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+/**
+ * @file lexparser.h
+ * 
+ * @brief lexical parser for text-based configuration files
+ *  
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Andreas Steffen, Zuercher Hochschule Winterthur
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <types.h>
+
+/**
+ * @brief Eats whitespace
+ */
+bool eat_whitespace(chunk_t *src);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Compare null-terminated pattern with chunk
+ */
+bool match(const char *pattern, const chunk_t *ch);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Extracts a token ending with a given termination symbol
+ */
+bool extract_token(chunk_t *token, const char termination, chunk_t *src);
+
+/**
+ *  @brief Fetches a new text line terminated by \n or \r\n
+ */
+bool fetchline(chunk_t *src, chunk_t *line);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Extracts a value that might be single or double quoted
+ */
+err_t extract_value(chunk_t *value, chunk_t *line);
+
+/**
+ * @brief extracts a name: value pair from a text line
+ */
+err_t extract_name_value(chunk_t *name, chunk_t *value, chunk_t *line);
+
+/**
+ * @brief extracts a parameter: value from a text line
+ */
+err_t extract_parameter_value(chunk_t *name, chunk_t *value, chunk_t *line);