config.generics.forEach(function(entry)
{
var tagName        = entry[0],
regexp         = entry[1],
passthroughIdx = entry[2],
map            = entry[3],
m;

// Reset the regexp
regexp.lastIndex = 0;

while (m = regexp.exec(text))
{
var startTagPos = m.index,
matchLen    = m[0].length,
tag;

if (HINT.PREG_HAS_PASSTHROUGH && passthroughIdx && m[passthroughIdx] !== '')
{
// Compute the position and length of the start tag, end tag, and the content in
// between. m.index gives us the position of the start tag but we don't know its length.
// We use indexOf() to locate the content part so that we know how long the start tag
// is. It is an imperfect solution but it should work well enough in most cases.
var contentPos  = text.indexOf(m[passthroughIdx], startTagPos),
contentLen  = m[passthroughIdx].length,
startTagLen = contentPos - startTagPos,
endTagPos   = contentPos + contentLen,
endTagLen   = matchLen - (startTagLen + contentLen);

tag = addTagPair(tagName, startTagPos, startTagLen, endTagPos, endTagLen, -100);
}
else
{
tag = addSelfClosingTag(tagName, startTagPos, matchLen, -100);
}

map.forEach(function(attrName, i)
{
// NOTE: subpatterns with no name have an empty entry to preserve the array indices
if (attrName && typeof m[i] !== 'undefined')
{
tag.setAttribute(attrName, m[i]);
}
});
}
});