Struct crowbook::Parser
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pub struct Parser { /* fields omitted */ }
A parser that reads markdown and convert it to AST (a vector of Token
s)
This AST can then be used by various renderes.
As this Parser uses Pulldown-cmark's one, it should be able to parse most valid CommonMark variant of Markdown.
Compared to other Markdown parser, it might fail more often on invalid code, e.g. footnotes references that are not defined anywhere.
Examples
use crowbook::Parser; let mut parser = Parser::new(); let result = parser.parse("Some *valid* Markdown[^1]\n\n[^1]: with a valid footnote"); assert!(result.is_ok());Run
use crowbook::Parser; let mut parser = Parser::new(); let result = parser.parse("Some footnote pointing to nothing[^1] "); assert!(result.is_err());Run
Methods
impl Parser
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fn new() -> Parser
Creates a parser
fn set_source_file(&mut self, s: &str)
Sets a parser's source file
fn parse_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(&mut self, filename: P) -> Result<Vec<Token>>
Parse a file and returns an AST or an error
fn parse(&mut self, s: &str) -> Result<Vec<Token>>
Parse a string and returns an AST, or an Error.
fn parse_inline(&mut self, s: &str) -> Result<Vec<Token>>
Parse an inline string and returns a list of Token
.
This function removes the outermost Paragraph
in most of the
cases, as it is meant to be used for an inline string (e.g. metadata)