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+//
+// request_parser.hpp
+// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2003-2012 Christopher M. Kohlhoff (chris at kohlhoff dot com)
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+
+#ifndef HTTP_REQUEST_PARSER_HPP
+#define HTTP_REQUEST_PARSER_HPP
+
+#include <boost/logic/tribool.hpp>
+#include <boost/tuple/tuple.hpp>
+
+namespace http {
+namespace server {
+
+struct request;
+
+/// Parser for incoming requests.
+class request_parser
+{
+public:
+  /// Construct ready to parse the request method.
+  request_parser();
+
+  /// Reset to initial parser state.
+  void reset();
+
+  /// Parse some data. The tribool return value is true when a complete request
+  /// has been parsed, false if the data is invalid, indeterminate when more
+  /// data is required. The InputIterator return value indicates how much of the
+  /// input has been consumed.
+  template <typename InputIterator>
+  boost::tuple<boost::tribool, InputIterator> parse(request& req,
+      InputIterator begin, InputIterator end)
+  {
+    while (begin != end)
+    {
+      boost::tribool result = consume(req, *begin++);
+      if (result || !result)
+        return boost::make_tuple(result, begin);
+    }
+    boost::tribool result = boost::indeterminate;
+    return boost::make_tuple(result, begin);
+  }
+
+private:
+  /// Handle the next character of input.
+  boost::tribool consume(request& req, char input);
+
+  /// Check if a byte is an HTTP character.
+  static bool is_char(int c);
+
+  /// Check if a byte is an HTTP control character.
+  static bool is_ctl(int c);
+
+  /// Check if a byte is defined as an HTTP tspecial character.
+  static bool is_tspecial(int c);
+
+  /// Check if a byte is a digit.
+  static bool is_digit(int c);
+
+  /// The current state of the parser.
+  enum state
+  {
+    method_start,
+    method,
+    uri,
+    http_version_h,
+    http_version_t_1,
+    http_version_t_2,
+    http_version_p,
+    http_version_slash,
+    http_version_major_start,
+    http_version_major,
+    http_version_minor_start,
+    http_version_minor,
+    expecting_newline_1,
+    header_line_start,
+    header_lws,
+    header_name,
+    space_before_header_value,
+    header_value,
+    expecting_newline_2,
+    expecting_newline_3
+  } state_;
+};
+
+} // namespace server
+} // namespace http
+
+#endif // HTTP_REQUEST_PARSER_HPP