aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pypdf/_utils.py
blob: 9756536980fe3e7ec400cd33f08f3d80f0e300c9 (about) (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
# Copyright (c) 2006, Mathieu Fenniak
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
# met:
#
# * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
# this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
# * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
# this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
# and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
# * The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
# derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
# ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
# LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
# CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
# SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
# INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
# CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
# ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

"""Utility functions for PDF library."""
__author__ = "Mathieu Fenniak"
__author_email__ = "biziqe@mathieu.fenniak.net"

import functools
import logging
import re
import sys
import warnings
from dataclasses import dataclass
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from io import DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, BytesIO
from os import SEEK_CUR
from typing import (
    IO,
    Any,
    Dict,
    List,
    Optional,
    Pattern,
    Tuple,
    Union,
    cast,
    overload,
)

if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 10):
    # Python 3.10+: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/
    from typing import TypeAlias
else:
    from typing_extensions import TypeAlias

from .errors import (
    STREAM_TRUNCATED_PREMATURELY,
    DeprecationError,
    PdfStreamError,
)

TransformationMatrixType: TypeAlias = Tuple[
    Tuple[float, float, float], Tuple[float, float, float], Tuple[float, float, float]
]
CompressedTransformationMatrix: TypeAlias = Tuple[
    float, float, float, float, float, float
]

StreamType = IO[Any]
StrByteType = Union[str, StreamType]


def parse_iso8824_date(text: Optional[str]) -> Optional[datetime]:
    orgtext = text
    if text is None:
        return None
    if text[0].isdigit():
        text = "D:" + text
    if text.endswith(("Z", "z")):
        text += "0000"
    text = text.replace("z", "+").replace("Z", "+").replace("'", "")
    i = max(text.find("+"), text.find("-"))
    if i > 0 and i != len(text) - 5:
        text += "00"
    for f in (
        "D:%Y",
        "D:%Y%m",
        "D:%Y%m%d",
        "D:%Y%m%d%H",
        "D:%Y%m%d%H%M",
        "D:%Y%m%d%H%M%S",
        "D:%Y%m%d%H%M%S%z",
    ):
        try:
            d = datetime.strptime(text, f)  # noqa: DTZ007
        except ValueError:
            continue
        else:
            if text.endswith("+0000"):
                d = d.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
            return d
    raise ValueError(f"Can not convert date: {orgtext}")


def _get_max_pdf_version_header(header1: str, header2: str) -> str:
    versions = (
        "%PDF-1.3",
        "%PDF-1.4",
        "%PDF-1.5",
        "%PDF-1.6",
        "%PDF-1.7",
        "%PDF-2.0",
    )
    pdf_header_indices = []
    if header1 in versions:
        pdf_header_indices.append(versions.index(header1))
    if header2 in versions:
        pdf_header_indices.append(versions.index(header2))
    if len(pdf_header_indices) == 0:
        raise ValueError(f"neither {header1!r} nor {header2!r} are proper headers")
    return versions[max(pdf_header_indices)]


def read_until_whitespace(stream: StreamType, maxchars: Optional[int] = None) -> bytes:
    """
    Read non-whitespace characters and return them.

    Stops upon encountering whitespace or when maxchars is reached.

    Args:
        stream: The data stream from which was read.
        maxchars: The maximum number of bytes returned; by default unlimited.

    Returns:
        The data which was read.
    """
    txt = b""
    while True:
        tok = stream.read(1)
        if tok.isspace() or not tok:
            break
        txt += tok
        if len(txt) == maxchars:
            break
    return txt


def read_non_whitespace(stream: StreamType) -> bytes:
    """
    Find and read the next non-whitespace character (ignores whitespace).

    Args:
        stream: The data stream from which was read.

    Returns:
        The data which was read.
    """
    tok = stream.read(1)
    while tok in WHITESPACES:
        tok = stream.read(1)
    return tok


def skip_over_whitespace(stream: StreamType) -> bool:
    """
    Similar to read_non_whitespace, but return a boolean if more than one
    whitespace character was read.

    Args:
        stream: The data stream from which was read.

    Returns:
        True if more than one whitespace was skipped, otherwise return False.
    """
    tok = WHITESPACES[0]
    cnt = 0
    while tok in WHITESPACES:
        tok = stream.read(1)
        cnt += 1
    return cnt > 1


def check_if_whitespace_only(value: bytes) -> bool:
    """
    Check if the given value consists of whitespace characters only.

    Args:
        value: The bytes to check.

