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+/*
+    Ousía
+    Copyright (C) 2014, 2015  Benjamin Paaßen, Andreas Stöckel
+
+    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 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    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.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+/**
+ * @file Parser.hpp
+ *
+ * Contains the abstract "Parser" class. Parsers are objects capable of reading
+ * a certain file format and transforming it into a node.
+ *
+ * @author Andreas Stöckel (astoecke@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
+ */
+
+#ifndef _OUSIA_PARSER_HPP_
+#define _OUSIA_PARSER_HPP_
+
+#include <istream>
+#include <set>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "Exceptions.hpp"
+#include "Node.hpp"
+#include "Logger.hpp"
+
+namespace ousia {
+
+// TODO: Implement a proper Mimetype class
+
+/**
+ * Exception to be thrown whenever an error occurs inside a specific parser.
+ */
+class ParserException : public LoggableException {
+public:
+	using LoggableException::LoggableException;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Abstract parser class. This class builds the basic interface that should be
+ * used by any parser which reads data from an input stream and transforms it
+ * into an Ousía node graph.
+ */
+class Parser {
+public:
+
+	Parser() {};
+	Parser(const Parser&) = delete;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a set containing all mime types supported by the parser. The mime
+	 * types are used to describe the type of the document that is read by the
+	 * parser. The default implementation returns an empty set. This method
+	 * should be overridden by derived classes.
+	 *
+	 * @return a set containing the string value of the supported mime types.
+	 */
+	virtual std::set<std::string> mimetypes()
+	{
+		return std::set<std::string>{};
+	};
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the given input stream and returns a corresponding node for
+	 * inclusion in the document graph. This method should be overridden by
+	 * derived classes.
+	 *
+	 * @param is is a reference to the input stream that should be parsed.
+	 * @param context defines the context in which the input stream should be
+	 * parsed. The context represents the scope from which element names should
+	 * be looked up.
+	 * @param logger is a reference to the Logger instance that should be used
+	 * to log error messages and warnings that occur while parsing the document.
+	 * @return a reference to the node representing the subgraph that has been
+	 * created. The resulting node may point at not yet resolved entities, the
+	 * calling code will try to resolve these. If no valid node can be produced,
+	 * a corresponding LoggableException must be thrown by the parser.
+	 */
+	virtual Rooted<Node> parse(std::istream &is, Handle<Node> context,
+	                           Logger &logger) = 0;
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the given string and returns a corresponding node for
+	 * inclusion in the document graph. This method should be overridden by
+	 * derived classes.
+	 *
+	 * @param str is the string that should be parsed.
+	 * @param context defines the context in which the input stream should be
+	 * parsed. The context represents the scope from which element names should
+	 * be looked up.
+	 * @param logger is a reference to the Logger instance that should be used
+	 * to log error messages and warnings that occur while parsing the document.
+	 * @return a reference to the node representing the subgraph that has been
+	 * created. The resulting node may point at not yet resolved entities, the
+	 * calling code will try to resolve these. If no valid node can be produced,
+	 * a corresponding ParserException must be thrown by the parser.
+	 */
+	Rooted<Node> parse(const std::string &str, Handle<Node> context,
+	                   Logger &logger);
+};
+}
+
+#endif /* _OUSIA_PARSER_HPP_ */
+