n3 2.11.7 → 2.11.8

package/browser/n3.esm.min.js

@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ var Ul=Object.create;var ar=Object.defineProperty,ql=Object.defineProperties,Wl=
     ${this._encodePredicate(this._predicate=r)} ${this._encodeObject(i)}`,s):this._write(`${(this._subject===null?"":`.
 `)+this._encodeSubject(this._subject=e)} ${this._encodePredicate(this._predicate=r)} ${this._encodeObject(i)}`,s)}catch(o){s&&s(o)}}_writeQuadLine(e,r,i,n,s){delete this._prefixMatch,this._write(this.quadToString(e,r,i,n),s)}quadToString(e,r,i,n){return`${this._encodeSubject(e)} ${r.termType==="Literal"?this._encodeLiteral(r):this._encodeIriOrBlank(r)} ${this._encodeObject(i)}${n&&!se(n)?` ${this._encodeIriOrBlank(n)} .
 `:` .
-`}`}quadsToString(e){let r="";for(let i of e)r+=this.quadToString(i.subject,i.predicate,i.object,i.graph);return r}_encodeSubject(e){switch(e.termType){case"Quad":return this._encodeQuad(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeIriOrBlank(e){if(e.termType!=="NamedNode")return this._lists&&e.value in this._lists&&(e=this.list(this._lists[e.value])),e instanceof V?e.id:e.termType==="Variable"?`?${e.value}`:`_:${e.value}`;let r=e.value;this._baseIri&&(r=this._baseIri.toRelative(r)),this._escape.test(r)&&(r=r.replace(this._escapeAll,this._characterReplacer));let i=this._hasPrefixes?this._prefixRegex.exec(r):null;return i?i[1]?this._prefixIRIs[i[1]]+i[2]:r:`<${r}>`}_encodeLiteral(e){let r=e.value;this._escape.test(r)&&(r=r.replace(this._escapeAll,this._characterReplacer));let i=e.language;if(i){let n=e.direction,s=n?`--${n}`:"";return`"${r}"@${i}${s}`}if(this._lineMode){if(e.datatype.value===dt.string)return`"${r}"`}else switch(e.datatype.value){case dt.string:return`"${r}"`;case dt.boolean:if(r==="true"||r==="false")return r;break;case dt.integer:if(/^[+-]?\d+$/.test(r))return r;break;case dt.decimal:if(/^[+-]?\d*\.\d+$/.test(r))return r;break;case dt.double:if(/^[+-]?(?:\d+\.\d*|\.?\d+)[eE][+-]?\d+$/.test(r))return r;break}return`"${r}"^^${this._encodeIriOrBlank(e.datatype)}`}_encodePredicate(e){switch(e.termType){case"NamedNode":return e.value===gu.type?"a":this._encodeIriOrBlank(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeObject(e){switch(e.termType){case"Quad":return this._encodeQuad(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeQuad({subject:e,predicate:r,object:i,graph:n}){let s=this._lineMode?" ":"";return`<<(${s}${this._encodeSubject(e)} ${this._encodePredicate(r)} ${this._encodeObject(i)}${se(n)?"":` ${this._encodeIriOrBlank(n)}`}${s})>>`}_blockedWrite(){throw new Error("Cannot write because the writer has been closed.")}addQuad(e,r,i,n,s){i===void 0?this._writeQuad(e.subject,e.predicate,e.object,e.graph,r):typeof n=="function"?this._writeQuad(e,r,i,Ut,n):this._writeQuad(e,r,i,n||Ut,s)}addQuads(e){for(let r=0;r<e.length;r++)this.addQuad(e[r])}addPrefix(e,r,i){let n={};n[e]=r,this.addPrefixes(n,i)}addPrefixes(e,r){if(!this._prefixIRIs)return r&&r();let i=!1;for(let n in e){let s=e[n];typeof s!="string"&&(s=s.value),i=!0,this._subject!==null&&(this._write(this._inDefaultGraph?`.
+`}`}quadsToString(e){let r="";for(let i of e)r+=this.quadToString(i.subject,i.predicate,i.object,i.graph);return r}_encodeSubject(e){switch(e.termType){case"Quad":return this._encodeQuad(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeIriOrBlank(e){if(e.termType!=="NamedNode")return this._lists&&e.value in this._lists&&(e=this.list(this._lists[e.value])),e instanceof V?e.id:e.termType==="Variable"?`?${e.value}`:`_:${e.value}`;let r=e.value;this._baseIri&&(r=this._baseIri.toRelative(r)),this._escape.test(r)&&(r=r.replace(this._escapeAll,this._characterReplacer));let i=this._hasPrefixes?