diff -r 90805bb9fbd6 -r b7dcc9c4f270 src/server/config/serverconfig.h
--- a/src/server/config/serverconfig.h	Sun Nov 06 17:41:39 2022 +0100
+++ b/src/server/config/serverconfig.h	Mon Nov 07 17:59:44 2022 +0100
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 struct ServerConfig {
     CxMempool  *mp;
     ConfigNode *root;
-    cxmutstr   tab;
+    cxstring   tab;
 };
 
 enum ConfigNodeType {
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 
 enum ConfigParserError {
     CONFIG_PARSER_OOM = 0,
+    CONFIG_PARSER_IO_ERROR,
     CONFIG_PARSER_SYNTAX_ERROR
 };
 
@@ -118,7 +119,12 @@
 struct ConfigParser2 {
     CxMempool *mp;
     
-    int error;
+    enum ConfigParserError error;
+    
+    /*
+     * errno in case of IO errors (parser.error == CONFIG_PARSER_IO_ERROR)
+     */
+    int io_errno;
     
     /*
      * called when an object is started
@@ -144,7 +150,9 @@
 
 ServerConfig* serverconfig_load(const char *file);
 
-ServerConfig* serverconfig_parse(ConfigParser2 *parser, cxstring content);
+ConfigNode* serverconfig_load_file(ConfigParser2 *parser, const char *file);
+
+ConfigNode* serverconfig_parse(ConfigParser2 *parser, cxstring content);
 
 void serverconfig_free(ServerConfig *cfg);
 
@@ -152,9 +160,42 @@
 
 CxList* serverconfig_get_node_list(ConfigNode *parent, ConfigNodeType type, cxstring name);
 
-cxstring serverconfig_directive_value(ConfigNode *obj, cxstring name);
+/*
+ * Searches in the specified object for the directive with the name
+ * directive_name and returns the value
+ * 
+ * Directives only have a value, if they have one argument
+ */
+cxstring serverconfig_object_directive_value(ConfigNode *obj, cxstring directive_name);
+
+/*
+ * Returns the directive parameter value that has the specified name
+ */
+cxstring serverconfig_directive_get_arg(ConfigNode *directive, cxstring param_name);
+
 
-cxmutstr serverconfig_arg_name_value(CxAllocator *a, cxstring str, cxstring *name);
+/*
+ * Checks if the directive name matches any string in the names array.
+ * If it matches a name, the function returns 0 and stores the index of the
+ * matched name in nameindex
+ * If it doesn't match a name, the function returns 1
+ */
+int serverconfig_validate_directive_name(
+        ConfigNode *directive,
+        const char *names[],
+        size_t numnames,
+        size_t *nameindex);
+
+/*
+ * Checks if all directive parameters have a name
+ * If every parameter has a name, the function returns 0
+ * otherwise it returns 1
+ * 
+ * If a parameter doesn't contain a name, err is set to this parameter
+ * 
+ * config file syntax: paramname="value"
+ */
+int serverconfig_check_param_names(ConfigNode *directive, ConfigParam **err);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }