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#ifndef MvLanguage_DEFINED
#define MvLanguage_DEFINED

//! Class to handle Metview language syntax files
/*! This is a C++ wrapper around libMars C functions in \c src/libMars/expand.c.\n \n
 *  NOTE: class has no explicit copy constructors or operator=,
 *  so copies share the same pointers!
 */
class MvLanguage {
	long     Flags;
	request *Lang;
	rule    *Rule;

	// Note : no destructors, copy construtors or operator=,
	// so copies share the same pointers

public:
	//! Constructor
	/*! Argument \c langFile is the file name of the language syntax file,
	 *  \c rulesFile is the name of the rules file (use \c 0 if no rules file)
	 *  and \c expandFlags is a combination of bits defining how requests
	 *  should be expanded (see file \c src/libMars/mars.h for
	 *  defined mnemonics and their values).
	 */
	MvLanguage(const char *langFile, const char *rulesFile, long expandFlags = EXPAND_2ND_NAME);

	//! Destructor
	~MvLanguage();

	//

	//! Removes non-matching parameters
	/*! Removes parameters that are not defined in the language file
	 *  from all requests in \c req
	 */
	MvRequest trimAll(const MvRequest& req);

	//! Expands all parameters in all requests in \c req
	MvRequest expandAll(const MvRequest& req);

	//! Removes non-matching parameters
	/*! Removes parameters that are not defined in the language file
	 *  from the current request in \c req
	 */
	MvRequest trimOne(const MvRequest& req);

	//! Expands all parameters in the current request in \c req
	MvRequest expandOne(const MvRequest& req);

	//
	//! Set request expansion flags
	/*! For values and mnemonics, see \c EXPAND_* defines in file \c src/libMars/mars.h
	 */
	void      setFlags(long f) { Flags = f; }

	//! Resets the language file
	void      reset(void);
};
#endif
