Preserve case to support angular directive attributes

[squaretabledev]

We are trying to parse multiple angular html template files in order to quickly extract translatable
content. The directives for example "*ngIf", "*ngFor" are transformed to "*ngif" and "*ngfor" and then
the template is broken after save.

Would it be possible to extend or modify the parser so that the attribute case remains unchanged.

It seems that I might be able to do this using a CustomHtmlMarkupFormatter and overriding the
Attribute behavior.

Is this correct?

The other issue I have is if I do AddAttribute with a "*ngIf", the method complains that the * is a invalid
character. I have a hacky way to get around this but is there possibly a more elegant way to solve this?

[FlorianRappl]

Would it be possible to extend or modify the parser so that the attribute case remains unchanged.

The parser follows the spec - and the spec normalizes attributes. This is the same behavior the browser shows.

It seems that I might be able to do this using a CustomHtmlMarkupFormatter and overriding the
Attribute behavior.

The formatter only formats. It does not parse. It cannot infer what the original name was. Maybe its enough for you - then yes, but from the first paragraph I thought you already want to change the parsing perspective.

[squaretabledev]

Hi thanks for getting back to me so quickly. You are correct. I need to parse from the original so the MarkupFormatter will not work for me unless I take every possible directive and fix the case but not all directives are known in advance.

I am assuming there are no extension points to the parser like there are for the MarkupFormatter?

[FlorianRappl]

I am assuming there are no extension points to the parser like there are for the MarkupFormatter?

Yeah - at least not as with the IMarkupFormatter. There are, however, various points of configuration (see the parser options). Maybe we could add something here.

[FlorianRappl]

Landed in devel.