/**
* Removes comments from the specified string and returns the first characters of a query.
*
* @param qu query string
* @param max maximum length of string to return
* @return result
*/
public static String removeComments(final String qu, final int max) {
final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
int m = 0;
boolean s = false;
final int cl = qu.length();
for (int c = 0; c < cl && sb.length() < max; ++c) {
final char ch = qu.charAt(c);
if (ch == 0x0d) continue;
if (ch == '(' && c + 1 < cl && qu.charAt(c + 1) == ':') {
if (m == 0 && !s) {
sb.append(' ');
s = true;
}
++m;
++c;
} else if (m != 0 && ch == ':' && c + 1 < cl && qu.charAt(c + 1) == ')') {
--m;
++c;
} else if (m == 0) {
if (ch > ' ') sb.append(ch);
else if (!s) sb.append(' ');
s = ch <= ' ';
}
}
if (sb.length() >= max) sb.append("...");
return sb.toString().trim();
}
@Override
public final String toString() {
final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
if (root != null) sb.append(root);
for (final Expr s : steps) {
if (sb.length() != 0) sb.append(s instanceof Bang ? " ! " : "/");
sb.append(s);
}
return sb.toString();
}