Merging upstream version 1.29.0.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+#### Introduction
+
+The parser will be used to process streaming and plugins input as well as metadata
+
+Usage
+
+1. Define a structure that will be used to share user state across calls 
+1. Initialize the parser using `parser_init`
+2. Register keywords and associated callback function using `parser_add_keyword`
+3. Register actions on the keywords 
+4. Start a loop until EOF
+   1.  Fetch the next line using `parser_next`
+   2.  Process the line using `parser_action` 
+       1. The registered callbacks are executed to parse the input
+       2. The registered action for the callback is called for processing
+4. Release the parser using `parser_destroy`
+5. Release the user structure
+
+#### Functions
+
+----
+##### parse_init(RRDHOST *host, void *user, void *input, int flags)
+
+Initialize an internal parser with the specified user defined data structure that will be shared across calls.
+
+Input
+- Host
+  - The host this parser will be dealing with. For streaming with SSL enabled for this host
+- user
+  - User defined structure that is passed in all the calls
+- input
+  - Where the parser will get the input from
+- flags
+  - flags to define processing on the input
+
+Output
+- A parser structure
+  
+
+
+----
+##### parse_push(PARSER *parser, char *line)
+
+Push a new line for processing
+
+Input
+
+- parser
+  - The parser object as returned by the `parser_init`
+- line
+  - The new line to process
+    
+
+Output
+- The line will be injected into the stream and will be the next one to be processed
+  
+Returns
+- 0 line added
+- 1 error detected
+  
+----   
+##### parse_add_keyword(PARSER *parser, char *keyword, keyword_function callback_function)
+
+The function will add callbacks for keywords. The callback function is defined as
+
+`typedef PARSER_RC (*keyword_function)(char **, void *);`
+
+Input
+
+- parser
+  - The parser object as returned by the `parser_init`
+- keyword
+  - The keyword to register
+- keyword_function
+  - The callback that will handle the keyword processing
+    * The callback function should return one of the following
+      * PARSER_RC_OK -- Callback was successful (continue with other callbacks)
+      * PARSER_RC_STOP -- Stop processing callbacks (return OK)
+      * PARSER_RC_ERROR -- Callback failed, exit
+
+Output
+- The corresponding keyword and callback will be registered
+  
+Returns
+- 0 maximum callbacks already registered for this keyword
+- > 0 which is the number of callbacks associated with this keyword.
+
+   
+----
+##### parser_next(PARSER *parser)
+Return the next item to parse
+
+Input
+- parser
+  - The parser object as returned by the `parser_init`
+  
+Output
+- The parser will store internally the next item to parse
+
+Returns
+- 0 Next item fetched successfully
+- 1 No more items to parse
+
+----
+##### parser_action(PARSER *parser, char *input)
+Return the next item to parse
+
+Input
+- parser
+  - The parser object as returned by the `parser_init`
+- input
+  - Process the input specified instead of using the internal buffer
+  
+Output
+- The current keyword will be processed by calling all the registered callbacks
+
+Returns
+- 0 Callbacks called successfully
+- 1 Failed
+
+----
+##### parser_destroy(PARSER *parser)
+Cleanup a previously allocated parser
+
+Input
+- parser
+  - The parser object as returned by the `parser_init`
+  
+Output
+- The parser is deallocated
+
+Returns
+- none
+  
+----
+##### parser_recover_input(PARSER *parser)
+Cleanup a previously allocated parser
+
+Input
+- parser
+  - The parser object as returned by the `parser_init`
+  
+Output
+- The parser is deallocated
+
+Returns
+- none
+
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