possibly pattern parsing?

src/main.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub mod util;
 
 use util::lights::*;
+use util::pattern::*;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use rs_ws281x::{RawColor, Controller, ControllerBuilder, ChannelBuilder, StripType};
 use std::{thread, time};
@@ -32,14 +33,11 @@ fn main() {
     let mut x: u8 = 0;
     loop {
         thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(250));
-        if x == 255 {
-            x = 0;   
-        }
-        let mut color: RawColor = [x, x, x, 150];
         let mut lights = lock.write().unwrap();
-        for i in 0..LED_SIZE {
-            lights[i] = color;
+        let pattern = vec!["val".into(), "255".into(), "150".into(), "0".into()];
+        let res = parse_line(pattern);
+        if res.is_ok() {
+            res.unwrap().execute(&mut lights);
         }
-        x += 1;
     }
 }

src/util.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pub mod lights;
 pub mod parser;
+pub mod pattern;
 pub mod webserver;

src/util/pattern.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+use rs_ws281x::RawColor;
+use std::{
+    vec::Vec,
+    string::String
+};
+
+type ParseError = Box<dyn std::error::Error>;
+
+trait Pattern {
+    fn execute(&self, values: &mut [RawColor]);
+    fn parse(args: Vec<String>) -> Result<Self, ParseError>;
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<Vec<String>> for Box<dyn Pattern> {
+    fn try_from(s: Vec<String>) -> Result<Self, ParseError> {
+        match s[0].as_str() {
+            "unit" => Unit::parse(s)
+            "val" => Value::parse(s)
+            _ => Err("No Match".into())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct Unit;
+impl<'a> Pattern for Unit<'a> {
+    fn execute(&self, values: &'a mut [RawColor]) {}
+    fn parse(args: Vec<String>) -> Result<Self, ParseError> {
+        Ok(Unit {})
+    }
+}
+
+struct Value {
+    r: Option<u8>,
+    g: Option<u8>,
+    b: Option<u8>
+};
+impl<'a> Pattern for Value<'a> {
+    fn execute(&self, values: &'a mut [RawColor]) {
+        for i in 0..crate::LED_SIZE {
+            let color: RawColor = values[i];
+            if self.r.is_some() {
+                color[0] = self.r.unwrap();   
+            }
+            if self.g.is_some() {
+                color[0] = self.g.unwrap();   
+            }
+            if self.b.is_some() {
+                color[0] = self.b.unwrap();   
+            }
+            values[i]
+        }
+    }
+    fn parse(args: Vec<String>) -> Result<Self, ParseError> {
+        let param1 = params[1].parse::<u8>();
+        let param2 = params[2].parse::<u8>();
+        let param3 = params[2].parse::<u8>();
+        if param1.is_ok() && param2.is_ok() && param3.is_ok() {
+            Ok(Value{
+                r: param1.unwrap(),
+                g: param2.unwrap(),
+                b: param3.unwrap()
+            })
+        }
+        else {
+            match param2 {
+                Ok(i) => match params[1].as_str() {
+                    "r" => {
+                        Ok(i) => Ok(Value {
+                            r: Some(i),
+                            g: None,
+                            b: None
+                        })
+                    },
+                    "g" => {
+                        Ok(Value {
+                            r: None,
+                            g: Some(i),
+                            b: None
+                        })
+                    },
+                    "b" => {
+                        Ok(i) => Ok(Value {
+                            r: None,
+                            g: None,
+                            b: Some(i)
+                        })
+                    }
+                },
+                Err() => Err() 
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn parse_line(v: Vec<String>) -> Result<Box<dyn Pattern>, ParseError> {
+
+}