beginnings of HTML checker - added struct and interface defs, emoticon rewriter

htmlcheck/checker.go

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+/*
+ * Amsterdam Web Communities System
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Erbosoft Metaverse Design Solutions, All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+// The htmlcheck package contains the HTML Checker.
+package htmlcheck
+
+// HTMLChecker is a component that checks HTML and reformats it as needed.
+type HTMLChecker interface {
+	Append(string) error
+	Finish() error
+	Reset()
+	Value() (string, error)
+	Length() (int, error)
+	Lines() (int, error)
+	Counter(string) (int, error)
+	Context() map[string]any
+	ExternalRefs() ([]any, error)
+	InternalRefs() ([]any, error)
+}
+
+// var NotYetFinished = errors.New("the HTML checker has not yet been finished")