jekyll 4.0.1 → 4.2.1

data/lib/jekyll/filters.rb

@@ -1,454 +1,535 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require_all "jekyll/filters"
-
-module Jekyll
-  module Filters
-    include URLFilters
-    include GroupingFilters
-    include DateFilters
-
-    # Convert a Markdown string into HTML output.
-    #
-    # input - The Markdown String to convert.
-    #
-    # Returns the HTML formatted String.
-    def markdownify(input)
-      @context.registers[:site].find_converter_instance(
-        Jekyll::Converters::Markdown
-      ).convert(input.to_s)
-    end
-
-    # Convert quotes into smart quotes.
-    #
-    # input - The String to convert.
-    #
-    # Returns the smart-quotified String.
-    def smartify(input)
-      @context.registers[:site].find_converter_instance(
-        Jekyll::Converters::SmartyPants
-      ).convert(input.to_s)
-    end
-
-    # Convert a Sass string into CSS output.
-    #
-    # input - The Sass String to convert.
-    #
-    # Returns the CSS formatted String.
-    def sassify(input)
-      @context.registers[:site].find_converter_instance(
-        Jekyll::Converters::Sass
-      ).convert(input)
-    end
-
-    # Convert a Scss string into CSS output.
-    #
-    # input - The Scss String to convert.
-    #
-    # Returns the CSS formatted String.
-    def scssify(input)
-      @context.registers[:site].find_converter_instance(
-        Jekyll::Converters::Scss
-      ).convert(input)
-    end
-
-    # Slugify a filename or title.
-    #
-    # input - The filename or title to slugify.
-    # mode - how string is slugified
-    #
-    # Returns the given filename or title as a lowercase URL String.
-    # See Utils.slugify for more detail.
-    def slugify(input, mode = nil)
-      Utils.slugify(input, :mode => mode)
-    end
-
-    # XML escape a string for use. Replaces any special characters with
-    # appropriate HTML entity replacements.
-    #
-    # input - The String to escape.
-    #
-    # Examples
-    #
-    #   xml_escape('foo "bar" <baz>')
-    #   # => "foo &quot;bar&quot; &lt;baz&gt;"
-    #
-    # Returns the escaped String.
-    def xml_escape(input)
-      input.to_s.encode(:xml => :attr).gsub(%r!\A"|"\Z!, "")
-    end
-
-    # CGI escape a string for use in a URL. Replaces any special characters
-    # with appropriate %XX replacements.
-    #
-    # input - The String to escape.
-    #
-    # Examples
-    #
-    #   cgi_escape('foo,bar;baz?')
-    #   # => "foo%2Cbar%3Bbaz%3F"
-    #
-    # Returns the escaped String.
-    def cgi_escape(input)
-      CGI.escape(input)
-    end
-
-    # URI escape a string.
-    #
-    # input - The String to escape.
-    #
-    # Examples
-    #
-    #   uri_escape('foo, bar \\baz?')
-    #   # => "foo,%20bar%20%5Cbaz?"
-    #
-    # Returns the escaped String.
-    def uri_escape(input)
-      Addressable::URI.normalize_component(input)
-    end
-
-    # Replace any whitespace in the input string with a single space
-    #
-    # input - The String on which to operate.
-    #
-    # Returns the formatted String
-    def normalize_whitespace(input)
-      input.to_s.gsub(%r!\s+!, " ").strip
-    end
-
-    # Count the number of words in the input string.
-    #
-    # input - The String on which to operate.
-    #
-    # Returns the Integer word count.
-    def number_of_words(input)
-      input.split.length
-    end
-
-    # Join an array of things into a string by separating with commas and the
-    # word "and" for the last one.
-    #
-    # array - The Array of Strings to join.
-    # connector - Word used to connect the last 2 items in the array
-    #
-    # Examples
-    #
-    #   array_to_sentence_string(["apples", "oranges", "grapes"])
-    #   # => "apples, oranges, and grapes"
-    #
-    # Returns the formatted String.
