+    "True if this entry represents a class of effective TLDs."
+    return self._wild
+
+
+#################
+# DO EVERYTHING #
+#################
+
+def main():
+  """
+  argv[1] is the effective TLD file to parse.
+  A C++ array of { domain, exception, wild } entries representing the
+  eTLD file is then printed to stdout.
+  """
+
+  def boolStr(b):
+    if b:
+      return "true"
+    return "false"
+
+  for etld in getEffectiveTLDs(sys.argv[1]):
+    exception = boolStr(etld.exception())
+    wild = boolStr(etld.wild())
+    print 'ETLD_ENTRY("%s", %s, %s)' % (etld.domain(), exception, wild)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main()