7 files changed, 146 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/common/CharReader.cpp b/src/core/common/CharReader.cpp
index 5b9b1d4..4d3638c 100644
--- a/src/core/common/CharReader.cpp
+++ b/src/core/common/CharReader.cpp
@@ -468,6 +468,18 @@ bool CharReader::read(char &c)
 	return res;
 }
 
+bool CharReader::expect(char c)
+{
+	char actual = 0;
+	peek(actual);
+	if (c == actual) {
+		consumePeek();
+		return true;
+	}
+	resetPeek();
+	return false;
+}
+
 void CharReader::resetPeek()
 {
 	if (!coherent) {
diff --git a/src/core/common/CharReader.hpp b/src/core/common/CharReader.hpp
index cbfeaf2..64c80af 100644
--- a/src/core/common/CharReader.hpp
+++ b/src/core/common/CharReader.hpp
@@ -490,6 +490,15 @@ public:
 	bool read(char &c);
 
 	/**
+	 * Peeks a character, checks whether this character equals the given
+	 * character -- and if yes -- consumes the peek, otherwise resets it.
+	 *
+	 * @param c is the character that is expected.
+	 * @return true if this character is actually next.
+	 */
+	bool expect(char c);
+
+	/**
 	 * Resets the peek pointer to the "read" pointer.
 	 */
 	void resetPeek();
diff --git a/src/core/common/Utils.cpp b/src/core/common/Utils.cpp
index e5e2d39..563fe2a 100644
--- a/src/core/common/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/common/Utils.cpp
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ bool Utils::isIdentifier(const std::string &name)
 {
 	bool first = true;
 	for (char c : name) {
-		if (first && !(isAlphabetic(c) || c == '_')) {
+		if (first && !isIdentifierStartCharacter(c)) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		if (!first && !(isAlphanumeric(c) || c == '_' || c == '-')) {
+		if (!first && !isIdentifierCharacter(c)) {
 			return false;
 		}
 		first = false;
diff --git a/src/core/common/Utils.hpp b/src/core/common/Utils.hpp
index 457d446..2c8a5b3 100644
--- a/src/core/common/Utils.hpp
+++ b/src/core/common/Utils.hpp
@@ -58,15 +58,23 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns true if the given character is in [A-Za-z_]
+	 * Returns true if the given character is in [A-Za-z].
 	 */
-	static bool isIdentifierStart(const char c)
+	static bool isIdentifierStartCharacter(const char c)
 	{
-		return isAlphabetic(c) || (c == '_');
+		return isAlphabetic(c);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns true if the given character is in [A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_-]*
+	 * Returns true if the given character is in [A-Za-z0-9_-].
+	 */
+	static bool isIdentifierCharacter(const char c)
+	{
+		return isAlphanumeric(c) || (c == '_') || (c == '-');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns true if the given character is in [A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_-]*
 	 */
 	static bool isIdentifier(const std::string &name);
 
diff --git a/src/core/common/VariantReader.hpp b/src/core/common/VariantReader.hpp
index 7f00251..6b157d8 100644
--- a/src/core/common/VariantReader.hpp
+++ b/src/core/common/VariantReader.hpp
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ public:
 	static std::pair<bool, Variant::mapType> parseObject(CharReader &reader,
 	                                                     Logger &logger,
 	                                                     char delim = 0);
+
 	/**
 	 * Parses a Cardinality. A Cardinality is specified as a list of Ranges,
 	 * separated by commas and enclosed in curly braces. The ranges can be
diff --git a/src/plugins/plain/PlainFormatStreamReader.cpp b/src/plugins/plain/PlainFormatStreamReader.cpp
index 498cd43..4469536 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plain/PlainFormatStreamReader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/plain/PlainFormatStreamReader.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <core/common/CharReader.hpp>
 #include <core/common/Logger.hpp>
 #include <core/common/Utils.hpp>
+#include <core/common/VariantReader.hpp>
 
 #include "PlainFormatStreamReader.hpp"
 
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ private:
 	SourceOffset end;
 
 public:
-
 	/**
 	 * Default constructor, initializes start and end with zeros.
 	 */
@@ -123,6 +123,72 @@ PlainFormatStreamReader::PlainFormatStreamReader(CharReader &reader,
 	tokenBlockCommentEnd = tokenizer.registerToken("}%");
 }
 
