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#ifndef ROCKETCOREPROPERTYPARSER_H
#define ROCKETCOREPROPERTYPARSER_H

#include "Header.h"
#include "Property.h"
#include <map>

namespace Rocket {
namespace Core {

typedef std::map< String, int, StringUtilities::StringComparei > ParameterMap;

/**
	A property parser takes a property declaration in string form, validates it, and converts it to a Property.

	@author Peter Curry
 */

class ROCKETCORE_API PropertyParser
{
public:
	virtual ~PropertyParser()
	{
	}

	/// Called to parse a RCSS declaration.
	/// @param[out] property The property to set the parsed value on.
	/// @param[in] value The raw value defined for this property.
	/// @param[in] parameters The list of parameters defined for this property.
	/// @return True if the value was parsed successfully, false otherwise.
	virtual bool ParseValue(Property& property, const String& value, const ParameterMap& parameters) const = 0;

	/// Called when the parser is released. This should free all dynamic memory used by the parser.
	virtual void Release() = 0;
};

}
}

#endif
