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// Copyright (c) 2001-2005 International Computer Science Institute
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// $XORP: xorp/policy/parser.hh,v 1.2 2005/03/25 02:54:07 pavlin Exp $

#ifndef __POLICY_PARSER_HH__
#define __POLICY_PARSER_HH__

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "node_base.hh"


/**
 * @short A lex/yacc wrapper which parses a configuration and returns nodes.
 *
 * This class parses a raw user configuration and returns a vector of nodes.
 *
 * Each node will normally relate to a single statement. The vector of nodes
 * reflects all the statements present.
 */
class Parser {
public:
    typedef vector<Node*> Nodes;

    /**
     * @return the parse-tree of the configuration. Null on error.
     * @param text Configuration to parse.
     */
    Nodes* parse(const string& text);

    /**
     * This should be called if parse returns null.
     *
     * If parse is successful, the value of last_error is undefined.
     * 
     * @return the last error of the parse.
     */
    string last_error();

private:
    string _last_error;
};

#endif // __POLICY_PARSER_HH__