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+// file      : libbutl/manifest-serializer.hxx -*- C++ -*-
+// copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Code Synthesis Ltd
+// license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+#ifndef LIBBUTL_MANIFEST_SERIALIZER_HXX
+#define LIBBUTL_MANIFEST_SERIALIZER_HXX
+
+#include <string>
+#include <iosfwd>
+#include <cstddef>   // size_t
+#include <stdexcept> // runtime_error
+
+#include <libbutl/export.hxx>
+
+namespace butl
+{
+  class LIBBUTL_EXPORT manifest_serialization: public std::runtime_error
+  {
+  public:
+    manifest_serialization (const std::string& name,
+                            const std::string& description);
+
+    std::string name;
+    std::string description;
+  };
+
+  class LIBBUTL_EXPORT manifest_serializer
+  {
+  public:
+    manifest_serializer (std::ostream& os, const std::string& name)
+        : os_ (os), name_ (name) {}
+
+    const std::string&
+    name () const {return name_;}
+
+    // The first name-value pair should be the special "start-of-manifest"
+    // with empty name and value being the format version. After that we
+    // have a sequence of ordinary pairs which are the manifest. At the
+    // end of the manifest we have the special "end-of-manifest" pair
+    // with empty name and value. After that we can either have another
+    // start-of-manifest pair (in which case the whole sequence repeats
+    // from the beginning) or we get another end-of-manifest pair which
+    // signals the end of stream.
+    //
+    void
+    next (const std::string& name, const std::string& value);
+
+    // Write a comment. The supplied text is prefixed with "# " and
+    // terminated with a newline.
+    //
+    void
+    comment (const std::string&);
+
+  private:
+    void
+    check_name (const std::string&);
+
+    // Write 'n' characters from 's' (assuming there are no newlines)
+    // split into multiple lines at or near the 78 characters
+    // boundary. The first line starts at the 'column' offset.
+    //
+    void
+    write_value (std::size_t column, const char* s, std::size_t n);
+
+  private:
+    enum {start, body, end} s_ = start;
+    std::string version_; // Current format version.
+
+  private:
+    std::ostream& os_;
+    const std::string name_;
+  };
+}
+
+#endif // LIBBUTL_MANIFEST_SERIALIZER_HXX