final public function identifiers($identifier)
    {
        // Convert tabs or multiple spaces into single spaces
        $identifier = preg_replace('/[\t ]+/', ' ', $identifier);

        // If the item has an alias declaration we remove it and set it aside.
        // Basically we remove everything to the right of the first space
        $alias = '';
        if (strpos($identifier, ' ') !== FALSE) {
            $alias = strstr($identifier, " ");
            $identifier = substr($identifier, 0, -strlen($alias));
        }

        if (strpos($identifier, '.') !== FALSE) {

            //do something
        }

        //return for now
        return $identifier . $alias;
    }