(this._prefixRegex||this._createPrefixRegex()).exec(r):null;return i?i[1]?this._prefixIRIs[i[1]]+i[2]:r:`<${r}>`}_encodeLiteral(e){let r=e.value;this._escape.test(r)&&(r=r.replace(this._escapeAll,this._characterReplacer));let i=e.language;if(i){let n=e.direction,s=n?`--${n}`:"";return`"${r}"@${i}${s}`}if(this._lineMode){if(e.datatype.value===dt.string)return`"${r}"`}else switch(e.datatype.value){case dt.string:return`"${r}"`;case dt.boolean:if(r==="true"||r==="false")return r;break;case dt.integer:if(/^[+-]?\d+$/.test(r))return r;break;case dt.decimal:if(/^[+-]?\d*\.\d+$/.test(r))return r;break;case dt.double:if(/^[+-]?(?:\d+\.\d*|\.?\d+)[eE][+-]?\d+$/.test(r))return r;break}return`"${r}"^^${this._encodeIriOrBlank(e.datatype)}`}_encodePredicate(e){switch(e.termType){case"NamedNode":return e.value===gu.type?"a":this._encodeIriOrBlank(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeObject(e){switch(e.termType){case"Quad":return this._encodeQuad(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeQuad({subject:e,predicate:r,object:i,graph:n}){let s=this._lineMode?" ":"";return`<<(${s}${this._encodeSubject(e)} ${this._encodePredicate(r)} ${this._encodeObject(i)}${se(n)?"":` ${this._encodeIriOrBlank(n)}`}${s})>>`}_blockedWrite(){throw new Error("Cannot write because the writer has been closed.")}addQuad(e,r,i,n,s){i===void 0?this._writeQuad(e.subject,e.predicate,e.object,e.graph,r):typeof n=="function"?this._writeQuad(e,r,i,Ut,n):this._writeQuad(e,r,i,n||Ut,s)}addQuads(e){for(let r=0;r<e.length;r++)this.addQuad(e[r])}addPrefix(e,r,i){let n={};n[e]=r,this.addPrefixes(n,i)}addPrefixes(e,r){if(!this._prefixIRIs)return r&&r();let i=!1;for(let n in e){let s=e[n];typeof s!="string"&&(s=s.value),i=!0,this._subject!==null&&(this._write(this._inDefaultGraph?`.
 `:`
 }
 `),this._subject=null,this._graph=""),this._prefixIRIs[s]=n+=":",this._prefixPatterns[s]=[Qe(s),Qe(n)],this._write(`@prefix ${n} <${s}>.
-`)}if(i){this._hasPrefixes=!0;let n="",s="";for(let o in this._prefixPatterns){let[a,l]=this._prefixPatterns[o];n+=n?`|${a}`:a,s+=s?`|${l}`:l}this._prefixRegex=new RegExp(`^(?:${s})[^/]*$|^(${n})([_a-zA-Z0-9](?:\\.?[\\-_a-zA-Z0-9])*)$`)}this._write(i?`
-`:"",r)}blank(e,r){let i=e,n,s;switch(e===void 0?i=[]:e.termType?i=[{predicate:e,object:r}]:"length"in e||(i=[e]),s=i.length){case 0:return new Ve("[]");case 1:if(n=i[0],!(n.object instanceof Ve))return new Ve(`[ ${this._encodePredicate(n.predicate)} ${this._encodeObject(n.object)} ]`);default:let o="[";for(let a=0;a<s;a++)n=i[a],n.predicate.equals(e)?o+=`, ${this._encodeObject(n.object)}`:(o+=`${(a?`;
+`)}i&&(this._hasPrefixes=!0,this._prefixRegex=null),this._write(i?`
+`:"",r)}_createPrefixRegex(){let e="",r="";for(let i in this._prefixPatterns){let[n,s]=this._prefixPatterns[i];e+=e?`|${n}`:n,r+=r?`|${s}`:s}return this._prefixRegex=new RegExp(`^(?:${r})[^/]*$|^(${e})([_a-zA-Z0-9](?:\\.?[\\-_a-zA-Z0-9])*)$`)}blank(e,r){let i=e,n,s;switch(e===void 0?i=[]:e.termType?i=[{predicate:e,object:r}]:"length"in e||(i=[e]),s=i.length){case 0:return new Ve("[]");case 1:if(n=i[0],!(n.object instanceof Ve))return new Ve(`[ ${this._encodePredicate(n.predicate)} ${this._encodeObject(n.object)} ]`);default:let o="[";for(let a=0;a<s;a++)n=i[a],n.predicate.equals(e)?o+=`, ${this._encodeObject(n.object)}`:(o+=`${(a?`;
   `:`
   `)+this._encodePredicate(n.predicate)} ${this._encodeObject(n.object)}`,e=n.predicate);return new Ve(`${o}
 ]`)}}list(e){let r=e&&e.length||0,i=new Array(r);for(let n=0;n<r;n++)i[n]=this._encodeObject(e[n]);return new Ve(`(${i.join(" ")})`)}end(e){this._subject!==null&&(this._write(this._inDefaultGraph?`.

