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+/**
+ * @file parser.h
+ *
+ * @brief Generic parser class used to parse IKEv2-Header and Payload
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter, Martin Willi
+ * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef PARSER_H_
+#define PARSER_H_
+
+#include <types.h>
+#include <encoding/payloads/encodings.h>
+#include <encoding/payloads/payload.h>
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief A parser_t object which parses payloads
+ * 
+ * A parser is used for parsing one chunk of data. Multiple
+ * payloads can be parsed out of the chunk using parse_payload.
+ * The parser remains the state until destroyed.
+ */
+typedef struct parser_s parser_t;
+
+struct parser_s {
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief parses the next payload
+	 * 
+	 * @warning caller is responsible for freeing allocated payload
+	 * 
+	 * Rules for parsing are described in the payload definition.
+	 *
+	 * @param this				parser Object
+	 * @param payload_type		payload type to parse
+	 * @param[out] payload		pointer where parsed payload was allocated
+	 * @return 			
+	 * 							- SUCCESSFUL if succeeded,
+	 * 		   					- NOT_SUPPORTED if payload_type is not supported
+	 * 							- OUT_OF_RES if out of ressources
+	 * 							- PARSE_ERROR if corrupted/invalid data found
+	 */
+	status_t (*parse_payload) (parser_t *this, payload_type_t payload_type, payload_t **payload);
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Resets the current parser context
+	 *
+	 * @param parser		parser object
+	 * @return 				
+	 * 						- SUCCESSFUL in any case
+	 */
+	status_t (*reset_context) (parser_t *this);
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Destroys a parser object
+	 *
+	 * @param parser		parser object
+	 * @return 				
+	 * 						- SUCCESSFUL in any case
+	 */
+	status_t (*destroy) (parser_t *this);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Constructor to create a parser
+ * 
+ * @param data				chunk of data to parse with this parser object
+ * @return 					the parser, or NULL if failed
+ *
+ */
+parser_t *parser_create(chunk_t data);
+
+#endif /*PARSER_H_*/