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+The OpenDDL-Parser
+==================
+
+The OpenDDL-Parser is a small and easy to use library for OpenDDL-file-format-parsing. OpenDDL is the shortcut for Open Data Description Language, a data-declaration language introduced by Eric Lengyel. Please check http://openddl.org/ if you want to learn more about it.
+
+Build status
+============
+Linux build status: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/kimkulling/openddl-parser.png)](https://travis-ci.org/kimkulling/openddl-parser)
+Current coverity check status:
+<a href="https://scan.coverity.com/projects/5606">
+  <img alt="Coverity Scan Build Status"
+       src="https://scan.coverity.com/projects/5606/badge.svg"/>
+</a>
+
+Get the source code
+===================
+You can get the code from our git repository, which is located at GitHub. You can clone the repository with the following command:
+
+> git clone https://github.com/kimkulling/openddl-parser.git
+
+Building the source from the GitHub-Repo
+========================================
+To build the library you need to install cmake first ( see http://www.cmake.org/ for more information ). Make also sure that a compiler tool-chain is installed on your machine.
+After installing it you can open a console and enter:
+
+> cmake CMakeLists.txt
+
+This command will generate a build environment for your installed build enrironment ( for Visual-Studio-users the project files will be generated, for gcc-users the makefiles will be generated ).
+When using an IDE open the IDE and run the build. When using GNU-make type in your console:
+
+> make
+
+and that's all.
+
+When using Visual Studio CMake will generate you a solution for ythe library. Just build it there.
+
+Use the library
+===============
+To use the OpenDDL-parser you need to build the lib first. Now add the 
+> <Repo-folder>/include 
+
+to your include-path and the 
+
+> <Repo-folder>/lib
+
+to your lib-folder. Link the openddl.lib to your application. 
+
+Here is a small example how to use the lib:
+
+```cpp
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <openddlparser/OpenDDLParser.h>
+
+USE_ODDLPARSER_NS;
+
+int main( int argc, char *argv[] ) {
+    if( argc < 3 ) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    char *filename( nullptr );
+    if( 0 == strncmp( FileOption, argv[ 1 ], strlen( FileOption ) ) ) {
+        filename = argv[ 2 ];
+    }
+    std::cout << "file to import: " << filename << std::endl;   
+    if( nullptr == filename ) {
+        std::cerr << "Invalid filename." << std::endl;
+        return Error;
+    }
+
+    FILE *fileStream = fopen( filename, "r+" );
+    if( NULL == filename ) {
+        std::cerr << "Cannot open file " << filename << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // obtain file size:
+    fseek( fileStream, 0, SEEK_END );
+    const size_t size( ftell( fileStream ) );   
+    rewind( fileStream );   
+    if( size > 0 ) {
+        char *buffer = new char[ size ];
+        const size_t readSize( fread( buffer, sizeof( char ), size, fileStream ) );
+        assert( readSize == size );
+        OpenDDLParser theParser;
+        theParser.setBuffer( buffer, size );
+        const bool result( theParser.parse() );
+        if( !result ) {
+            std::cerr << "Error while parsing file " << filename << "." << std::endl;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+```
+
+How to access the imported data
+===============================
+The data is organized as a tree. You can get the root-node of the tree with the following code:
+
+```cpp
+OpenDDLParser theParser;
+theParser.setBuffer( buffer, size );
+const bool result( theParser.parse() );
+if ( result ) {
+    DDLNode *root = theParser.getRoot();
+    DDLNode::DllNodeList childs = root->getChildNodeList();
+    for ( size_t i=0; i<childs.size(); i++ ) {
+        DDLNode *child = childs[ i ];
+        Property *prop   = child->getProperty(); // to get properties
+        std::string type = child->getType();     // to get the node type
+        Value *values    = child->getValue();    // to get the data;
+        
+        // to loop through all values
+        while ( values != ddl_nullptr ) {
+            int current = values->getInt32();
+            values = value->getNext();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+```
+
+The node instance called root contains the data.
+
+All data lists are organized as linked lists.
+
+Reference documentation
+=======================
+Please check http://kimkulling.github.io/openddl-parser/doxygen_html/index.html.
+
+Projects using OpenDDL-Parser
+=============================
+- Asset Importer Lib: https://github.com/assimp/assimp .