package/browser/n3.min.js

@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ var N3=(()=>{var Wl=Object.create;var qt=Object.defineProperty,Gl=Object.defineP
     ${this._encodePredicate(this._predicate=r)} ${this._encodeObject(i)}`,s):this._write(`${(this._subject===null?"":`.
 `)+this._encodeSubject(this._subject=e)} ${this._encodePredicate(this._predicate=r)} ${this._encodeObject(i)}`,s)}catch(o){s&&s(o)}}_writeQuadLine(e,r,i,n,s){delete this._prefixMatch,this._write(this.quadToString(e,r,i,n),s)}quadToString(e,r,i,n){return`${this._encodeSubject(e)} ${r.termType==="Literal"?this._encodeLiteral(r):this._encodeIriOrBlank(r)} ${this._encodeObject(i)}${n&&!se(n)?` ${this._encodeIriOrBlank(n)} .
 `:` .
-`}`}quadsToString(e){let r="";for(let i of e)r+=this.quadToString(i.subject,i.predicate,i.object,i.graph);return r}_encodeSubject(e){switch(e.termType){case"Quad":return this._encodeQuad(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeIriOrBlank(e){if(e.termType!=="NamedNode")return this._lists&&e.value in this._lists&&(e=this.list(this._lists[e.value])),e instanceof Q?e.id:e.termType==="Variable"?`?${e.value}`:`_:${e.value}`;let r=e.value;this._baseIri&&(r=this._baseIri.toRelative(r)),this._escape.test(r)&&(r=r.replace(this._escapeAll,this._characterReplacer));let i=this._hasPrefixes?this._prefixRegex.exec(r):null;return i?i[1]?this._prefixIRIs[i[1]]+i[2]:r:`<${r}>`}_encodeLiteral(e){let r=e.value;this._escape.test(r)&&(r=r.replace(this._escapeAll,this._characterReplacer));let i=e.language;if(i){let n=e.direction,s=n?`--${n}`:"";return`"${r}"@${i}${s}`}if(this._lineMode){if(e.datatype.value===pt.string)return`"${r}"`}else switch(e.datatype.value){case pt.string:return`"${r}"`;case pt.boolean:if(r==="true"||r==="false")return r;break;case pt.integer:if(/^[+-]?\d+$/.test(r))return r;break;case pt.decimal:if(/^[+-]?\d*\.\d+$/.test(r))return r;break;case pt.double:if(/^[+-]?(?:\d+\.\d*|\.?\d+)[eE][+-]?\d+$/.test(r))return r;break}return`"${r}"^^${this._encodeIriOrBlank(e.datatype)}`}_encodePredicate(e){switch(e.termType){case"NamedNode":return e.value===mu.type?"a":this._encodeIriOrBlank(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeObject(e){switch(e.termType){case"Quad":return this._encodeQuad(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeQuad({subject:e,predicate:r,object:i,graph:n}){let s=this._lineMode?" ":"";return`<<(${s}${this._encodeSubject(e)} ${this._encodePredicate(r)} ${this._encodeObject(i)}${se(n)?"":` ${this._encodeIriOrBlank(n)}`}${s})>>`}_blockedWrite(){throw new Error("Cannot write because the writer has been closed.")}addQuad(e,r,i,n,s){i===void 0?this._writeQuad(e.subject,e.predicate,e.object,e.graph,r):typeof n=="function"?this._writeQuad(e,r,i,Vt,n):this._writeQuad(e,r,i,n||Vt,s)}addQuads(e){for(let r=0;r<e.length;r++)this.addQuad(e[r])}addPrefix(e,r,i){let n={};n[e]=r,this.addPrefixes(n,i)}addPrefixes(e,r){if(!this._prefixIRIs)return r&&r();let i=!1;for(let n in e){let s=e[n];typeof s!="string"&&(s=s.value),i=!0,this._subject!==null&&(this._write(this._inDefaultGraph?`.
+`}`}quadsToString(e){let r="";for(let i of e)r+=this.quadToString(i.subject,i.predicate,i.object,i.graph);return r}_encodeSubject(e){switch(e.termType){case"Quad":return this._encodeQuad(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeIriOrBlank(e){if(e.termType!=="NamedNode")return this._lists&&e.value in this._lists&&(e=this.list(this._lists[e.value])),e instanceof Q?e.id:e.termType==="Variable"?`?${e.value}`:`_:${e.value}`;let r=e.value;this._baseIri&&(r=this._baseIri.toRelative(r)),this._escape.test(r)&&(r=r.replace(this._escapeAll,this._characterReplacer));let i=this._hasPrefixes?