// IconMenuItem.hh for Fluxbox Window Manager
// Copyright (c) 2004 Henrik Kinnunen (fluxgen at fluxbox dot org)
//                and Simon Bowden    (rathnor at users.sourceforge.net)
//
// 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:
//
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// 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
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// $Id$

#ifndef PARSER_HH
#define PARSER_HH

#include <string>
#include <utility>

// interface class for a generic Parser
class Parser {
public:
    typedef std::pair<std::string, std::string> Item;
    static const Item s_empty_item;

    virtual ~Parser() { }

    virtual bool open(const std::string &filename) = 0;
    virtual void close() = 0;
    virtual bool eof() const = 0;
    virtual bool isLoaded() const = 0;
    virtual int row() const = 0;
    virtual std::string line() const = 0;
    virtual Parser &operator >> (Item &out) = 0;
    virtual Item nextItem() = 0;

};


#endif // PARSER_HH