parse

parse.go

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+package hcl
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/ast"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/hcl"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/json"
+)
+
+// Parse parses the given input and returns the root of the AST.
+//
+// The input format can be either HCL or JSON.
+func Parse(input string) (*ast.ObjectNode, error) {
+	switch lexMode(input) {
+	case lexModeHcl:
+		return hcl.Parse(input)
+	case lexModeJson:
+		return json.Parse(input)
+	}
+
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown config format")
+}