-    def array_to_sentence_string(array, connector = "and")
-      case array.length
-      when 0
-        ""
-      when 1
-        array[0].to_s
-      when 2
-        "#{array[0]} #{connector} #{array[1]}"
-      else
-        "#{array[0...-1].join(", ")}, #{connector} #{array[-1]}"
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Convert the input into json string
-    #
-    # input - The Array or Hash to be converted
-    #
-    # Returns the converted json string
-    def jsonify(input)
-      as_liquid(input).to_json
-    end
-
-    # Filter an array of objects
-    #
-    # input    - the object array.
-    # property - the property within each object to filter by.
-    # value    - the desired value.
-    #            Cannot be an instance of Array nor Hash since calling #to_s on them returns
-    #            their `#inspect` string object.
-    #
-    # Returns the filtered array of objects
-    def where(input, property, value)
-      return input if !property || value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(Hash)
-      return input unless input.respond_to?(:select)
-
-      input    = input.values if input.is_a?(Hash)
-      input_id = input.hash
-
-      # implement a hash based on method parameters to cache the end-result
-      # for given parameters.
-      @where_filter_cache ||= {}
-      @where_filter_cache[input_id] ||= {}
-      @where_filter_cache[input_id][property] ||= {}
-
-      # stash or retrive results to return
-      @where_filter_cache[input_id][property][value] ||= begin
-        input.select do |object|
-          compare_property_vs_target(item_property(object, property), value)
-        end.to_a
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Filters an array of objects against an expression
-    #
-    # input - the object array
-    # variable - the variable to assign each item to in the expression
-    # expression - a Liquid comparison expression passed in as a string
-    #
-    # Returns the filtered array of objects
-    def where_exp(input, variable, expression)
-      return input unless input.respond_to?(:select)
-
-      input = input.values if input.is_a?(Hash) # FIXME
-
-      condition = parse_condition(expression)
-      @context.stack do
-        input.select do |object|
-          @context[variable] = object
-          condition.evaluate(@context)
-        end
-      end || []
-    end
-
-    # Convert the input into integer
-    #
-    # input - the object string
-    #
-    # Returns the integer value
-    def to_integer(input)
-      return 1 if input == true
-      return 0 if input == false
-
-      input.to_i
-    end
-
-    # Sort an array of objects
-    #
-    # input - the object array
-    # property - property within each object to filter by
-    # nils ('first' | 'last') - nils appear before or after non-nil values
-    #
-    # Returns the filtered array of objects
-    def sort(input, property = nil, nils = "first")
-      raise ArgumentError, "Cannot sort a null object." if input.nil?
-
-      if property.nil?
-        input.sort
-      else
-        if nils == "first"
-          order = - 1
-        elsif nils == "last"
-          order = + 1
-        else
-          raise ArgumentError, "Invalid nils order: " \
-            "'#{nils}' is not a valid nils order. It must be 'first' or 'last'."
-        end
-
-        sort_input(input, property, order)
-      end
-    end
-
-    def pop(array, num = 1)
-      return array unless array.is_a?(Array)
-
-      num = Liquid::Utils.to_integer(num)
-      new_ary = array.dup
-      new_ary.pop(num)
-      new_ary
-    end
-
-    def push(array, input)
-      return array unless array.is_a?(Array)
-
-      new_ary = array.dup
-      new_ary.push(input)
-      new_ary
-    end
-
-    def shift(array, num = 1)
-      return array unless array.is_a?(Array)
-
-      num = Liquid::Utils.to_integer(num)
-      new_ary = array.dup
-      new_ary.shift(num)
-      new_ary
-    end
-
-    def unshift(array, input)
-      return array unless array.is_a?(Array)
-
-      new_ary = array.dup
-      new_ary.unshift(input)
-      new_ary
-    end
-
-    def sample(input, num = 1)
-      return input unless input.respond_to?(:sample)
-
-      num = Liquid::Utils.to_integer(num) rescue 1
-      if num == 1
-        input.sample
-      else
-        input.sample(num)
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Convert an object into its String representation for debugging
-    #
-    # input - The Object to be converted
-    #
-    # Returns a String representation of the object.
