Issue 6034 - :-abp-contains() accept a regular expression

lib/common.js

 /*
  * This file is part of Adblock Plus <https://adblockplus.org/>,
  * Copyright (C) 2006-present eyeo GmbH
  *
  * Adblock Plus is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  *
  * Adblock Plus is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with Adblock Plus.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 "use strict";
+
+/**
+ * Converts raw text into a regular expression string
+ * @param {string} text the string to convert
+ * @return {string} regular expression representation of the text
+ */
+function textToRegExp(text)
+{
+  return text.replace(/[-/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, "\\$&");
+}
+
+exports.textToRegExp = textToRegExp;
 
 /**
  * Converts filter text into regular expression string
  * @param {string} text as in Filter()
  * @return {string} regular expression representation of filter text
  */
 function filterToRegExp(text)
 {
   return text
     // remove multiple wildcards
@@ skipping 53 matching lines @@
         start = i + 1;
       }
     }
   }
 
   selectors.push(selector.substring(start));
   return selectors;
 }
 
 exports.splitSelector = splitSelector;