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+"""String scanner for detecting hardcoded strings."""
+
+import re
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Optional, Set
+
+from i18n_guardian.parsers.base import StringLiteral
+from i18n_guardian.parsers.simple import get_default_registry
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Violation:
+    """Represents a hardcoded string violation."""
+
+    literal: StringLiteral
+    suggested_key: str
+    reason: str = "Hardcoded string detected"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ScanResult:
+    """Result of a scan operation."""
+
+    violations: List[Violation] = field(default_factory=list)
+    files_scanned: int = 0
+    strings_found: int = 0
+    violations_count: int = 0
+
+
+class StringScanner:
+    """Scanner for hardcoded strings in code."""
+
+    URL_PATTERN = re.compile(
+        r"^https?://",
+        re.IGNORECASE,
+    )
+
+    EMAIL_PATTERN = re.compile(
+        r"^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$",
+    )
+
+    REGEX_PATTERN = re.compile(
+        r"^[/^].*[/$]$",
+    )
+
+    I18N_CALL_PATTERN = re.compile(
+        r"^(\w+)\s*\(",
+    )
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        min_length: int = 3,
+        exclude_patterns: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        i18n_functions: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.min_length = min_length
+        self.exclude_patterns = exclude_patterns or []
+        self.i18n_functions = set(i18n_functions or [])
+        self.registry = get_default_registry()
+
+    def scan(self, path: Path, i18n_functions: Optional[Set[str]] = None) -> ScanResult:
+        """Scan a directory for hardcoded strings."""
+        result = ScanResult()
+        functions_to_exclude = self.i18n_functions.copy()
+        if i18n_functions:
+            functions_to_exclude.update(i18n_functions)
+
+        for file_path in self._iter_files(path):
+            if not self._should_include(file_path):
+                continue
+
+            literals = self._extract_literals(file_path)
+            result.files_scanned += 1
+
+            for literal in literals:
+                result.strings_found += 1
+                if self._is_violation(literal, functions_to_exclude):
+                    suggested_key = self._generate_key(literal)
+                    result.violations.append(
+                        Violation(
+                            literal=literal,
+                            suggested_key=suggested_key,
+                        )
+                    )
+
+        result.violations_count = len(result.violations)
+        return result
+
+    def _iter_files(self, path: Path) -> List[Path]:
+        """Iterate over files in path."""
+        files = []
+        if path.is_file():
+            return [path]
+
+        for ext in self.registry.list_extensions():
+            files.extend(path.rglob(f"*{ext}"))
+
+        return files
+
+    def _should_include(self, file_path: Path) -> bool:
+        """Check if file should be included in scan."""
+        for pattern in self.exclude_patterns:
+            if file_path.match(pattern):
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    def _extract_literals(self, file_path: Path) -> List[StringLiteral]:
+        """Extract string literals from a file."""
+        parser = self.registry.get(file_path)
+        if parser:
+            return parser.parse(file_path)
+        return []
+
+    def _is_violation(self, literal: StringLiteral, exclude_functions: Set[str]) -> bool:
+        """Check if a string literal is a violation."""
+        value = literal.value
+
+        if len(value) < self.min_length:
+            return False
+
+        if self._is_url(value):
+            return False
+
+        if self._is_email(value):
+            return False
+
+        if self._is_regex(value):
+            return False
+
+        if self._is_i18n_call(value, exclude_functions):
+            return False
+
+        if self._is_numeric(value):
+            return False
+
+        if self._is_single_char(value):
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def _is_url(self, value: str) -> bool:
+        """Check if value is a URL."""
+        return bool(self.URL_PATTERN.match(value))
+
+    def _is_email(self, value: str) -> bool:
+        """Check if value is an email."""
+        return bool(self.EMAIL_PATTERN.match(value))
+
+    def _is_regex(self, value: str) -> bool:
+        """Check if value looks like a regex pattern."""
+        return bool(self.REGEX_PATTERN.match(value))
+
+    def _is_i18n_call(self, value: str, exclude_functions: Set[str]) -> bool:
+        """Check if value looks like an i18n function call."""
+        match = self.I18N_CALL_PATTERN.match(value)
+        if match:
+            func_name = match.group(1)
+            if func_name in exclude_functions:
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def _is_numeric(self, value: str) -> bool:
+        """Check if value is numeric."""
+        try:
+            float(value)
+            return True
+        except ValueError:
+            return False
+
+    def _is_single_char(self, value: str) -> bool:
+        """Check if value is a single character."""
+        return len(value) == 1
+
+    def _generate_key(self, literal: StringLiteral) -> str:
+        """Generate a suggested translation key."""
+        value = literal.value.lower()
+        key = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]+", "_", value)
+        key = key.strip("_")
+
+        file_path = literal.file_path
+        relative_path = file_path.relative_to(file_path.parent)
+
+        parts = relative_path.stem.split("/")
+        path_prefix = "_".join(parts)
+
+        suggested = f"{path_prefix}_{key}"
+        if len(suggested) > 100:
+            suggested = suggested[:100].rstrip("_")
+
+        return suggested