-    def inspect(input)
-      xml_escape(input.inspect)
-    end
-
-    private
-
-    # Sort the input Enumerable by the given property.
-    # If the property doesn't exist, return the sort order respective of
-    # which item doesn't have the property.
-    # We also utilize the Schwartzian transform to make this more efficient.
-    def sort_input(input, property, order)
-      input.map { |item| [item_property(item, property), item] }
-        .sort! do |a_info, b_info|
-          a_property = a_info.first
-          b_property = b_info.first
-
-          if !a_property.nil? && b_property.nil?
-            - order
-          elsif a_property.nil? && !b_property.nil?
-            + order
-          else
-            a_property <=> b_property || a_property.to_s <=> b_property.to_s
-          end
-        end
-        .map!(&:last)
-    end
-
-    # `where` filter helper
-    #
-    # rubocop:disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
-    # rubocop:disable Metrics/PerceivedComplexity
-    def compare_property_vs_target(property, target)
-      case target
-      when NilClass
-        return true if property.nil?
-      when Liquid::Expression::MethodLiteral # `empty` or `blank`
-        target = target.to_s
-        return true if property == target || Array(property).join == target
-      else
-        target = target.to_s
-        if property.is_a? String
-          return true if property == target
-        else
-          Array(property).each do |prop|
-            return true if prop.to_s == target
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-      false
-    end
-    # rubocop:enable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
-    # rubocop:enable Metrics/PerceivedComplexity
-
-    def item_property(item, property)
-      @item_property_cache ||= {}
-      @item_property_cache[property] ||= {}
-      @item_property_cache[property][item] ||= begin
-        if item.respond_to?(:to_liquid)
-          property.to_s.split(".").reduce(item.to_liquid) do |subvalue, attribute|
-            parse_sort_input(subvalue[attribute])
-          end
-        elsif item.respond_to?(:data)
-          parse_sort_input(item.data[property.to_s])
-        else
-          parse_sort_input(item[property.to_s])
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    FLOAT_LIKE   = %r!\A\s*-?(?:\d+\.?\d*|\.\d+)\s*\Z!.freeze
-    INTEGER_LIKE = %r!\A\s*-?\d+\s*\Z!.freeze
-    private_constant :FLOAT_LIKE, :INTEGER_LIKE
-
-    # return numeric values as numbers for proper sorting
-    def parse_sort_input(property)
-      stringified = property.to_s
-      return property.to_i if INTEGER_LIKE.match?(stringified)
-      return property.to_f if FLOAT_LIKE.match?(stringified)
-
-      property
-    end
-
-    def as_liquid(item)
-      case item
-      when Hash
-        pairs = item.map { |k, v| as_liquid([k, v]) }
-        Hash[pairs]
-      when Array
-        item.map { |i| as_liquid(i) }
-      else
-        if item.respond_to?(:to_liquid)
-          liquidated = item.to_liquid
-          # prevent infinite recursion for simple types (which return `self`)
-          if liquidated == item
-            item
-          else
-            as_liquid(liquidated)
-          end
-        else
-          item
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    # -----------   The following set of code was *adapted* from Liquid::If
-    # -----------   ref: https://git.io/vp6K6
-
-    # Parse a string to a Liquid Condition
-    def parse_condition(exp)
-      parser    = Liquid::Parser.new(exp)
-      condition = parse_binary_comparison(parser)
-
-      parser.consume(:end_of_string)
-      condition
-    end
-
-    # Generate a Liquid::Condition object from a Liquid::Parser object additionally processing
-    # the parsed expression based on whether the expression consists of binary operations with
-    # Liquid operators `and` or `or`
-    #
-    #  - parser: an instance of Liquid::Parser
-    #
-    # Returns an instance of Liquid::Condition
-    def parse_binary_comparison(parser)
-      parse_comparison(parser).tap do |condition|
-        binary_operator = parser.id?("and") || parser.id?("or")
-        condition.send(binary_operator, parse_comparison(parser)) if binary_operator
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Generates a Liquid::Condition object from a Liquid::Parser object based on whether the parsed
-    # expression involves a "comparison" operator (e.g. <, ==, >, !=, etc)
-    #
-    #  - parser: an instance of Liquid::Parser
-    #
-    # Returns an instance of Liquid::Condition
-    def parse_comparison(parser)
-      left_operand = Liquid::Expression.parse(parser.expression)
-      operator     = parser.consume?(:comparison)
-
-      # No comparison-operator detected. Initialize a Liquid::Condition using only left operand
-      return Liquid::Condition.new(left_operand) unless operator
-
-      # Parse what remained after extracting the left operand and the `:comparison` operator
-      # and initialize a Liquid::Condition object using the operands and the comparison-operator
-      Liquid::Condition.new(left_operand, operator, Liquid::Expression.parse(parser.expression))
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-Liquid::Template.register_filter(
-  Jekyll::Filters
-)
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_all "jekyll/filters"
+
+module Jekyll
+  module Filters
+    include URLFilters
+    include GroupingFilters
+    include DateFilters
+
+    # Convert a Markdown string into HTML output.
