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+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014 Kim Kulling
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+#pragma once
+#ifndef OPENDDLPARSER_OPENDDLPARSER_H_INC
+#define OPENDDLPARSER_OPENDDLPARSER_H_INC
+
+#include <openddlparser/OpenDDLCommon.h>
+#include <openddlparser/DDLNode.h>
+#include <openddlparser/OpenDDLParserUtils.h>
+#include <openddlparser/Value.h>
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+BEGIN_ODDLPARSER_NS
+
+class DDLNode;
+class Value;
+
+struct Identifier;
+struct Reference;
+struct Property;
+
+template<class T>
+inline
+T *getNextToken( T *in, T *end ) {
+    while( ( isSpace( *in ) || isNewLine( *in ) || ',' == *in ) && ( in != end ) ) {
+        in++;
+    }
+    return in;
+}
+
+enum LogSeverity {
+    ddl_debug_msg = 0,
+    ddl_info_msg,
+    ddl_warn_msg,
+    ddl_error_msg,
+};
+
+class DLL_ODDLPARSER_EXPORT OpenDDLParser {
+public:
+    typedef void( *logCallback )( LogSeverity severity, const std::string &msg );
+
+public:
+    OpenDDLParser();
+    OpenDDLParser( char *buffer, size_t len, bool ownsIt = false );
+    ~OpenDDLParser();
+    void setLogCallback( logCallback callback );
+    logCallback getLogCallback() const;
+    void setBuffer( char *buffer, size_t len, bool ownsIt = false );
+    char *getBuffer() const;
+    size_t getBufferSize() const;
+    void clear();
+    bool parse();
+    char *parseNextNode( char *current, char *end );
+    char *parseHeader( char *in, char *end );
+    char *parseStructure( char *in, char *end );
+    void pushNode( DDLNode *node );
+    DDLNode *popNode();
+    DDLNode *top();
+    DDLNode *getRoot() const;
+    Context *getContext() const;
+
+public: // static parser helpers
+    static void normalizeBuffer( char *buffer, size_t len );
+    static char *parseName( char *in, char *end, Name **name );
+    static char *parseIdentifier( char *in, char *end, Identifier **id );
+    static char *parsePrimitiveDataType( char *in, char *end, Value::ValueType &type, size_t &len );
+    static char *parseReference( char *in, char *end, std::vector<Name*> &names );
+    static char *parseBooleanLiteral( char *in, char *end, Value **boolean );
+    static char *parseIntegerLiteral( char *in, char *end, Value **integer, Value::ValueType integerType = Value::ddl_int32 );
+    static char *parseFloatingLiteral( char *in, char *end, Value **floating );
+    static char *parseStringLiteral( char *in, char *end, Value **stringData );
+    static char *parseHexaLiteral( char *in, char *end, Value **data );
+    static char *parseProperty( char *in, char *end, Property **prop );
+    static char *parseDataList( char *in, char *end, Value **data );
+    static char *parseDataArrayList( char *in, char *end, DataArrayList **dataList );
+    static const char *getVersion();
+
+private:
+    OpenDDLParser( const OpenDDLParser & );
+    OpenDDLParser &operator = ( const OpenDDLParser & );
+
+private:
+    logCallback m_logCallback;
+    bool m_ownsBuffer;
+    char *m_buffer;
+    size_t m_len;
+    //DDLNode *m_root;
+    typedef std::vector<DDLNode*> DDLNodeStack;
+    DDLNodeStack m_stack;
+    Context *m_context;
+};
+
+END_ODDLPARSER_NS
+
+#endif // OPENDDLPARSER_OPENDDLPARSER_H_INC