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+/* eslint-disable camelcase */
+import YAML from 'js-yaml';
+import { ParseResultElement } from '@swagger-api/apidom-core';
+import { ParserError, Parser } from '@swagger-api/apidom-reference/configuration/empty';
+import {
+  mediaTypes,
+  OpenApi3_1Element,
+  OpenAPIMediaTypes,
+} from '@swagger-api/apidom-ns-openapi-3-1';
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+const OpenApiYaml3_1Parser = Parser.compose(Parser, {
+  props: {
+    name: 'openapi-yaml-3-1-swagger-client',
+    fileExtensions: ['.yaml', '.yml'],
+    mediaTypes: new OpenAPIMediaTypes(
+      ...mediaTypes.filterByFormat('generic'),
+      ...mediaTypes.filterByFormat('yaml')
+    ),
+    detectionRegExp:
+      /(?<YAML>^(["']?)openapi\2\s*:\s*(["']?)(?<version_yaml>3\.1\.(?:[1-9]\d*|0))\3(?:\s+|$))|(?<JSON>"openapi"\s*:\s*"(?<version_json>3\.1\.(?:[1-9]\d*|0))")/m,
+  },
+  methods: {
+    async canParse(file) {
+      const hasSupportedFileExtension =
+        this.fileExtensions.length === 0 ? true : this.fileExtensions.includes(file.extension);
+      const hasSupportedMediaType = this.mediaTypes.includes(file.mediaType);
+
+      if (!hasSupportedFileExtension) return false;
+      if (hasSupportedMediaType) return true;
+      if (!hasSupportedMediaType) {
+        try {
+          const source = file.toString();
+          YAML.load(source);
+          return this.detectionRegExp.test(source);
+        } catch (error) {
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+      return false;
+    },
+    async parse(file) {
+      if (this.sourceMap) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.warn(
+          "openapi-yaml-3-1-swagger-client parser plugin doesn't support sourceMaps option"
+        );
+      }
+
+      const source = file.toString();
+
+      try {
+        const pojo = YAML.load(source);
+        const element = OpenApi3_1Element.refract(pojo, this.refractorOpts);
+        const parseResultElement = new ParseResultElement();
+
+        element.classes.push('result');
+        parseResultElement.push(element);
+        return parseResultElement;
+      } catch (error) {
+        throw new ParserError(`Error parsing "${file.uri}"`, error);
+      }
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+export default OpenApiYaml3_1Parser;
+/* eslint-enable camelcase */