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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 "../include/aiAssert.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 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