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+defmodule FeedReader.Parser do
+  @moduledoc "One-pass local feed parsing used by `FeedReader.stream_file/2`."
+
+  alias FeedReader.{FormatRegistry, Session}
+
+  @default_chunk_size 65_536
+
+  @doc "Creates a session that lazily parses a caller-owned XML file once."
+  @spec stream_file(Path.t(), keyword()) :: {:ok, Session.t()} | {:error, term()}
+  def stream_file(path, opts) when is_binary(path) do
+    chunk_size = Keyword.get(opts, :chunk_size, @default_chunk_size)
+
+    with :ok <- file_exists(path),
+         {:ok, format, input} <- detected_input(path, opts) do
+      events = event_stream(input, format, opts, chunk_size)
+      {:ok, %Session{events: events, fetch: nil}}
+    end
+  end
+
+  def stream_file(_path, _opts), do: {:error, :invalid_path}
+
+  defp file_exists(path) do
+    case File.stat(path) do
+      {:ok, %{type: :regular}} -> :ok
+      {:ok, _stat} -> {:error, :not_a_file}
+      {:error, reason} -> {:error, reason}
+    end
+  end
+
+  @spec detected_input(Path.t(), keyword()) ::
+          {:ok, module(), Enumerable.t()} | {:error, :unknown}
+  defp detected_input(path, opts) do
+    max_bytes =
+      case Keyword.get(opts, :max_detection_bytes, 65_536) do
+        value when is_integer(value) and value > 0 -> value
+        _invalid -> 0
+      end
+
+    {:ok, file} = File.open(path, [:read, :binary])
+    prefix = IO.binread(file, max_bytes)
+    File.close(file)
+    detected = FeedReader.detect_format(prefix, opts)
+
+    case format_module(Keyword.get(opts, :format, detected), opts) do
+      nil ->
+        {:error, :unknown}
+
+      format ->
+        {:ok, format,
+         File.stream!(path, Keyword.get(opts, :chunk_size, @default_chunk_size), [:raw])}
+    end
+  end
+
+  @spec format_module(atom(), keyword()) :: module() | nil
+  defp format_module(:rss, _opts), do: FeedReader.Formats.RSS
+  defp format_module(:atom, _opts), do: FeedReader.Formats.Atom
+  defp format_module(:rdf, _opts), do: FeedReader.Formats.RDF
+
+  defp format_module(format, opts) when is_atom(format) do
+    formats = FormatRegistry.formats(Keyword.get(opts, :formats, []))
+
+    Enum.find(formats, fn module ->
+      Code.ensure_loaded?(module) and function_exported?(module, :id, 0) and
+        (module.id() == format or module == format)
+    end)
+  end
+
+  defp format_module(_format, _opts), do: nil
+
+  defp event_stream(input, format, opts, chunk_size) do
+    Stream.resource(
+      fn -> start_parser(input, format, opts, chunk_size) end,
+      &next_event/1,
+      &stop_parser/1
+    )
+  end
+
+  defp start_parser(input, format, opts, chunk_size) do
+    parent = self()
+    reference = make_ref()
+
+    {pid, monitor} =
+      spawn_monitor(fn ->
+        sink = fn event -> send(parent, {reference, {:event, event}}) end
+        state = format.new_parser_state(sink, opts)
+
+        result =
+          Saxy.parse_stream(input, format.handler(), state, character_data_max_length: chunk_size)
+
+        case result do
+          {:ok, _state} -> send(parent, {reference, :done})
+          {:error, reason} -> send(parent, {reference, {:event, {:error, reason}}})
+          {:halt, _state, _rest} -> send(parent, {reference, {:event, {:error, :parser_halted}}})
+        end
+      end)
+
+    %{reference: reference, pid: pid, monitor: monitor, done?: false}
+  end
+
+  defp next_event(%{done?: true} = state), do: {:halt, state}
+
+  defp next_event(state) do
+    receive do
+      {reference, {:event, event}} when reference == state.reference ->
+        state = if match?({:error, _reason}, event), do: %{state | done?: true}, else: state
+        {[event], state}
+
+      {reference, :done} when reference == state.reference ->
+        {:halt, %{state | done?: true}}
+
+      {:DOWN, monitor, :process, _pid, reason} when monitor == state.monitor ->
+        if reason == :normal do
+          {:halt, %{state | done?: true}}
+        else
+          {[{:error, reason}], %{state | done?: true}}
+        end
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp stop_parser(%{pid: pid, monitor: monitor}) do
+    if Process.alive?(pid), do: Process.exit(pid, :kill)
+    Process.demonitor(monitor, [:flush])
+    :ok
+  end
+end