#include <boost/tokenizer.hpp>
#include <boost/format.hpp>
#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
#include <boost/regex.hpp>
#include <boost/foreach.hpp>

#include <iostream>

bool parseBusName(const std::string& busName, char busOpen, char busDivide, char busClose, std::string& baseName, size_t& firstIndex, size_t& secondIndex) {

  boost::regex regularExpressionBus (
      //Name - anything but bus_open
      "^([^" + std::string(1, busOpen) + "]+)"
      // bus_open
      + std::string(1, busOpen) +
      //End bus index
      "([0-9]+)"
      //Colon
      + std::string(1, busDivide) +
      //Start bus index
      "([0-9]+)"
      //bus_close
      + std::string(1, busClose), boost::regex::extended);
  boost::cmatch what;
  if(!regex_match(busName.c_str(), what, regularExpressionBus))
    return false;

  std::cerr << what.size() << " >" << what[1] << "< >" << what[2] << "< >" << what[3] << "<" << std::endl;

  baseName = what[1];
  firstIndex = boost::lexical_cast<int>(what[2]);
  secondIndex = boost::lexical_cast<int>(what[3]);
  return true;

}

int main() 
{
  char busOpen = '<';
  char busDivide = ':';
  char busClose = '>';

  std::string baseName;
  size_t first, second;
  parseBusName("abc<3:1>", busOpen, busDivide, busClose, baseName, first, second);
}