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+module CacheSim.Raw exposing (..)
+import CacheSim.Cache exposing (..)
+import CacheSim.Hierarchy exposing (..)
+
+type alias RawCacheModel =
+    { blockSize : String
+    , setCount : String
+    , setSize : String
+    }
+
+type alias RawCacheModelHierarchy = List RawCacheModel
+
+translateRawCacheModel : RawCacheModel -> Result String CacheModel
+translateRawCacheModel rcm =
+    let
+        blockSizeInt = String.toInt rcm.blockSize
+        setCountInt = String.toInt rcm.setCount
+        setSizeInt = String.toInt rcm.setSize
+    in
+        case (blockSizeInt, setCountInt, setSizeInt) of
+            (Just bs, Just sc, Just ss) ->
+                Ok { blockSize = bs, setCount = sc, setSize = ss }
+            (Nothing, _, _) ->
+                Err <| "Unable to parse the block size: " ++ rcm.blockSize
+            (_, Nothing, _) ->
+                Err <| "Unable to parse the set count: " ++ rcm.setCount
+            (_, _, Nothing) ->
+                Err <| "Unable to parse the set size: " ++ rcm.setSize
+
+translateRawCacheModelHierarchy : RawCacheModelHierarchy -> Result String CacheModelHierarchy
+translateRawCacheModelHierarchy rcmh =
+    case rcmh of
+        [] -> Ok []
+        cm::cms ->
+            case translateRawCacheModel cm of
+                Ok ncm -> Result.map ((::) ncm) <| translateRawCacheModelHierarchy cms
+                Err e -> Err e
+
+validateCacheModelHierarchy : CacheModelHierarchy -> Result String CacheModelHierarchy
+validateCacheModelHierarchy cmh =
+    case cmh of
+        [] -> Ok []
+        x::[] -> Ok [x]
+        x::y::xs ->
+            if modBy y.blockSize x.blockSize == 0
+            then validateCacheModelHierarchy (y::xs)
+            else Err <| "Block cache size " ++ String.fromInt x.blockSize ++
+                " is not a multiple of the next level cache's" ++
+                " block size (" ++ String.fromInt y.blockSize ++ ")"