(this._prefixRegex||this._createPrefixRegex()).exec(r):null;return i?i[1]?this._prefixIRIs[i[1]]+i[2]:r:`<${r}>`}_encodeLiteral(e){let r=e.value;this._escape.test(r)&&(r=r.replace(this._escapeAll,this._characterReplacer));let i=e.language;if(i){let n=e.direction,s=n?`--${n}`:"";return`"${r}"@${i}${s}`}if(this._lineMode){if(e.datatype.value===pt.string)return`"${r}"`}else switch(e.datatype.value){case pt.string:return`"${r}"`;case pt.boolean:if(r==="true"||r==="false")return r;break;case pt.integer:if(/^[+-]?\d+$/.test(r))return r;break;case pt.decimal:if(/^[+-]?\d*\.\d+$/.test(r))return r;break;case pt.double:if(/^[+-]?(?:\d+\.\d*|\.?\d+)[eE][+-]?\d+$/.test(r))return r;break}return`"${r}"^^${this._encodeIriOrBlank(e.datatype)}`}_encodePredicate(e){switch(e.termType){case"NamedNode":return e.value===mu.type?"a":this._encodeIriOrBlank(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeObject(e){switch(e.termType){case"Quad":return this._encodeQuad(e);case"Literal":return this._encodeLiteral(e);default:return this._encodeIriOrBlank(e)}}_encodeQuad({subject:e,predicate:r,object:i,graph:n}){let s=this._lineMode?" ":"";return`<<(${s}${this._encodeSubject(e)} ${this._encodePredicate(r)} ${this._encodeObject(i)}${se(n)?"":` ${this._encodeIriOrBlank(n)}`}${s})>>`}_blockedWrite(){throw new Error("Cannot write because the writer has been closed.")}addQuad(e,r,i,n,s){i===void 0?this._writeQuad(e.subject,e.predicate,e.object,e.graph,r):typeof n=="function"?this._writeQuad(e,r,i,Vt,n):this._writeQuad(e,r,i,n||Vt,s)}addQuads(e){for(let r=0;r<e.length;r++)this.addQuad(e[r])}addPrefix(e,r,i){let n={};n[e]=r,this.addPrefixes(n,i)}addPrefixes(e,r){if(!this._prefixIRIs)return r&&r();let i=!1;for(let n in e){let s=e[n];typeof s!="string"&&(s=s.value),i=!0,this._subject!==null&&(this._write(this._inDefaultGraph?`.
 `:`
 }
 `),this._subject=null,this._graph=""),this._prefixIRIs[s]=n+=":",this._prefixPatterns[s]=[Ve(s),Ve(n)],this._write(`@prefix ${n} <${s}>.
-`)}if(i){this._hasPrefixes=!0;let n="",s="";for(let o in this._prefixPatterns){let[a,l]=this._prefixPatterns[o];n+=n?`|${a}`:a,s+=s?`|${l}`:l}this._prefixRegex=new RegExp(`^(?:${s})[^/]*$|^(${n})([_a-zA-Z0-9](?:\\.?[\\-_a-zA-Z0-9])*)$`)}this._write(i?`
-`:"",r)}blank(e,r){let i=e,n,s;switch(e===void 0?i=[]:e.termType?i=[{predicate:e,object:r}]:"length"in e||(i=[e]),s=i.length){case 0:return new He("[]");case 1:if(n=i[0],!(n.object instanceof He))return new He(`[ ${this._encodePredicate(n.predicate)} ${this._encodeObject(n.object)} ]`);default:let o="[";for(let a=0;a<s;a++)n=i[a],n.predicate.equals(e)?o+=`, ${this._encodeObject(n.object)}`:(o+=`${(a?`;
+`)}i&&(this._hasPrefixes=!0,this._prefixRegex=null),this._write(i?`
+`:"",r)}_createPrefixRegex(){let e="",r="";for(let i in this._prefixPatterns){let[n,s]=this._prefixPatterns[i];e+=e?`|${n}`:n,r+=r?`|${s}`:s}return this._prefixRegex=new RegExp(`^(?:${r})[^/]*$|^(${e})([_a-zA-Z0-9](?:\\.?[\\-_a-zA-Z0-9])*)$`)}blank(e,r){let i=e,n,s;switch(e===void 0?i=[]:e.termType?i=[{predicate:e,object:r}]:"length"in e||(i=[e]),s=i.length){case 0:return new He("[]");case 1:if(n=i[0],!(n.object instanceof He))return new He(`[ ${this._encodePredicate(n.predicate)} ${this._encodeObject(n.object)} ]`);default:let o="[";for(let a=0;a<s;a++)n=i[a],n.predicate.equals(e)?o+=`, ${this._encodeObject(n.object)}`:(o+=`${(a?`;
   `:`
   `)+this._encodePredicate(n.predicate)} ${this._encodeObject(n.object)}`,e=n.predicate);return new He(`${o}
 ]`)}}list(e){let r=e&&e.length||0,i=new Array(r);for(let n=0;n<r;n++)i[n]=this._encodeObject(e[n]);return new He(`(${i.join(" ")})`)}end(e){this._subject!==null&&(this._write(this._inDefaultGraph?`.

