Self

pub fn TokenIterator(comptime T: type, comptime delimiter_type: DelimiterType) type {
    return struct {
        buffer: []const T,
        delimiter: switch (delimiter_type) {
            .sequence, .any => []const T,
            .scalar => T,
        },
        index: usize,

        const Self = @This();

        /// Returns a slice of the current token, or null if tokenization is
        /// complete, and advances to the next token.
        pub fn next(self: *Self) ?[]const T {
            const result = self.peek() orelse return null;
            self.index += result.len;
            return result;
        }

        /// Returns a slice of the current token, or null if tokenization is
        /// complete. Does not advance to the next token.
        pub fn peek(self: *Self) ?[]const T {
            // move to beginning of token
            while (self.index < self.buffer.len and self.isDelimiter(self.index)) : (self.index += switch (delimiter_type) {
                .sequence => self.delimiter.len,
                .any, .scalar => 1,
            }) {}
            const start = self.index;
            if (start == self.buffer.len) {
                return null;
            }

            // move to end of token
            var end = start;
            while (end < self.buffer.len and !self.isDelimiter(end)) : (end += 1) {}

            return self.buffer[start..end];
        }

        /// Returns a slice of the remaining bytes. Does not affect iterator state.
        pub fn rest(self: Self) []const T {
            // move to beginning of token
            var index: usize = self.index;
            while (index < self.buffer.len and self.isDelimiter(index)) : (index += switch (delimiter_type) {
                .sequence => self.delimiter.len,
                .any, .scalar => 1,
            }) {}
            return self.buffer[index..];
        }

        /// Resets the iterator to the initial token.
        pub fn reset(self: *Self) void {
            self.index = 0;
        }

        fn isDelimiter(self: Self, index: usize) bool {
            switch (delimiter_type) {
                .sequence => return startsWith(T, self.buffer[index..], self.delimiter),
                .any => {
                    const item = self.buffer[index];
                    for (self.delimiter) |delimiter_item| {
                        if (item == delimiter_item) {
                            return true;
                        }
                    }
                    return false;
                },
                .scalar => return self.buffer[index] == self.delimiter,
            }
        }
    };
}