    Returns:
        True if the value only has whitespace characters, otherwise return False.
    """
    for index in range(len(value)):
        current = value[index : index + 1]
        if current not in WHITESPACES:
            return False
    return True


def skip_over_comment(stream: StreamType) -> None:
    tok = stream.read(1)
    stream.seek(-1, 1)
    if tok == b"%":
        while tok not in (b"\n", b"\r"):
            tok = stream.read(1)


def read_until_regex(stream: StreamType, regex: Pattern[bytes]) -> bytes:
    """
    Read until the regular expression pattern matched (ignore the match).
    Treats EOF on the underlying stream as the end of the token to be matched.

    Args:
        regex: re.Pattern

    Returns:
        The read bytes.
    """
    name = b""
    while True:
        tok = stream.read(16)
        if not tok:
            return name
        m = regex.search(name + tok)
        if m is not None:
            stream.seek(m.start() - (len(name) + len(tok)), 1)
            name = (name + tok)[: m.start()]
            break
        name += tok
    return name


def read_block_backwards(stream: StreamType, to_read: int) -> bytes:
    """
    Given a stream at position X, read a block of size to_read ending at position X.

    This changes the stream's position to the beginning of where the block was
    read.

    Args:
        stream:
        to_read:

    Returns:
        The data which was read.
    """
    if stream.tell() < to_read:
        raise PdfStreamError("Could not read malformed PDF file")
    # Seek to the start of the block we want to read.
    stream.seek(-to_read, SEEK_CUR)
    read = stream.read(to_read)
    # Seek to the start of the block we read after reading it.
    stream.seek(-to_read, SEEK_CUR)
    return read


def read_previous_line(stream: StreamType) -> bytes:
    """
    Given a byte stream with current position X, return the previous line.

    All characters between the first CR/LF byte found before X
    (or, the start of the file, if no such byte is found) and position X
    After this call, the stream will be positioned one byte after the
    first non-CRLF character found beyond the first CR/LF byte before X,
    or, if no such byte is found, at the beginning of the stream.

    Args:
        stream: StreamType:

    Returns:
        The data which was read.
    """
    line_content = []
    found_crlf = False
    if stream.tell() == 0:
        raise PdfStreamError(STREAM_TRUNCATED_PREMATURELY)
    while True:
        to_read = min(DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, stream.tell())
        if to_read == 0:
            break
        # Read the block. After this, our stream will be one
        # beyond the initial position.
        block = read_block_backwards(stream, to_read)
        idx = len(block) - 1
        if not found_crlf:
            # We haven't found our first CR/LF yet.
            # Read off characters until we hit one.
            while idx >= 0 and block[idx] not in b"\r\n":
                idx -= 1
            if idx >= 0:
                found_crlf = True
        if found_crlf:
            # We found our first CR/LF already (on this block or
            # a previous one).
            # Our combined line is the remainder of the block
            # plus any previously read blocks.
            line_content.append(block[idx + 1 :])
            # Continue to read off any more CRLF characters.
            while idx >= 0 and block[idx] in b"\r\n":
                idx -= 1
        else:
            # Didn't find CR/LF yet - add this block to our
            # previously read blocks and continue.
            line_content.append(block)
        if idx >= 0:
            # We found the next non-CRLF character.
            # Set the stream position correctly, then break
            stream.seek(idx + 1, SEEK_CUR)
            break
    # Join all the blocks in the line (which are in reverse order)
    return b"".join(line_content[::-1])


def matrix_multiply(
    a: TransformationMatrixType, b: TransformationMatrixType
) -> TransformationMatrixType:
    return tuple(  # type: ignore[return-value]
        tuple(sum(float(i) * float(j) for i, j in zip(row, col)) for col in zip(*b))
        for row in a
    )


def mark_location(stream: StreamType) -> None:
    """Create text file showing current location in context."""
    # Mainly for debugging
    radius = 5000
    stream.seek(-radius, 1)
    with open("pypdf_pdfLocation.txt", "wb") as output_fh:
        output_fh.write(stream.read(radius))
        output_fh.write(b"HERE")
        output_fh.write(stream.read(radius))
    stream.seek(-radius, 1)


B_CACHE: Dict[Union[str, bytes], bytes] = {}


def b_(s: Union[str, bytes]) -> bytes:
    if isinstance(s, bytes):
        return s
    bc = B_CACHE
    if s in bc:
        return bc[s]
    try:
        r = s.encode("latin-1")
        if len(s) < 2:
            bc[s] = r
        return r
    except Exception:
        r = s.encode("utf-8")
        if len(s) < 2:
            bc[s] = r
        return r


def str_(b: Any) -> str:
    if isinstance(b, bytes):
        return b.decode("latin-1")
    else:
        return str(b)  # will return b.__str__() if defined


@overload
def ord_(b: str) -> int:
    ...