package/lib/N3Writer.js

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class N3Writer {
     // Escape special characters
     if (this._escape.test(iri)) iri = iri.replace(this._escapeAll, this._characterReplacer);
     // Try to represent the IRI as prefixed name, unless no prefixes were added
-    const prefixMatch = this._hasPrefixes ? this._prefixRegex.exec(iri) : null;
+    const prefixMatch = this._hasPrefixes ? (this._prefixRegex || this._createPrefixRegex()).exec(iri) : null;
     return !prefixMatch ? `<${iri}>` : !prefixMatch[1] ? iri : this._prefixIRIs[prefixMatch[1]] + prefixMatch[2];
   }
 
@@ -319,22 +319,28 @@ class N3Writer {
       this._prefixPatterns[iri] = [(0, _Util.escapeRegex)(iri), (0, _Util.escapeRegex)(prefix)];
       this._write(`@prefix ${prefix} <${iri}>.\n`);
     }
-    // Recreate the prefix matcher
+    // Recreate the prefix matcher when it is next needed, so that adding
+    // prefixes one by one does not rebuild it for every prefix
     if (hasPrefixes) {
       this._hasPrefixes = true;
-      let IRIlist = '',
-        prefixList = '';
-      for (const prefixIRI in this._prefixPatterns) {
-        const [IRIpattern, prefixPattern] = this._prefixPatterns[prefixIRI];
-        IRIlist += IRIlist ? `|${IRIpattern}` : IRIpattern;
-        prefixList += prefixList ? `|${prefixPattern}` : prefixPattern;
-      }
-      this._prefixRegex = new RegExp(`^(?:${prefixList})[^/]*$|` + `^(${IRIlist})([_a-zA-Z0-9](?:\\.?[\\-_a-zA-Z0-9])*)$`);
+      this._prefixRegex = null;
     }
     // End a prefix block with a newline
     this._write(hasPrefixes ? '\n' : '', done);
   }
 
