1 //! # Custom [`Stream`]
2 //!
3 //! `winnow` is batteries included with support for
4 //! - Basic inputs like `&str`, newtypes with
5 //! - Improved debug output like [`Bytes`]
6 //! - [`Stateful`] for passing state through your parser, like tracking recursion
7 //!   depth
8 //! - [`Located`] for looking up the absolute position of a token
9 //!
10 //! But that won't always cut it for your parser. For example, you might lex `&str` into
11 //! a series of tokens and then want to parse a `TokenStream`.
12 //!
13 //! ## Implementing a custom stream
14 //!
15 //! Let's assume we have an input type we'll call `MyStream`.
16 //! `MyStream` is a sequence of `MyItem` type.
17 //!
18 //! The goal is to define parsers with this signature: `&mut MyStream -> PResult<Output>`.
19 //! ```rust
20 //! # use winnow::prelude::*;
21 //! # use winnow::token::tag;
22 //! # type MyStream<'i> = &'i str;
23 //! # type Output<'i> = &'i str;
24 //! fn parser<'s>(i: &mut MyStream<'s>) -> PResult<Output<'s>> {
25 //!     "test".parse_next(i)
26 //! }
27 //! ```
28 //!
29 //! Here are the traits you may have to implement for `MyStream`:
30 //!
31 //! | trait | usage |
32 //! |---|---|
33 //! | [`Stream`] |Core trait for driving parsing|
34 //! | [`StreamIsPartial`] | Marks the input as being the complete buffer or a partial buffer for streaming input |
35 //! | [`AsBytes`] |Casts the input type to a byte slice|
36 //! | [`AsBStr`] |Casts the input type to a slice of ASCII / UTF-8-like bytes|
37 //! | [`Compare`] |Character comparison operations|
38 //! | [`FindSlice`] |Look for a substring in self|
39 //! | [`Location`] |Calculate location within initial input|
40 //! | [`Offset`] |Calculate the offset between slices|
41 //!
42 //! And for `MyItem`:
43 //!
44 //! | trait | usage |
45 //! |---|---|
46 //! | [`AsChar`] |Transforms common types to a char for basic token parsing|
47 //! | [`ContainsToken`] |Look for the token in the given set|
48 //!
49 //! And traits for `&[MyItem]`:
50 //!
51 //! | trait | usage |
52 //! |---|---|
53 //! | [`SliceLen`] |Calculate the input length|
54 //! | [`ParseSlice`] |Used to integrate `&str`'s `parse()` method|
55 //!
56 //! ## Implementing a custom token
57 //!
58 //! If you are parsing `&[Myitem]`, leaving just the `MyItem` traits.
59 //!
60 //! For example:
61 //! ```rust
62 #![doc = include_str!("../../examples/arithmetic/parser_lexer.rs")]
63 //! ```
64 
65 #[allow(unused_imports)] // Here for intra-dock links
66 use crate::stream::*;
67