#region CPL License /* Nuclex Framework Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Nuclex Development Labs This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the IBM Common Public License as published by the IBM Corporation; either version 1.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the IBM Common Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the IBM Common Public License along with this library */ #endregion using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using Nuclex.Support.Collections; #if ENABLE_BROKEN_COMMAND_LINE_PARSER namespace Nuclex.Support.Parsing { /// /// Manages an application's command line parameters /// /// /// /// At the time of the creation of this component, there are already several command /// line parsing libraries out there. Most of them, however, do way too much at once /// or at the very least rely on huge, untested clutters of classes and methods to /// arrive at their results. /// /// /// This class does nothing more than represent the command line to the application. /// It can parse a command line /// parse the command line arguments. It doesn't /// interpret them and it doesn't check them for validity. This promotes simplicity /// and allows t /// be unit-tested and is an ideal building block to create actual command line /// interpreters that connect the parameters to program instructions and or fill /// structures in code. /// /// /// Terminology /// /// /// Command line /// /// The entire command line either as a string or as /// an already parsed data structure /// /// /// /// Argument /// /// Either an option or a loose value (see below) that being specified on /// the command line /// /// /// /// Option /// /// Can be specified on the command line and typically alters the behavior /// of the application or changes a setting. For example, '--normalize' or /// '/safemode'. /// /// /// /// Value /// /// Can either sit loosely in the command line (eg. 'update' or 'textfile.txt') /// or as assignment to an option (eg. '--width=1280' or '/overwrite:always') /// /// /// /// /// /// What this parser doesn't support is spaced assignments (eg. '--format png') since /// these are ambiguous if the parser doesn't know beforehand whether "format" accepts /// a non-optional argument. /// /// public partial class CommandLine { /// Initializes a new command line public CommandLine() { this.options = new List