Move TableGen's parser and entry point into a library

This is the first step towards splitting LLVM and Clang's tblgen executables.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@140951 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

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diff --git a/include/llvm/TableGen/TableGenBackend.h b/include/llvm/TableGen/TableGenBackend.h
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+//===- llvm/TableGen/TableGenBackend.h - Backend base class -----*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// The TableGenBackend class is provided as a common interface for all TableGen
+// backends.  It provides useful services and an standardized interface.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_TABLEGEN_TABLEGENBACKEND_H
+#define LLVM_TABLEGEN_TABLEGENBACKEND_H
+
+#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
+#include <string>
+
+namespace llvm {
+
+class Record;
+class RecordKeeper;
+
+struct TableGenBackend {
+  virtual ~TableGenBackend() {}
+
+  // run - All TableGen backends should implement the run method, which should
+  // be the main entry point.
+  virtual void run(raw_ostream &OS) = 0;
+
+
+public:   // Useful helper routines...
+  /// EmitSourceFileHeader - Output a LLVM style file header to the specified
+  /// ostream.
+  void EmitSourceFileHeader(const std::string &Desc, raw_ostream &OS) const;
+
+};
+
+} // End llvm namespace
+
+#endif