//
// File: KeyvalTools.h
// Created by: Julien Dutheil
// Created on: Mon May 13:16 CET 2009
//

/*
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#ifndef _KEYVALTOOLS_H_
#define _KEYVALTOOLS_H_

#include "StringTokenizer.h"
#include "TextTools.h"
#include "Exceptions.h"

//From the STL:
#include <map>

namespace bpp
{

/**
 * @brief Exception thrown by the Keyval parser.
 */
class KeyvalException :
  public Exception
{
  public:
    KeyvalException(const std::string& message) : Exception(message) {}
};

/**
 * @brief Tools to deal with the keyval syntax.
 *
 * This class contains method to deal with parameter=value syntax procedure.
 * A keyval procedure takes the form 
 * @code
 * proc(p1=v1,p2=v2,p3=v3,etc)
 * @endcode
 * where 'p' are parameter names, and 'v' are the corresponding values.
 * These values can be nested keyval procedures.
 */
class KeyvalTools
{
  public:
    KeyvalTools();
    virtual ~KeyvalTools();

  public:
    /**
     * @brief Split a string into a key and a value (General purpose function).
     *
     * @param desc [in]  A string descibing the keyval, with format key=val (space are considered normal character, that's up to you to deal with that afterward!).
     * @param key  [out] Will contain the text of the key.
     * @param val  [out] Will contain the text of the value.
     * @throw KeyvalException If the syntax describing the keyval is not correct.
     */
    static void singleKeyval(const std::string& desc, std::string& key, std::string& val) throw (KeyvalException);
    
    /**
     * @brief Split a string into several keys and corresponding values (General purpose function).
     *
     * @param desc [in]  A string descibing the keyval, with format key1=val1,key2=val2,etc (space are considered normal character, that's up to you to deal with that afterward!).
     * @param keyvals [out] Will contain the text of the keys and their corresponding values.
     * @param split [in] The keyval delimiter.the default is a coma, but a space character can be used for instance.
     * @throw KeyvalException If the syntax describing the keyval is not correct.
     */
    static void multipleKeyvals(const std::string& desc, std::map<std::string, std::string>& keyvals, const std::string& split = ",") throw (KeyvalException);

    /**
     * @brief Parse (not recursively) a procedure string.
     *
     * @param desc [in]  A string descibing the keyval procedure.
     * @param name [out] Outputs the name of the procedure.
     * @param args [out] Fills a map with all keys and values for parameters.
     * @throw KeyvalException If the description is invalid (one parenthesis is missing for instance).
     */
    static void parseProcedure(const std::string& desc, std::string& name, std::map<std::string, std::string>& args) throw (KeyvalException);
};

} //End of namespace bpp.

#endif  //_KEYVALTOOLS_H_