@overload
def ord_(b: bytes) -> bytes:
    ...


@overload
def ord_(b: int) -> int:
    ...


def ord_(b: Union[int, str, bytes]) -> Union[int, bytes]:
    if isinstance(b, str):
        return ord(b)
    return b


WHITESPACES = (b" ", b"\n", b"\r", b"\t", b"\x00")
WHITESPACES_AS_BYTES = b"".join(WHITESPACES)
WHITESPACES_AS_REGEXP = b"[" + WHITESPACES_AS_BYTES + b"]"


def paeth_predictor(left: int, up: int, up_left: int) -> int:
    p = left + up - up_left
    dist_left = abs(p - left)
    dist_up = abs(p - up)
    dist_up_left = abs(p - up_left)

    if dist_left <= dist_up and dist_left <= dist_up_left:
        return left
    elif dist_up <= dist_up_left:
        return up
    else:
        return up_left


def deprecate(msg: str, stacklevel: int = 3) -> None:
    warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=stacklevel)


def deprecation(msg: str) -> None:
    raise DeprecationError(msg)


def deprecate_with_replacement(old_name: str, new_name: str, removed_in: str) -> None:
    """Raise an exception that a feature will be removed, but has a replacement."""
    deprecate(f"{old_name} is deprecated and will be removed in pypdf {removed_in}. Use {new_name} instead.", 4)


def deprecation_with_replacement(old_name: str, new_name: str, removed_in: str) -> None:
    """Raise an exception that a feature was already removed, but has a replacement."""
    deprecation(f"{old_name} is deprecated and was removed in pypdf {removed_in}. Use {new_name} instead.")


def deprecate_no_replacement(name: str, removed_in: str) -> None:
    """Raise an exception that a feature will be removed without replacement."""
    deprecate(f"{name} is deprecated and will be removed in pypdf {removed_in}.", 4)


def deprecation_no_replacement(name: str, removed_in: str) -> None:
    """Raise an exception that a feature was already removed without replacement."""
    deprecation(f"{name} is deprecated and was removed in pypdf {removed_in}.")


def logger_error(msg: str, src: str) -> None:
    """
    Use this instead of logger.error directly.

    That allows people to overwrite it more easily.

    See the docs on when to use which:
    https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/suppress-warnings.html
    """
    logging.getLogger(src).error(msg)


def logger_warning(msg: str, src: str) -> None:
    """
    Use this instead of logger.warning directly.

    That allows people to overwrite it more easily.

    ## Exception, warnings.warn, logger_warning
    - Exceptions should be used if the user should write code that deals with
      an error case, e.g. the PDF being completely broken.
    - warnings.warn should be used if the user needs to fix their code, e.g.
      DeprecationWarnings
    - logger_warning should be used if the user needs to know that an issue was
      handled by pypdf, e.g. a non-compliant PDF being read in a way that
      pypdf could apply a robustness fix to still read it. This applies mainly
      to strict=False mode.
    """
    logging.getLogger(src).warning(msg)


def rename_kwargs(
    func_name: str, kwargs: Dict[str, Any], aliases: Dict[str, str], fail: bool = False
) -> None:
    """
    Helper function to deprecate arguments.

    Args:
        func_name: Name of the function to be deprecated
        kwargs:
        aliases:
        fail:
    """
    for old_term, new_term in aliases.items():
        if old_term in kwargs:
            if fail:
                raise DeprecationError(
                    f"{old_term} is deprecated as an argument. Use {new_term} instead"
                )
            if new_term in kwargs:
                raise TypeError(
                    f"{func_name} received both {old_term} and {new_term} as "
                    f"an argument. {old_term} is deprecated. "
                    f"Use {new_term} instead."
                )
            kwargs[new_term] = kwargs.pop(old_term)
            warnings.warn(
                message=(
                    f"{old_term} is deprecated as an argument. Use {new_term} instead"
                ),
                category=DeprecationWarning,
            )


def _human_readable_bytes(bytes: int) -> str:
    if bytes < 10**3:
        return f"{bytes} Byte"
    elif bytes < 10**6:
        return f"{bytes / 10**3:.1f} kB"
    elif bytes < 10**9:
        return f"{bytes / 10**6:.1f} MB"
    else:
        return f"{bytes / 10**9:.1f} GB"


