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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:    RAML (RESTful API Modeling Language)
+" Maintainer:  Eric Hopkins <eric.on.tech@gmail.com>
+" URL:         https://github.com/in3d/vim-raml
+" License:     Same as Vim
+" Last Change: 2018-11-03
+
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+let s:cpo_save = &cpo
+set cpo&vim
+
+syn keyword ramlTodo            contained TODO FIXME XXX NOTE
+
+syn region  ramlComment         display oneline start='\%(^\|\s\)#' end='$'
+                                \ contains=ramlTodo,@Spell
+
+syn region  ramlVersion         display oneline start='#%RAML' end='$'
+
+syn match   ramlNodeProperty    '!\%(![^\\^%     ]\+\|[^!][^:/   ]*\)'
+
+syn match   ramlAnchor          '&.\+'
+
+syn match   ramlAlias           '\*.\+'
+
+syn match   ramlDelimiter       '[-,:]'
+syn match   ramlBlock           '[\[\]{}>|]'
+syn match   ramlOperator        '[?+-]'
+syn match   ramlKey             '\h\+\(?\)\?\ze\s*:'
+syn match   ramlKey             '\w\+\(\s\+\w\+\)*\(?\)\?\ze\s*:'
+syn match   routeKey            '\/\w\+\(\s\+\w\+\)*\ze\s*:'
+syn match   routeKey            'application\/\w\+\ze\s*:'
+syn match   routeParamKey       '\/{\w\+}*\ze\s*:'
+
+syn region  ramlString          matchgroup=ramlStringDelimiter
+                                \ start=+\s"+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"+
+                                \ contains=ramlEscape
+syn region  ramlString          matchgroup=ramlStringDelimiter
+                                \ start=+\s'+ skip=+''+ end=+'+
+                                \ contains=ramlStringEscape
+syn region  ramlParameter       matchgroup=ramlParameterDelimiter
+                                \ start=+<<+ skip=+''+ end=+>>+
+syn match   ramlEscape          contained display +\\[\\"abefnrtv^0_ NLP]+
+syn match   ramlEscape          contained display '\\x\x\{2}'
+syn match   ramlEscape          contained display '\\u\x\{4}'
+syn match   ramlEscape          contained display '\\U\x\{8}'
+syn match   ramlEscape          display '\\\%(\r\n\|[\r\n]\)'
+syn match   ramlStringEscape    contained +''+
+
+syn match   ramlNumber          display
+                                \ '\<[+-]\=\d\+\%(\.\d\+\%([eE][+-]\=\d\+\)\=\)\='
+syn match   ramlNumber          display '0\o\+'
+syn match   ramlNumber          display '0x\x\+'
+syn match   ramlNumber          display '([+-]\=[iI]nf)'
+syn match   ramlNumber          display '(NaN)'
+
+syn match   ramlConstant        '\<[~yn]\>'
+syn keyword ramlConstant        true True TRUE false False FALSE
+syn keyword ramlConstant        yes Yes on ON no No off OFF
+syn keyword ramlConstant        null Null NULL nil Nil NIL
+
+syn keyword httpVerbs           get post put delete head patch options
+syn keyword ramlTypes           string number integer date boolean file
+
+syn match   ramlTimestamp       '\d\d\d\d-\%(1[0-2]\|\d\)-\%(3[0-2]\|2\d\|1\d\|\d\)\%( \%([01]\d\|2[0-3]\):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d.\d\d [+-]\%([01]\d\|2[0-3]\):[0-5]\d\|t\%([01]\d\|2[0-3]\):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d.\d\d[+-]\%([01]\d\|2[0-3]\):[0-5]\d\|T\%([01]\d\|2[0-3]\):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d.\dZ\)\='
+
+syn region  ramlDocumentHeader  start='---' end='$' contains=ramlDirective
+syn match   ramlDocumentEnd     '\.\.\.'
+
+syn match   ramlDirective       contained '%[^:]\+:.\+'
+
+hi def link ramlVersion            String
+hi def link routeInterpolation     String
+hi def link ramlInterpolation      Constant
+hi def link ramlTodo               Todo
+hi def link ramlComment            Comment
+hi def link ramlDocumentHeader     PreProc
+hi def link ramlDocumentEnd        PreProc
+hi def link ramlDirective          Keyword
+hi def link ramlNodeProperty       Type
+hi def link ramlAnchor             Type
+hi def link ramlAlias              Type
+hi def link ramlBlock              Operator
+hi def link ramlOperator           Operator
+hi def link routeParamKey          SpecialChar
+hi def link ramlKey                Identifier
+hi def link routeKey               SpecialChar
+hi def link ramlParameterDelimiter Type
+hi def link ramlParameter          Type
+hi def link ramlString             String
+hi def link ramlStringDelimiter    ramlString
+hi def link ramlEscape             SpecialChar
+hi def link ramlStringEscape       SpecialChar
+hi def link ramlNumber             Number
+hi def link ramlConstant           Constant
+hi def link ramlTimestamp          Number
+hi def link httpVerbs              Statement
+hi def link ramlTypes              Type
+hi def link ramlDelimiter          Delimiter
+
+let b:current_syntax = "raml"
+
+let &cpo = s:cpo_save
+unlet s:cpo_save