+Variant PlainFormatStreamReader::parseIdentifier(size_t start)
+{
+	bool first = true;
+	std::vector<char> identifier;
+	size_t end = reader.getPeekOffset();
+	char c;
+	while (reader.peek(c)) {
+		// Abort if this character is not a valid identifer character
+		if ((first && Utils::isIdentifierStartCharacter(c)) ||
+		    (!first && Utils::isIdentifierCharacter(c))) {
+			identifier.push_back(c);
+		} else {
+			reader.resetPeek();
+			break;
+		}
+
+		// This is no longer the first character
+		first = false;
+		end = reader.getPeekOffset();
+		reader.consumePeek();
+	}
+
+	// Return the identifier at its location
+	Variant res =
+	    Variant::fromString(std::string(identifier.data(), identifier.size()));
+	res.setLocation({reader.getSourceId(), start, end});
+	return res;
+}
+
+void PlainFormatStreamReader::parseCommand(size_t start)
+{
+	// Parse the commandName as a first identifier
+	commandName = parseIdentifier(start);
+
+	// Check whether the next character is a '#', indicating the start of the
+	// command name
+	Variant commandArgName;
+	start = reader.getOffset();
+	if (reader.expect('#')) {
+		commandArgName = parseIdentifier(start);
+		if (commandArgName.asString().empty()) {
+			logger.error("Expected identifier after '#'", commandArgName);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Read the arguments (if they are available), otherwise reset them
+	if (reader.expect('[')) {
+		auto res = VariantReader::parseObject(reader, logger, ']');
+		commandArguments = res.second;
+	} else {
+		commandArguments = Variant::mapType{};
+	}
+
+	// Insert the parsed name, make sure "name" was not specified in the
+	// arguments
+	if (commandArgName.isString()) {
+		auto res = commandArguments.asMap().emplace("name", commandArgName);
+		if (!res.second) {
+			logger.error("Name argument specified multiple times",
+			             SourceLocation{}, MessageMode::NO_CONTEXT);
+			logger.note("First occurance is here: ", commandArgName);
+			logger.note("Second occurance is here: ", res.first->second);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 void PlainFormatStreamReader::parseBlockComment()
 {
 	DynamicToken token;
@@ -184,9 +250,10 @@ PlainFormatStreamReader::State PlainFormatStreamReader::parse()
 			char c;
 			reader.consumePeek();
 			reader.peek(c);
-			if (Utils::isIdentifierStart(c)) {
+			if (Utils::isIdentifierStartCharacter(c)) {
 				CHECK_ISSUE_DATA();
-				// TODO: Parse a command
+				reader.resetPeek();
+				parseCommand(token.location.getStart());
 				return State::COMMAND;
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/plain/PlainFormatStreamReader.hpp b/src/plugins/plain/PlainFormatStreamReader.hpp
index b2ea378..737bbe8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plain/PlainFormatStreamReader.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/plain/PlainFormatStreamReader.hpp
@@ -178,6 +178,22 @@ private:
 	size_t fieldIdx;
 
 	/**
+	 * Function used internall to parse an identifier.
+	 *
+	 * @param start is the start byte offset of the identifier (including the
+	 * backslash).
+	 */
+	Variant parseIdentifier(size_t start);
+
+	/**
+	 * Function used internally to parse a command.
+	 *
+	 * @param start is the start byte offset of the command (including the
+	 * backslash).
+	 */
+	void parseCommand(size_t start);
+
+	/**
 	 * Function used internally to parse a block comment.
 	 */
 	void parseBlockComment();
@@ -208,10 +224,32 @@ public:
 	 */
 	State parse();
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns a reference at the internally stored data.
+	/** 
+	 * Returns a reference at the internally stored data. Only valid if
+	 * State::DATA was returned by the "parse" function.
+	 *
+	 * @return a reference at a variant containing the data parsed by the
+	 * "parse" function.
 	 */
 	const Variant& getData() {return data;}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a reference at the internally stored command name. Only valid if
+	 * State::COMMAND was returned by the "parse" function.
+	 *
+	 * @return a reference at a variant containing name and location of the
+	 * parsed command.
+	 */
+	const Variant& getCommandName() {return commandName;}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a reference at the internally stored command name. Only valid if
+	 * State::COMMAND was returned by the "parse" function.
+	 *
+	 * @return a reference at a variant containing arguments given to the
+	 * command.
+	 */
+	const Variant& getCommandArguments() {return commandArguments;}
 };
 }