#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <fstream>
#include "dictobject.h"
using namespace std;
// Notes
// - triple quoted python strings.  hmmmm.  hopefully, we don't encounter them.
//
// - currently we do not distinguish between strings and numbers.
//   so, the new rules are, all keys are strings and values are left in their
//   respective formats.
// 
// To Do:
//  - make the collection of extraction and parsing functions into 
//    a class, so that we can use an Abstract Method or Factory to 
//    abstract the parsing.  since, one day we might have different
//    implementations, such as reading marshalled data.
//
//  - move the formatting method out from DictObject and Into this class.
//
//  - Pass this soon to be class, into a DictObject.  possibly? 
//    need to think about this design a little more.
//
//    The goal is to seperate out all parsing and formatting things 
//    from the DictObject class. but allow a using relationship
//    beween the DictObject class and this new class while 
//    keeping a loose coupling through abstraction.
//

#ifndef PYTEXTSERIALIZER
#define PYTEXTSERIALIZER

string ltrim(string s);
string rtrim(string s);
string trim(string s);

string extractPyString(string s);
DictObject* extractPyValue(string s);
string extractPyDict(string s);

DictObject* parsePyDict(string s);

class PyTextSerializer {
public:
	DictObject* load(string filename);
	string format(DictObject *da, string indent="");
	void write(DictObject *da, string filename);
};

#endif