package object parser {

// parser combinators 

// with input type I and return type T

//

// needs to be compiled with scalac parser3.scala

abstract class Parser[I <% Seq[_], T] {

  def parse(ts: I): Set[(T, I)]

  def parse_all(ts: I) : Set[T] =

    for ((head, tail) <- parse(ts); if (tail.isEmpty)) yield head

  def parse_single(ts: I) : T = parse_all(ts).toList match {

    case t::Nil => t

    case _ => { println ("Parse Error") ; sys.exit(-1) }

  }

  def || (right : => Parser[I, T]) : Parser[I, T] = new AltParser(this, right)

  def ==>[S] (f: => T => S) : Parser [I, S] = new FunParser(this, f)

  def ~[S] (right : => Parser[I, S]) : Parser[I, (T, S)] = new SeqParser(this, right)

  def ~>[S] (right : => Parser[I, S]) : Parser[I, S] = this ~ right ==> (_._2)

  def <~[S] (right : => Parser[I, S]) : Parser[I, T] = this ~ right ==> (_._1)

}

class SeqParser[I <% Seq[_], T, S](p: => Parser[I, T], q: => Parser[I, S]) extends Parser[I, (T, S)] {

  def parse(sb: I) = 

    for ((head1, tail1) <- p.parse(sb); 

         (head2, tail2) <- q.parse(tail1)) yield ((head1, head2), tail2)

}

class AltParser[I <% Seq[_], T](p: => Parser[I, T], q: => Parser[I, T]) extends Parser[I, T] {

  def parse(sb: I) = p.parse(sb) ++ q.parse(sb)   

}

class FunParser[I <% Seq[_], T, S](p: => Parser[I, T], f: T => S) extends Parser[I, S] {

  def parse(sb: I) = 

    for ((head, tail) <- p.parse(sb)) yield (f(head), tail)

}

}