diff --git a/dev/src/idl/mod.rs b/dev/src/idl/mod.rs
index 438ac8810..212416c35 100644
--- a/dev/src/idl/mod.rs
+++ b/dev/src/idl/mod.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ pub mod protocol;
 
 use std::io::Read;
 
-use logos::Logos;
+use {
+    logos::{Lexer, Logos},
+    protocol::Protocol,
+};
 
-#[derive(Logos, Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Logos, Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
 #[logos(skip r"[ \t\n\f]+")] // Ignore this regex pattern between tokens
 enum Token {
     // Tokens can be literal strings, of any length.
@@ -40,25 +43,36 @@ enum Token {
     #[regex("[a-zA-Z_]+", |lex|{lex.slice().to_string()})]
     Text(String),
 
-    #[regex("[1234567890]+")]
-    Number,
+    #[regex("[1234567890]+", |lex|{lex.slice().parse::<u64>().unwrap()})]
+    Number(u64),
 
     #[regex(r"@[a-zA-Z_]+", |lex|{lex.slice().to_string()})]
     Decorator(String),
 
-    #[regex(r#"@[a-zA-Z_]+\([a-zA-Z]+\)"#, |lex|{lex.slice().to_string()})]
+    #[regex(r#"@[a-zA-Z_]+\([a-zA-Z,0-9=]+\)"#, |lex|{lex.slice().to_string()})]
     DecoratorOption(String),
 }
 
 pub fn build_idl(name: String) {
     let contents = open_protocol(name);
     let lex = Token::lexer(&contents);
+    let mut tokens = vec![];
     for x in lex {
         match x {
-            Ok(token) => println!("{:?}", token),
+            Ok(token) => {
+                println!("{:?}", token);
+                tokens.push(token);
+            }
             Err(err) => println!("{:?}", err),
         }
     }
+    build(tokens);
+}
+
+fn build(a: Vec<Token>) {
+    for toke in a {
+        println!("{:?}", toke);
+    }
 }
 
 fn open_protocol(name: String) -> String {
diff --git a/dev/src/idl/protocol.rs b/dev/src/idl/protocol.rs
index 1d0fa14a9..623a2f71c 100644
--- a/dev/src/idl/protocol.rs
+++ b/dev/src/idl/protocol.rs
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@ pub enum ProtocolTypes {
     Byte,
 }
 
-pub struct Decorator {
-    pub name:  String,
-    pub value: Option<String>,
-}
+pub struct Protocol {}
+impl Protocol {
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
 
-pub struct Protocol {
-    pub name: String,
-    pub decorators: Vec<Decorator>,
-}
-
-pub struct IDLEnum {
-    pub name: String,
-    pub accepted_values: Vec<(String, u64)>,
+    pub fn validate_data(&self, data: Vec<u8>) -> bool {
+        if !data.is_empty() && self.is_empty() {
+            return false;
+        }
+        true
+    }
 }