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+// file : butl/string-parser -*- C++ -*-
+// copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Code Synthesis Ltd
+// license : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+#ifndef BUTL_STRING_PARSER
+#define BUTL_STRING_PARSER
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <stdexcept> // invalid_argument
+
+#include <butl/export>
+
+namespace butl
+{
+ class LIBBUTL_EXPORT invalid_string: public std::invalid_argument
+ {
+ public:
+ invalid_string (std::size_t p, const std::string& d)
+ : invalid_argument (d), pos (p) {}
+
+ std::size_t pos; // Zero-based.
+ };
+
+ class LIBBUTL_EXPORT string_parser
+ {
+ public:
+ // Parse a whitespace-separated list of strings. Can contain single or
+ // double quoted substrings. No escaping is supported. If unquote is true,
+ // return one-level unquoted values. Throw invalid_string in case of
+ // invalid quoting.
+ //
+ std::vector<string>
+ parse_quoted (const string&, bool unquote);
+
+ // Remove a single level of quotes. Note that the format or the
+ // correctness of the quotation is not validated.
+ //
+ std::string
+ unquote (const string&);
+ };
+}
+
+#endif // BUTL_STRING_PARSER