diff --git a/src/module/mod.rs b/src/module/mod.rs
index 9fd8b88a..59a10317 100644
--- a/src/module/mod.rs
+++ b/src/module/mod.rs
@@ -54,3 +54,57 @@ pub trait Module {
 
 }
 
+
+pub mod file {
+
+    pub struct ParserError {
+        summary: String,
+        parsertext: String,
+        index: i32,
+        explanation: Option<String>,
+    }
+
+    pub mod header {
+
+        pub enum FileHeaderSpec {
+            Null,
+            Bool,
+            Integer,
+            UInteger,
+            Float,
+            Text,
+            Key { name: String, value_type: Box<FileHeaderSpec> },
+            Array { allowed_types: Box<Vec<FileHeaderSpec>> },
+        }
+
+        pub enum FileHeaderData {
+            Null,
+            Bool(bool),
+            Integer(i64),
+            UInteger(u64),
+            Float(f64),
+            Text(String),
+            Key { name: String, value: Box<FileHeaderData> },
+            Array { values: Box<Vec<FileHeaderData>> },
+        }
+
+        pub trait FileHeaderParser {
+            fn new(spec: &FileHeaderSpec) -> Self;
+            fn read(&self, string: &String) -> Result<FileHeaderData, super::ParserError>;
+            fn write(&self, data: &FileHeaderData) -> Result<String, super::ParserError>;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    pub trait FileData {
+        fn get_fulltext(&self) -> String;
+        fn get_abbrev(&self) -> String;
+    }
+
+    pub trait FileParser {
+        fn new(header_parser: &header::FileHeaderParser) -> FileParser;
+        fn read(&self, string: String) -> (header::FileHeaderData, FileData);
+        fn write(&self, hdr: &header::FileHeaderData, data: &FileData) -> Result<String, ParserError>;
+    }
+
+}