gnc-exp-parser.h

/********************************************************************\
 * gnc-exp-parser.h -- Interface to expression parsing for GnuCash  *
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#ifndef GNC_EXP_PARSER_H
#define GNC_EXP_PARSER_H

#include <glib.h>

#include "qof.h"

typedef enum
{
    NO_ERR,
    VARIABLE_IN_EXP,
    NUM_ERRORS
} GNCParseError;

/* Initialize the expression parser. If this function is not
 * called before one of the other parsing routines (other than
 * gnc_exp_parser_shutdown), it will be called if needed.
 */
void gnc_exp_parser_init (void);

void gnc_exp_parser_real_init( gboolean addPredefined );

/* Shutdown the expression parser and free any associated memory in the ParserState. */
void gnc_exp_parser_shutdown (void);

/* Undefine the variable name if it is already defined. */
void gnc_exp_parser_remove_variable (const char *variable_name);

/* Set the value of the variable to the given value. If the variable is
 * not already defined, it will be after the call. */
void gnc_exp_parser_set_value (const char * variable_name,
                               gnc_numeric value);

/* Parse the given expression using the current variable definitions.
 * If the parse was successful, return TRUE and, if value_p is
 * non-NULL, return the value of the resulting expression in *value_p.
 * Otherwise, return FALSE and *value_p is unchanged. If FALSE is
 * returned and error_loc_p is non-NULL, *error_loc_p is set to the
 * character in expression where parsing aborted. If TRUE is returned
 * and error_loc_p is non-NULL, *error_loc_p is set to NULL. */
gboolean gnc_exp_parser_parse (const char * expression,
                               gnc_numeric *value_p,
                               char **error_loc_p );

gboolean gnc_exp_parser_parse_separate_vars (const char * expression,
        gnc_numeric *value_p,
        char **error_loc_p,
        GHashTable *varHash );

/* If the last parse returned FALSE, return an error string describing
 * the problem. Otherwise, return NULL. */
const char * gnc_exp_parser_error_string (void);

#endif