+    #
+    # input - The Markdown String to convert.
+    #
+    # Returns the HTML formatted String.
+    def markdownify(input)
+      @context.registers[:site].find_converter_instance(
+        Jekyll::Converters::Markdown
+      ).convert(input.to_s)
+    end
+
+    # Convert quotes into smart quotes.
+    #
+    # input - The String to convert.
+    #
+    # Returns the smart-quotified String.
+    def smartify(input)
+      @context.registers[:site].find_converter_instance(
+        Jekyll::Converters::SmartyPants
+      ).convert(input.to_s)
+    end
+
+    # Convert a Sass string into CSS output.
+    #
+    # input - The Sass String to convert.
+    #
+    # Returns the CSS formatted String.
+    def sassify(input)
+      @context.registers[:site].find_converter_instance(
+        Jekyll::Converters::Sass
+      ).convert(input)
+    end
+
+    # Convert a Scss string into CSS output.
+    #
+    # input - The Scss String to convert.
+    #
+    # Returns the CSS formatted String.
+    def scssify(input)
+      @context.registers[:site].find_converter_instance(
+        Jekyll::Converters::Scss
+      ).convert(input)
+    end
+
+    # Slugify a filename or title.
+    #
+    # input - The filename or title to slugify.
+    # mode - how string is slugified
+    #
+    # Returns the given filename or title as a lowercase URL String.
+    # See Utils.slugify for more detail.
+    def slugify(input, mode = nil)
+      Utils.slugify(input, :mode => mode)
+    end
+
+    # XML escape a string for use. Replaces any special characters with
+    # appropriate HTML entity replacements.
+    #
+    # input - The String to escape.
+    #
+    # Examples
+    #
+    #   xml_escape('foo "bar" <baz>')
+    #   # => "foo &quot;bar&quot; &lt;baz&gt;"
+    #
+    # Returns the escaped String.
+    def xml_escape(input)
+      input.to_s.encode(:xml => :attr).gsub(%r!\A"|"\Z!, "")
+    end
+
+    # CGI escape a string for use in a URL. Replaces any special characters
+    # with appropriate %XX replacements.
+    #
+    # input - The String to escape.
+    #
+    # Examples
+    #
+    #   cgi_escape('foo,bar;baz?')
+    #   # => "foo%2Cbar%3Bbaz%3F"
+    #
+    # Returns the escaped String.
+    def cgi_escape(input)
+      CGI.escape(input)
+    end
+
+    # URI escape a string.
+    #
+    # input - The String to escape.
+    #
+    # Examples
+    #
+    #   uri_escape('foo, bar \\baz?')
+    #   # => "foo,%20bar%20%5Cbaz?"
+    #
+    # Returns the escaped String.
+    def uri_escape(input)
+      Addressable::URI.normalize_component(input)
+    end
+
+    # Replace any whitespace in the input string with a single space
+    #
+    # input - The String on which to operate.
+    #
+    # Returns the formatted String
+    def normalize_whitespace(input)
+      input.to_s.gsub(%r!\s+!, " ").tap(&:strip!)
