def parse_zone(zonefile=None, zone=None):
    '''
    Parses a zone file. Can be passed raw zone data on the API level.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt ns1 dnsutil.parse_zone /var/lib/named/example.com.zone
    '''
    if zonefile:
        try:
            with salt.utils.files.fopen(zonefile, 'r') as fp_:
                zone = salt.utils.stringutils.to_unicode(fp_.read())
        except Exception:
            pass

    if not zone:
        return 'Error: Zone data was not found'

    zonedict = {}
    mode = 'single'
    for line in zone.splitlines():
        comps = line.split(';')
        line = comps[0].strip()
        if not line:
            continue
        comps = line.split()
        if line.startswith('$'):
            zonedict[comps[0].replace('$', '')] = comps[1]
            continue
        if '(' in line and ')' not in line:
            mode = 'multi'
            multi = ''
        if mode == 'multi':
            multi += ' {0}'.format(line)
            if ')' in line:
                mode = 'single'
                line = multi.replace('(', '').replace(')', '')
            else:
                continue
        if 'ORIGIN' in zonedict:
            comps = line.replace('@', zonedict['ORIGIN']).split()
        else:
            comps = line.split()
        if 'SOA' in line:
            if comps[1] != 'IN':
                comps.pop(1)
            zonedict['ORIGIN'] = comps[0]
            zonedict['NETWORK'] = comps[1]
            zonedict['SOURCE'] = comps[3]
            zonedict['CONTACT'] = comps[4].replace('.', '@', 1)
            zonedict['SERIAL'] = comps[5]
            zonedict['REFRESH'] = _to_seconds(comps[6])
            zonedict['RETRY'] = _to_seconds(comps[7])
            zonedict['EXPIRE'] = _to_seconds(comps[8])
            zonedict['MINTTL'] = _to_seconds(comps[9])
            continue
        if comps[0] == 'IN':
            comps.insert(0, zonedict['ORIGIN'])
        if not comps[0].endswith('.') and 'NS' not in line:
            comps[0] = '{0}.{1}'.format(comps[0], zonedict['ORIGIN'])
        if comps[2] == 'NS':
            zonedict.setdefault('NS', []).append(comps[3])
        elif comps[2] == 'MX':
            if 'MX' not in zonedict:
                zonedict.setdefault('MX', []).append({'priority': comps[3],
                                                      'host': comps[4]})
        elif comps[3] in ('A', 'AAAA'):
            zonedict.setdefault(comps[3], {})[comps[0]] = {
                'TARGET': comps[4],
                'TTL': comps[1],
            }
        else:
            zonedict.setdefault(comps[2], {})[comps[0]] = comps[3]
    return zonedict