Start building following item sets

lib/imbecile/parser/item.rb

@@ -37,6 +37,32 @@ class Imbecile
         end
       end
 
+      def follow_symbol
+        @pattern.components[@position]
+      end
+
+      def followed_by?(symbol)
+        follow_symbol == symbol
+      end
+
+      def next_position
+        Item.new(@pattern, @position + 1)
+      end
+
+      def to_s
+        parts = []
+        @pattern.components.each_with_index do |symbol, index|
+          if @position == index
+            parts << "."
+          end
+          parts << symbol.name
+        end
+        if @position == @pattern.components.size
+          parts << "."
+        end
+        parts.join(" ")
+      end
+
     end
 
   end

lib/imbecile/parser/item_set.rb

@@ -3,10 +3,39 @@ class Imbecile
 
     class ItemSet
 
+      attr_reader :items
+
       def initialize(items)
         @items = Set.new(items)
+        close!
       end
 
+      def follow_symbols
+        Set.new(@items.map(&:follow_symbol))
+      end
+
+      def follow_set(symbol)
+        ItemSet.new(items_followed_by(symbol).map(&:next_position))
+      end
+
+      def hash
+        @items.hash
+      end
+
+      def ==(other)
+        @items.eql?(other.items)
+      end
+
+      def eql?(other)
+        self == other
+      end
+
+      def to_s
+        @items.map(&:to_s).join("\n")
+      end
+
+      private
+
       def close!
         eval_items = @items
         while eval_items.size > 0
@@ -19,6 +48,12 @@ class Imbecile
         end
       end
 
+      def items_followed_by(symbol)
+        @items.select do |item|
+          item.followed_by?(symbol)
+        end
+      end
+
     end
 
   end