+    end
+
+    # Count the number of words in the input string.
+    #
+    # input - The String on which to operate.
+    #
+    # Returns the Integer word count.
+    def number_of_words(input, mode = nil)
+      cjk_charset = '\p{Han}\p{Katakana}\p{Hiragana}\p{Hangul}'
+      cjk_regex = %r![#{cjk_charset}]!o
+      word_regex = %r![^#{cjk_charset}\s]+!o
+
+      case mode
+      when "cjk"
+        input.scan(cjk_regex).length + input.scan(word_regex).length
+      when "auto"
+        cjk_count = input.scan(cjk_regex).length
+        cjk_count.zero? ? input.split.length : cjk_count + input.scan(word_regex).length
+      else
+        input.split.length
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Join an array of things into a string by separating with commas and the
+    # word "and" for the last one.
+    #
+    # array - The Array of Strings to join.
+    # connector - Word used to connect the last 2 items in the array
+    #
+    # Examples
+    #
+    #   array_to_sentence_string(["apples", "oranges", "grapes"])
+    #   # => "apples, oranges, and grapes"
+    #
+    # Returns the formatted String.
+    def array_to_sentence_string(array, connector = "and")
+      case array.length
+      when 0
+        ""
+      when 1
+        array[0].to_s
+      when 2
+        "#{array[0]} #{connector} #{array[1]}"
+      else
+        "#{array[0...-1].join(", ")}, #{connector} #{array[-1]}"
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Convert the input into json string
+    #
+    # input - The Array or Hash to be converted
+    #
+    # Returns the converted json string
+    def jsonify(input)
+      as_liquid(input).to_json
+    end
+
+    # Filter an array of objects
+    #
+    # input    - the object array.
+    # property - the property within each object to filter by.
+    # value    - the desired value.
+    #            Cannot be an instance of Array nor Hash since calling #to_s on them returns
+    #            their `#inspect` string object.
+    #
+    # Returns the filtered array of objects
+    def where(input, property, value)
+      return input if !property || value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(Hash)
+      return input unless input.respond_to?(:select)
+
+      input    = input.values if input.is_a?(Hash)
+      input_id = input.hash
+
+      # implement a hash based on method parameters to cache the end-result
+      # for given parameters.
+      @where_filter_cache ||= {}
+      @where_filter_cache[input_id] ||= {}
+      @where_filter_cache[input_id][property] ||= {}
+
+      # stash or retrive results to return
+      @where_filter_cache[input_id][property][value] ||= begin
+        input.select do |object|
+          compare_property_vs_target(item_property(object, property), value)
+        end.to_a
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Filters an array of objects against an expression
+    #
+    # input - the object array
+    # variable - the variable to assign each item to in the expression
+    # expression - a Liquid comparison expression passed in as a string
+    #
+    # Returns the filtered array of objects
+    def where_exp(input, variable, expression)
+      return input unless input.respond_to?(:select)
+
+      input = input.values if input.is_a?(Hash) # FIXME
+
+      condition = parse_condition(expression)
+      @context.stack do
+        input.select do |object|
+          @context[variable] = object
+          condition.evaluate(@context)
+        end
+      end || []
+    end
+
+    # Search an array of objects and returns the first object that has the queried attribute
+    # with the given value or returns nil otherwise.
+    #
+    # input    - the object array.
+    # property - the property within each object to search by.
+    # value    - the desired value.
+    #            Cannot be an instance of Array nor Hash since calling #to_s on them returns
+    #            their `#inspect` string object.
+    #
+    # Returns the found object or nil
+    #
+    # rubocop:disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
+    def find(input, property, value)
+      return input if !property || value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(Hash)
+      return input unless input.respond_to?(:find)
+
+      input    = input.values if input.is_a?(Hash)
+      input_id = input.hash
+
+      # implement a hash based on method parameters to cache the end-result for given parameters.
+      @find_filter_cache ||= {}
+      @find_filter_cache[input_id] ||= {}
+      @find_filter_cache[input_id][property] ||= {}
+
+      # stash or retrive results to return
+      # Since `enum.find` can return nil or false, we use a placeholder string "<__NO MATCH__>"
+      #   to validate caching.
