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+'use strict';
+
+const Utilities = require('../utilities');
+
+/**
+ * Token formatter. Given a format string it will attempt to output
+ * a message.
+ *
+ * @memberof Formatters
+ * @implements IFormatter
+ * @class Token
+ */
+module.exports = class TokenFormatter {
+ constructor(config) {
+
+ /**
+ * The string to use as a template string. By default, any property
+ * inside double curly braces `{{likeThis}}` will be extracted from
+ * the object and replaced. If the object does not contain the
+ * property, it will leave it.
+ *
+ * @name formatString
+ * @instance
+ * @memberof Formatters.Token
+ * @type String
+ * @default '{{message}}'
+ */
+ this.formatString = '{{message}}';
+
+ /**
+ * The regex rule to use to match the tokens.
+ *
+ * @name replaceRule
+ * @instance
+ * @memberof Formatters.Token
+ * @type RegExp
+ * @default /{{(.*)}}/g
+ */
+ this.replaceRule = /{{(.*?)}}/g;
+
+ /**
+ * Flag that specifies whether or not to use an isoDate when using
+ * `_timestamp`. If false it will output the raw timestamp.
+ *
+ * @name isoDate
+ * @instance
+ * @memberof Formatters.Token
+ * @type Boolean
+ * @default true
+ */
+ this.isoDate = true;
+
+ this._ansiRe = /_ansi:.+/;
+
+ Object.assign(this, config || {});
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Main entry point, it will read the incoming log object and convert
+ * all the tokens to their corresponding representation, finally
+ * returning the string.
+ *
+ * @function format
+ * @instance
+ * @memberof Formatters.Token
+ * @param {tCologneLog} log the log to format
+ * @return {String} the formatted object
+ */
+ format(log) {
+
+ const escapeCode = String.fromCharCode(27);
+ return this.formatString.replace(this.replaceRule, (match, token) => {
+
+ if (token === '_timestamp' && this.isoDate) {
+ const date = new Date(Number(log._timestamp) / 1000000);
+ return date.toISOString();
+ }
+
+ if (token.match(this._ansiRe)) {
+ const ansiType = token.split(':')[1];
+
+ // Smartish coloring
+ if (ansiType === '_level') {
+ return escapeCode + Utilities.getAnsiCode(Utilities.getLevelAnsi(log._level));
+ }
+
+ return escapeCode + Utilities.getAnsiCode(ansiType);
+ }
+
+ return log[token] || match;
+ });
+ }
+};