#pragma once

#include "envoy/content_parser/parser.h"

namespace Envoy {

namespace ContentParser {

/**

 * Factory for creating content parser instances. Provides parser metadata

 * such as stats prefix for potential namespaced metrics.

 */

class ParserFactory {

public:

  /**

   * Create a new Parser instance.

   * @return ParserPtr a new parser instance

   */

  virtual ParserPtr createParser() PURE;

  /**

   * Get the stats prefix for this parser type.

   * @return const std::string& the stats prefix with trailing dot (e.g., "json.")

   */

  virtual const std::string& statsPrefix() const PURE;

};

using ParserFactoryPtr = std::unique_ptr<ParserFactory>;

} // namespace ContentParser

} // namespace Envoy