+      result = @find_filter_cache[input_id][property][value] ||= begin
+        input.find do |object|
+          compare_property_vs_target(item_property(object, property), value)
+        end || "<__NO MATCH__>"
+      end
+      return nil if result == "<__NO MATCH__>"
+
+      result
+    end
+    # rubocop:enable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
+
+    # Searches an array of objects against an expression and returns the first object for which
+    # the expression evaluates to true, or returns nil otherwise.
+    #
+    # input - the object array
+    # variable - the variable to assign each item to in the expression
+    # expression - a Liquid comparison expression passed in as a string
+    #
+    # Returns the found object or nil
+    def find_exp(input, variable, expression)
+      return input unless input.respond_to?(:find)
+
+      input = input.values if input.is_a?(Hash)
+
+      condition = parse_condition(expression)
+      @context.stack do
+        input.find do |object|
+          @context[variable] = object
+          condition.evaluate(@context)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Convert the input into integer
+    #
+    # input - the object string
+    #
+    # Returns the integer value
+    def to_integer(input)
+      return 1 if input == true
+      return 0 if input == false
+
+      input.to_i
+    end
+
+    # Sort an array of objects
+    #
+    # input - the object array
+    # property - property within each object to filter by
+    # nils ('first' | 'last') - nils appear before or after non-nil values
+    #
+    # Returns the filtered array of objects
+    def sort(input, property = nil, nils = "first")
+      raise ArgumentError, "Cannot sort a null object." if input.nil?
+
+      if property.nil?
+        input.sort
+      else
+        case nils
+        when "first"
+          order = - 1
+        when "last"
+          order = + 1
+        else
+          raise ArgumentError, "Invalid nils order: " \
+            "'#{nils}' is not a valid nils order. It must be 'first' or 'last'."
+        end
+
+        sort_input(input, property, order)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def pop(array, num = 1)
+      return array unless array.is_a?(Array)
+
+      num = Liquid::Utils.to_integer(num)
+      new_ary = array.dup
+      new_ary.pop(num)
+      new_ary
+    end
+
+    def push(array, input)
+      return array unless array.is_a?(Array)
+
+      new_ary = array.dup
+      new_ary.push(input)
+      new_ary
+    end
+
+    def shift(array, num = 1)
+      return array unless array.is_a?(Array)
+
+      num = Liquid::Utils.to_integer(num)
+      new_ary = array.dup
+      new_ary.shift(num)
+      new_ary
+    end
+
+    def unshift(array, input)
+      return array unless array.is_a?(Array)
+
+      new_ary = array.dup
+      new_ary.unshift(input)
+      new_ary
+    end
+
+    def sample(input, num = 1)
+      return input unless input.respond_to?(:sample)
+
+      num = Liquid::Utils.to_integer(num) rescue 1
+      if num == 1
+        input.sample
+      else
+        input.sample(num)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Convert an object into its String representation for debugging
+    #
+    # input - The Object to be converted
+    #
+    # Returns a String representation of the object.
+    def inspect(input)
+      xml_escape(input.inspect)
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    # Sort the input Enumerable by the given property.
+    # If the property doesn't exist, return the sort order respective of
+    # which item doesn't have the property.
+    # We also utilize the Schwartzian transform to make this more efficient.
+    def sort_input(input, property, order)
+      input.map { |item| [item_property(item, property), item] }
+        .sort! do |a_info, b_info|
+          a_property = a_info.first
+          b_property = b_info.first
+
+          if !a_property.nil? && b_property.nil?
+            - order
+          elsif a_property.nil? && !b_property.nil?
+            + order
+          else
+            a_property <=> b_property || a_property.to_s <=> b_property.to_s
+          end
+        end
+        .map!(&:last)
+    end
+
+    # `where` filter helper
+    #
+    def compare_property_vs_target(property, target)
+      case target
+      when NilClass
+        return true if property.nil?
