assimp/include/assimp/RemoveComments.h

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/** @file Declares a helper class, "CommentRemover", which can be
 *  used to remove comments (single and multi line) from a text file.
 */
#ifndef AI_REMOVE_COMMENTS_H_INC
#define AI_REMOVE_COMMENTS_H_INC


#include <assimp/defs.h>

namespace Assimp    {

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/** \brief Helper class to remove single and multi line comments from a file
 *
 *  Some mesh formats like MD5 have comments that are quite similar
 *  to those in C or C++ so this code has been moved to a separate
 *  module.
 */
class ASSIMP_API CommentRemover
{
    // class cannot be instanced
    CommentRemover() {}

public:

    //! Remove single-line comments. The end of a line is
    //! expected to be either NL or CR or NLCR.
    //! \param szComment The start sequence of the comment, e.g. "//"
    //! \param szBuffer Buffer to work with
    //! \param chReplacement Character to be used as replacement
    //! for commented lines. By default this is ' '
    static void RemoveLineComments(const char* szComment,
        char* szBuffer, char chReplacement = ' ');

    //! Remove multi-line comments. The end of a line is
    //! expected to be either NL or CR or NLCR. Multi-line comments
    //! may not be nested (as in C).
    //! \param szCommentStart The start sequence of the comment, e.g. "/*"
    //! \param szCommentEnd The end sequence of the comment, e.g. "*/"
    //! \param szBuffer Buffer to work with
    //! \param chReplacement Character to be used as replacement
    //! for commented lines. By default this is ' '
    static void RemoveMultiLineComments(const char* szCommentStart,
        const char* szCommentEnd,char* szBuffer,
        char chReplacement = ' ');
};
} // ! Assimp

#endif // !! AI_REMOVE_COMMENTS_H_INC