# The following class has been copied from Django:
# https://github.com/django/django/blob/adae619426b6f50046b3daaa744db52989c9d6db/django/utils/functional.py#L51-L65
#
# Original license:
#
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (c) Django Software Foundation and individual contributors.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
#
#     1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
#        this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
#
#     2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
#        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
#        documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
#
#     3. Neither the name of Django nor the names of its contributors may be used
#        to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
#        specific prior written permission.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
# DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
# ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
# (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
# LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
# ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
# SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class classproperty:  # noqa: N801
    """
    Decorator that converts a method with a single cls argument into a property
    that can be accessed directly from the class.
    """

    def __init__(self, method=None):  # type: ignore  # noqa: ANN001
        self.fget = method

    def __get__(self, instance, cls=None) -> Any:  # type: ignore  # noqa: ANN001
        return self.fget(cls)

    def getter(self, method):  # type: ignore  # noqa: ANN001, ANN202
        self.fget = method
        return self


@dataclass
class File:
    from .generic import IndirectObject

    name: str
    data: bytes
    image: Optional[Any] = None  # optional ; direct image access
    indirect_reference: Optional[IndirectObject] = None  # optional ; link to PdfObject

    def __str__(self) -> str:
        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}(name={self.name}, data: {_human_readable_bytes(len(self.data))})"

    def __repr__(self) -> str:
        return self.__str__()[:-1] + f", hash: {hash(self.data)})"


@dataclass
class ImageFile(File):
    from .generic import IndirectObject

    image: Optional[Any] = None  # optional ; direct PIL image access
    indirect_reference: Optional[IndirectObject] = None  # optional ; link to PdfObject

    def replace(self, new_image: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
        """
        Replace the Image with a new PIL image.

        Args:
            new_image (PIL.Image.Image): The new PIL image to replace the existing image.
            **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments to pass to `Image.Image.save()`.

        Raises:
            TypeError: If the image is inline or in a PdfReader.
            TypeError: If the image does not belong to a PdfWriter.
            TypeError: If `new_image` is not a PIL Image.

        Note:
            This method replaces the existing image with a new image.
            It is not allowed for inline images or images within a PdfReader.
            The `kwargs` parameter allows passing additional parameters
            to `Image.Image.save()`, such as quality.
        """
        from PIL import Image

        from ._reader import PdfReader

        # to prevent circular import
        from .filters import _xobj_to_image
        from .generic import DictionaryObject, PdfObject

        if self.indirect_reference is None:
            raise TypeError("Can not update an inline image")
        if not hasattr(self.indirect_reference.pdf, "_id_translated"):
            raise TypeError("Can not update an image not belonging to a PdfWriter")
        if not isinstance(new_image, Image.Image):
            raise TypeError("new_image shall be a PIL Image")
        b = BytesIO()
        new_image.save(b, "PDF", **kwargs)
        reader = PdfReader(b)
        assert reader.pages[0].images[0].indirect_reference is not None
        self.indirect_reference.pdf._objects[self.indirect_reference.idnum - 1] = (
            reader.pages[0].images[0].indirect_reference.get_object()
        )
        cast(
            PdfObject, self.indirect_reference.get_object()
        ).indirect_reference = self.indirect_reference
        # change the object attributes
        extension, byte_stream, img = _xobj_to_image(
            cast(DictionaryObject, self.indirect_reference.get_object())
        )
        assert extension is not None
        self.name = self.name[: self.name.rfind(".")] + extension
        self.data = byte_stream
        self.image = img


@functools.total_ordering
class Version:
    COMPONENT_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^(\d+)(.*)$")

    def __init__(self, version_str: str) -> None:
        self.version_str = version_str
        self.components = self._parse_version(version_str)

    def _parse_version(self, version_str: str) -> List[Tuple[int, str]]:
        components = version_str.split(".")
        parsed_components = []
        for component in components:
            match = Version.COMPONENT_PATTERN.match(component)
            if not match:
                parsed_components.append((0, component))
                continue
            integer_prefix = match.group(1)
            suffix = match.group(2)
            if integer_prefix is None:
                integer_prefix = 0
            parsed_components.append((int(integer_prefix), suffix))
        return parsed_components

    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
        if not isinstance(other, Version):
            return False
        return self.components == other.components

    def __lt__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
        if not isinstance(other, Version):
            raise ValueError(f"Version cannot be compared against {type(other)}")
        min_len = min(len(self.components), len(other.components))
        for i in range(min_len):
            self_value, self_suffix = self.components[i]
            other_value, other_suffix = other.components[i]

            if self_value < other_value:
                return True
            elif self_value > other_value:
                return False

            if self_suffix < other_suffix:
                return True
            elif self_suffix > other_suffix:
                return False

        return len(self.components) < len(other.components)