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/**

 * Preprocess the taggedTitle arrays.

 *

 * Step 1: Turns 'newly' introduces tag types ("hybridSign")

 * into tag type "name"

 *

 * Step 2: Two taggedTexts which have the same type and which have

 * a separator between them are merged together.

 *

 * @param array $taggedTextList

 *    An array of TaggedText objects

 */

function normalize_tagged_title(&$taggedTextList) {

  if (is_array($taggedTextList)) {

    // First pass: rename.

    for ($i = 0; $i < count($taggedTextList); $i++) {

      if ($taggedTextList[$i]->type == "hybridSign") {

        $taggedTextList[$i]->type = "name";

      }

    }

    // Second pass: resolve separators.

    $taggedNameListNew = array();

    for ($i = 0; $i < count($taggedTextList); $i++) {

      if ($i + 1 < count($taggedTextList) && $taggedTextList[$i + 1]->type == "separator") {

        if ($taggedTextList[$i]->type == $taggedTextList[$i + 2]->type) {

          $taggedName = clone $taggedTextList[$i];

          $taggedName->text = $taggedName->text . $taggedTextList[$i + 1]->text . $taggedTextList[$i + 2]->text;

          $taggedNameListNew[] = $taggedName;

          ++$i;

          ++$i;

        }

      }

      else {

        $taggedNameListNew[] = $taggedTextList[$i];

      }

    }

    $taggedTextList = $taggedNameListNew;

  }

}

function split_secref_from_tagged_title(&$taggedTextList) {

  $secref_tt = array();

  if (is_array($taggedTextList)) {

    for ($i = 0; $i < count($taggedTextList) - 1; $i++) {

      if ($taggedTextList[$i + 1]->type == "secReference" && $taggedTextList[$i]->type == "separator"){

        $secref_tt[0] = $taggedTextList[$i];

        $secref_tt[1] = $taggedTextList[$i + 1];

        unset($taggedTextList[$i]);

        unset($taggedTextList[$i + 1]);

      }

    }

  }

  return $secref_tt;

}

 * The short name is created by using the taggename field of

 * If the taggename if empty the fullname will be returned.

  normalize_tagged_title($name->taggedTitle);