+  // ### `_createPrefixRegex` creates the matcher for the current prefixes
+  _createPrefixRegex() {
+    let IRIlist = '',
+      prefixList = '';
+    for (const prefixIRI in this._prefixPatterns) {
+      const [IRIpattern, prefixPattern] = this._prefixPatterns[prefixIRI];
+      IRIlist += IRIlist ? `|${IRIpattern}` : IRIpattern;
+      prefixList += prefixList ? `|${prefixPattern}` : prefixPattern;
+    }
+    return this._prefixRegex = new RegExp(`^(?:${prefixList})[^/]*$|` + `^(${IRIlist})([_a-zA-Z0-9](?:\\.?[\\-_a-zA-Z0-9])*)$`);
+  }
+
   // ### `blank` creates a blank node with the given content
   blank(predicate, object) {
     let children = predicate,

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "n3",
-  "version": "2.11.7",
+  "version": "2.11.8",
   "description": "Lightning fast, asynchronous, streaming Turtle / N3 / RDF library.",
   "author": "Ruben Verborgh <ruben.verborgh@gmail.com>",
   "keywords": [

package/src/N3Writer.js

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export default class N3Writer {
     if (this._escape.test(iri))
       iri = iri.replace(this._escapeAll, this._characterReplacer);
     // Try to represent the IRI as prefixed name, unless no prefixes were added
-    const prefixMatch = this._hasPrefixes ? this._prefixRegex.exec(iri) : null;
+    const prefixMatch = this._hasPrefixes ? (this._prefixRegex || this._createPrefixRegex()).exec(iri) : null;
     return !prefixMatch ? `<${iri}>` :
            (!prefixMatch[1] ? iri : this._prefixIRIs[prefixMatch[1]] + prefixMatch[2]);
   }
@@ -333,22 +333,28 @@ export default class N3Writer {
       this._prefixPatterns[iri] = [escapeRegex(iri), escapeRegex(prefix)];
       this._write(`@prefix ${prefix} <${iri}>.\n`);
     }
-    // Recreate the prefix matcher
+    // Recreate the prefix matcher when it is next needed, so that adding
+    // prefixes one by one does not rebuild it for every prefix
     if (hasPrefixes) {
       this._hasPrefixes = true;
-      let IRIlist = '', prefixList = '';
-      for (const prefixIRI in this._prefixPatterns) {
-        const [IRIpattern, prefixPattern] = this._prefixPatterns[prefixIRI];
-        IRIlist += IRIlist ? `|${IRIpattern}` : IRIpattern;
-        prefixList += prefixList ? `|${prefixPattern}` : prefixPattern;
-      }
-      this._prefixRegex = new RegExp(`^(?:${prefixList})[^/]*$|` +
-                                     `^(${IRIlist})([_a-zA-Z0-9](?:\\.?[\\-_a-zA-Z0-9])*)$`);
+      this._prefixRegex = null;
     }
     // End a prefix block with a newline
     this._write(hasPrefixes ? '\n' : '', done);
   }
 
+  // ### `_createPrefixRegex` creates the matcher for the current prefixes
+  _createPrefixRegex() {
+    let IRIlist = '', prefixList = '';
+    for (const prefixIRI in this._prefixPatterns) {
+      const [IRIpattern, prefixPattern] = this._prefixPatterns[prefixIRI];
+      IRIlist += IRIlist ? `|${IRIpattern}` : IRIpattern;
+      prefixList += prefixList ? `|${prefixPattern}` : prefixPattern;
+    }
+    return this._prefixRegex = new RegExp(`^(?:${prefixList})[^/]*$|` +
+                                          `^(${IRIlist})([_a-zA-Z0-9](?:\\.?[\\-_a-zA-Z0-9])*)$`);
+  }
+
   // ### `blank` creates a blank node with the given content
   blank(predicate, object) {
     let children = predicate, child, length;