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// - XsmReader.hpp                                                           -
// - afnix:xml module - xsm reader class definition                          -
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// - copyright (c) 1999-2007 amaury darsch                                   -
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#ifndef  AFNIX_XSMREADER_HPP
#define  AFNIX_XSMREADER_HPP

#ifndef  AFNIX_XSMNODE_HPP
#include "XsmNode.hpp"
#endif

#ifndef  AFNIX_XSOSTREAM_HPP
#include "XsoStream.hpp"
#endif

namespace afnix {

  /// The XsmReader class is the simple model node reader. The reader
  /// operates with the parse method and return a node or nil if the
  /// end of stream is reached. Unlike the xml reader, this reader does
  /// not build a tree and the tag content is not even parsed. In this
  /// model, the node content is to be interpreted at the user discretion.
  /// @author amaury darsch

  class XsmReader : public Object {
  protected:
    /// the xso stream
    XsoStream* p_xis;

  public:
    /// create an empty reader
    XsmReader (void);

    /// create a reader with an input stream
    /// @param is the input stream to map
    XsmReader (Input* is);

    /// create a reader with a string to parse
    /// @param xval the string to parse
    XsmReader (const String& xval);

    /// destroy this reader
    ~XsmReader (void);

    /// @return the class name
    String repr (void) const;

    /// set the reader input stream
    /// @param is the input stream to set
    virtual void setis (Input* is);

    /// set the reader input stream by string
    /// @param xval the string to parse
    virtual void setis (const String& xval);

    /// @return the next available node
    /// @param is the input steam to read
    virtual XsmNode* getnode (void);

  private:
    // make the copy constructor private
    XsmReader (const XsmReader& that);
    // make the assignment operator private
    XsmReader& operator = (const XsmReader&);

  public:
    /// create an object in a generic way
    /// @param argv the argument vector
    static Object* mknew (Vector* argv);

    /// @return true if the given quark is defined
    bool isquark (const long quark, const bool hflg) const;
    
    /// apply this object with a set of arguments and a quark
    /// @param robj  the current runnable
    /// @param nset  the current nameset    
    /// @param quark the quark to apply these arguments
    /// @param argv  the arguments to apply
    Object* apply (Runnable* robj, Nameset* nset, const long quark,
		   Vector* argv);
  };
}

#endif