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+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2014 Carsten Brandt
+ * @license https://github.com/cebe/markdown/blob/master/LICENSE
+ * @link https://github.com/cebe/markdown#readme
+ */
+
+namespace cebe\markdown\block;
+
+/**
+ * Adds the block quote elements
+ */
+trait QuoteTrait
+{
+ /**
+ * identify a line as the beginning of a block quote.
+ */
+ protected function identifyQuote($line)
+ {
+ return $line[0] === '>' && (!isset($line[1]) || ($l1 = $line[1]) === ' ' || $l1 === "\t");
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Consume lines for a blockquote element
+ */
+ protected function consumeQuote($lines, $current)
+ {
+ // consume until newline
+ $content = [];
+ for ($i = $current, $count = count($lines); $i < $count; $i++) {
+ $line = $lines[$i];
+ if (ltrim($line) !== '') {
+ if ($line[0] == '>' && !isset($line[1])) {
+ $line = '';
+ } elseif (strncmp($line, '> ', 2) === 0) {
+ $line = substr($line, 2);
+ }
+ $content[] = $line;
+ } else {
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ $block = [
+ 'quote',
+ 'content' => $this->parseBlocks($content),
+ 'simple' => true,
+ ];
+ return [$block, $i];
+ }
+
+
+ /**
+ * Renders a blockquote
+ */
+ protected function renderQuote($block)
+ {
+ return '<blockquote>' . $this->renderAbsy($block['content']) . "</blockquote>\n";
+ }
+
+ abstract protected function parseBlocks($lines);
+ abstract protected function renderAbsy($absy);
+}