diff --git a/src/rulesparser.py b/src/rulesparser.py
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+from collections import OrderedDict
+import re
+
+class RulesParser:
+    TRANSFORM = r'->'
+    B_TRANSFORM = r'->\|'
+    NEWLINE = '\n'
+    IGNORE = r'\s'
+    COMMENTS = r'//.+$'
+    EMPTY = r'\$'
+
+    def parse(self, file: str) -> OrderedDict[str, str]:
+        """
+        Parsing file according to syntax, specified
+        in class variables. Hardcoded for now (and forever)
+        """
+        with open(file, 'r') as f:
+            text = f.read()
+
+    def _remove_comments(self, src: str) -> str:
+        """
+        removes comments from end of lines and returns
+        cleaned text
+        """
+        return re.sub(self.COMMENTS, "", src)
+