+      when Liquid::Expression::MethodLiteral # `empty` or `blank`
+        target = target.to_s
+        return true if property == target || Array(property).join == target
+      else
+        target = target.to_s
+        if property.is_a? String
+          return true if property == target
+        else
+          Array(property).each do |prop|
+            return true if prop.to_s == target
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      false
+    end
+
+    def item_property(item, property)
+      @item_property_cache ||= @context.registers[:site].filter_cache[:item_property] ||= {}
+      @item_property_cache[property] ||= {}
+      @item_property_cache[property][item] ||= begin
+        property = property.to_s
+        property = if item.respond_to?(:to_liquid)
+                     read_liquid_attribute(item.to_liquid, property)
+                   elsif item.respond_to?(:data)
+                     item.data[property]
+                   else
+                     item[property]
+                   end
+
+        parse_sort_input(property)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def read_liquid_attribute(liquid_data, property)
+      return liquid_data[property] unless property.include?(".")
+
+      property.split(".").reduce(liquid_data) do |data, key|
+        data.respond_to?(:[]) && data[key]
+      end
+    end
+
+    FLOAT_LIKE   = %r!\A\s*-?(?:\d+\.?\d*|\.\d+)\s*\Z!.freeze
+    INTEGER_LIKE = %r!\A\s*-?\d+\s*\Z!.freeze
+    private_constant :FLOAT_LIKE, :INTEGER_LIKE
+
+    # return numeric values as numbers for proper sorting
+    def parse_sort_input(property)
+      stringified = property.to_s
+      return property.to_i if INTEGER_LIKE.match?(stringified)
+      return property.to_f if FLOAT_LIKE.match?(stringified)
+
+      property
+    end
+
+    def as_liquid(item)
+      case item
+      when Hash
+        item.each_with_object({}) { |(k, v), result| result[as_liquid(k)] = as_liquid(v) }
+      when Array
+        item.map { |i| as_liquid(i) }
+      else
+        if item.respond_to?(:to_liquid)
+          liquidated = item.to_liquid
+          # prevent infinite recursion for simple types (which return `self`)
+          if liquidated == item
+            item
+          else
+            as_liquid(liquidated)
+          end
+        else
+          item
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # -----------   The following set of code was *adapted* from Liquid::If
+    # -----------   ref: https://git.io/vp6K6
+
+    # Parse a string to a Liquid Condition
+    def parse_condition(exp)
+      parser    = Liquid::Parser.new(exp)
+      condition = parse_binary_comparison(parser)
+
+      parser.consume(:end_of_string)
+      condition
+    end
+
+    # Generate a Liquid::Condition object from a Liquid::Parser object additionally processing
+    # the parsed expression based on whether the expression consists of binary operations with
+    # Liquid operators `and` or `or`
+    #
+    #  - parser: an instance of Liquid::Parser
+    #
+    # Returns an instance of Liquid::Condition
+    def parse_binary_comparison(parser)
+      condition = parse_comparison(parser)
+      first_condition = condition
+      while (binary_operator = parser.id?("and") || parser.id?("or"))
+        child_condition = parse_comparison(parser)
+        condition.send(binary_operator, child_condition)
+        condition = child_condition
+      end
+      first_condition
+    end
+
+    # Generates a Liquid::Condition object from a Liquid::Parser object based on whether the parsed
+    # expression involves a "comparison" operator (e.g. <, ==, >, !=, etc)
+    #
+    #  - parser: an instance of Liquid::Parser
+    #
+    # Returns an instance of Liquid::Condition
+    def parse_comparison(parser)
+      left_operand = Liquid::Expression.parse(parser.expression)
+      operator     = parser.consume?(:comparison)
+
+      # No comparison-operator detected. Initialize a Liquid::Condition using only left operand
+      return Liquid::Condition.new(left_operand) unless operator
+
+      # Parse what remained after extracting the left operand and the `:comparison` operator
+      # and initialize a Liquid::Condition object using the operands and the comparison-operator
+      Liquid::Condition.new(left_operand, operator, Liquid::Expression.parse(parser.expression))
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Liquid::Template.register_filter(
+  Jekyll::Filters
+)