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+#ifndef __parse_api_H
+#define __parse_api_H
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2001 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
+ *
+ *    This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
+ *    and/or modify it in source code form under the terms of the GNU
+ *    General Public License as published by the Free Software
+ *    Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ *    any later version.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
+ */
+#if !defined(WINNT)
+#ident "$Id: parse_api.h,v 1.1 2001/10/21 20:18:56 steve Exp $"
+#endif
+
+# include  <stdio.h>
+# include  <string>
+# include  <map>
+
+class Module;
+class PUdp;
+
+/*
+ * These are maps of the modules and primitives parsed from the
+ * Verilog source into pform for elaboration. The parser adds modules
+ * to these maps as it compiles modules in the verilog source.
+ */
+extern map<string,Module*> pform_modules;
+extern map<string,PUdp*>   pform_primitives;
+
+/*
+ * This code actually invokes the parser to make modules. The first
+ * parameter is the name of the file that is to be parsed. The
+ * optional second parameter is the opened descriptor for the file. If
+ * the descriptor is 0 (or skipped) then the function will attempt to
+ * open the file on its own.
+ */
+extern int  pform_parse(const char*path, FILE*file =0);
+
+extern string vl_file;
+
+/*
+ * $Log: parse_api.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.1  2001/10/21 20:18:56  steve
+ *  clean up API for restarting parser.
+ *
+ */
+#endif