Simplify wildcard handling

src/ui/public/kuery/ast/ast.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { nodeTypes } from '../node_types/index';
 
 const legacyKueryParser = PEG.buildParser(legacyKueryGrammar);
 const kueryParser = PEG.buildParser(kueryGrammar, {
-  allowedStartRules: ['start', 'Literal'],
+  allowedStartRules: ['start', 'Literal', 'WildcardString'],
 });
 
 export function fromLiteralExpression(expression, parseOptions) {
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ export function fromLiteralExpression(expression, parseOptions) {
   return fromExpression(expression, parseOptions, kueryParser);
 }
 
+export function fromWildcardExpression(expression, parseOptions) {
+  parseOptions = {
+    ...parseOptions,
+    startRule: 'WildcardString',
+  };
+
+  return fromExpression(expression, parseOptions, kueryParser);
+}
+
 export function fromLegacyKueryExpression(expression, parseOptions) {
   return fromExpression(expression, parseOptions, legacyKueryParser);
 }

src/ui/public/kuery/ast/index.js

@@ -1 +1 @@
-export { fromLegacyKueryExpression, fromKueryExpression, fromLiteralExpression, toElasticsearchQuery } from './ast';
+export * from './ast';

src/ui/public/kuery/ast/kuery.peg

@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@
   const buildLiteralNode = nodeTypes.literal.buildNode;
   const buildWildcardNode = nodeTypes.wildcard.buildNode;
   const buildNamedArgNode = nodeTypes.namedArg.buildNode;
-
-  function trimLeft(string) {
-    return string.replace(/^[\s\uFEFF\xA0]+/g, '');
-  }
-
-  function trimRight(string) {
-    return string.replace(/[\s\uFEFF\xA0]+$/g, '');
-  }
 }
 
 start
@@ -161,10 +153,6 @@ Value
     const isPhrase = buildLiteralNode(true);
     return (field) => buildFunctionNode('is', [field, value, isPhrase]);
   }
-  / value:WildcardString {
-    const isPhrase = buildLiteralNode(false);
-    return (field) => buildFunctionNode('is', [field, value, isPhrase]);
-  }
   / value:UnquotedLiteral {
     if (value.type === 'cursor') return value;
     const isPhrase = buildLiteralNode(false);
@@ -181,7 +169,7 @@ Not
   = 'not'i Space+
 
 Literal
-  = QuotedString / WildcardString / UnquotedLiteral
+  = QuotedString / UnquotedLiteral
 
 QuotedString
   = '"' prefix:QuotedCharacter* cursor:Cursor suffix:QuotedCharacter* '"' {
@@ -203,25 +191,19 @@ QuotedCharacter
 
 WildcardString
   = sequences:WildcardSequence+ {
-    const compactedSequences = sequences.reduce((acc, arr, i) => {
-      const compacted = arr.filter(value => value !== '');
-      return [...acc, ...compacted];
-    }, []);
-    if (typeof compactedSequences[0] === 'string') {
-      compactedSequences[0] = trimLeft(compactedSequences[0]);
-    }
-    const lastIndex = compactedSequences.length - 1;
-    if (typeof compactedSequences[lastIndex] === 'string') {
-      compactedSequences[lastIndex] = trimRight(compactedSequences[lastIndex]);
-    }
-    return buildWildcardNode(compactedSequences);
+    return sequences.reduce((acc, arr) => [...acc, ...arr]);
   }
 
 WildcardSequence
-  = left:UnquotedCharacter* '*' right:UnquotedCharacter* {
-    return [left.join(''), nodeTypes.wildcard.wildcardSymbol, right.join('')];
+  = left:WildcardCharacter* '*' right:WildcardCharacter* {
+    const sequences = [left.join(''), nodeTypes.wildcard.wildcardSymbol, right.join('')];
+    return sequences.filter(value => value !== '');
   }
 
+WildcardCharacter
+  = EscapedWildcard
+  / !'*' char:UnquotedCharacter { return char; }
+
 UnquotedLiteral
   = prefix:UnquotedCharacter* cursor:Cursor suffix:UnquotedCharacter* {
     const { start, end } = location();
@@ -238,13 +220,18 @@ UnquotedLiteral
     if (sequence === 'null') return buildLiteralNode(null);
     if (sequence === 'true') return buildLiteralNode(true);
     if (sequence === 'false') return buildLiteralNode(false);
-    const number = Number(sequence);
-    const value = isNaN(number) ? sequence : number;
-    return buildLiteralNode(value);
+    try {
+      return buildWildcardNode(sequence);
+    } catch (e) {
+      const number = Number(sequence);
+      const value = isNaN(number) ? sequence : number;
+      return buildLiteralNode(value);
+    }
   }
 
 UnquotedCharacter
   = EscapedSpecialCharacter
+  / EscapedWildcard
   / !Cursor !Separator char:. { return char; }
 
 OptionalSpace
@@ -263,6 +250,9 @@ OptionalSpace
 EscapedSpecialCharacter
   = '\\' char:SpecialCharacter { return char; }
 
+EscapedWildcard
+  = '\\' char:'*' { return char; }
+
 EscapedDoubleQuote
   = '\\' char:'"' { return char; }
 
@@ -273,7 +263,7 @@ Keyword
   = Or / And / Not
 
 SpecialCharacter
-  = [\\():<>"*]
+  = [\\():<>"]
 
 RangeOperator
   = '<=' { return 'lte'; }

src/ui/public/kuery/node_types/wildcard.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { fromLiteralExpression } from '../ast/ast';
+import { fromWildcardExpression } from '../ast/ast';
 
 export const wildcardSymbol = Symbol('*');
 
@@ -13,13 +13,9 @@ function escapeQueryString(string) {
 }
 
 export function buildNode(value) {
-  if (typeof value === 'string') {
-    return fromLiteralExpression(value);
-  }
-
   return {
     type: 'wildcard',
-    value,
+    value: fromWildcardExpression(value)
   };
 }