#region CPL License
/*
Nuclex Framework
Copyright (C) 2002-2009 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
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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.
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License along with this library
*/
#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using Nuclex.Support.Collections;
namespace Nuclex.Support.Parsing {
/// Parses and stores 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 command line parser does nothing more than represent the command line to
/// the application through a convenient interface. It parses a command line and
/// extracts the arguments, but doesn't interpret them and or check them for validity.
///
///
/// This design promotes simplicity and makes 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) 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')
///
///
///
///
///
public partial class CommandLine {
///
/// Whether the command line should use Windows mode by default
///
public static readonly bool WindowsModeDefault =
(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar == '\\');
/// Initializes a new command line
public CommandLine() :
this(new List(), WindowsModeDefault) { }
/// Initializes a new command line
/// Whether the / character initiates an argument
public CommandLine(bool windowsMode) :
this(new List(), windowsMode) { }
/// Initializes a new command line
/// List containing the parsed arguments
private CommandLine(List argumentList) :
this(argumentList, WindowsModeDefault) { }
/// Initializes a new command line
/// List containing the parsed arguments
/// Whether the / character initiates an argument
private CommandLine(List argumentList, bool windowsMode) {
this.arguments = argumentList;
this.windowsMode = windowsMode;
}
/// Parses the command line arguments from the provided string
/// String containing the command line arguments
/// The parsed command line
///
/// You should always pass Environment.CommandLine to this method to avoid
/// some problems with the built-in command line tokenizer in .NET
/// (which splits '--test"hello world"/v' into '--testhello world/v')
///
public static CommandLine Parse(string commandLineString) {
bool windowsMode = (Path.DirectorySeparatorChar != '/');
return Parse(commandLineString, windowsMode);
}
/// Parses the command line arguments from the provided string
/// String containing the command line arguments
/// Whether the / character initiates an argument
/// The parsed command line
///
/// You should always pass Environment.CommandLine to this methods to avoid
/// some problems with the built-in command line tokenizer in .NET
/// (which splits '--test"hello world"/v' into '--testhello world/v')
///
public static CommandLine Parse(string commandLineString, bool windowsMode) {
return new CommandLine(
Parser.Parse(commandLineString, windowsMode)
);
}
/// Returns whether an argument with the specified name exists
/// Name of the argument whose existence will be checked
/// True if an argument with the specified name exists
public bool HasArgument(string name) {
return (indexOfArgument(name) != -1);
}
/// Adds a value to the command line
/// Value that will be added
public void AddValue(string value) {
int valueLength = (value != null) ? value.Length : 0;
if(requiresQuotes(value)) {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(valueLength + 2);
builder.Append('"');
builder.Append(value);
builder.Append('"');
this.arguments.Add(
Argument.ValueOnly(
new StringSegment(builder.ToString(), 0, valueLength + 2),
1,
valueLength
)
);
} else {
this.arguments.Add(
Argument.ValueOnly(new StringSegment(value), 0, valueLength)
);
}
}
/// Adds an option to the command line
/// Name of the option that will be added
public void AddOption(string name) {
AddOption("-", name);
}
/// Adds an option to the command line
/// Initiator that will be used to start the option
/// Name of the option that will be added
public void AddOption(string initiator, string name) {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(initiator.Length + name.Length);
builder.Append(initiator);
builder.Append(name);
this.arguments.Add(
Argument.OptionOnly(
new StringSegment(builder.ToString()),
initiator.Length,
name.Length
)
);
}
/// Adds an option with an assignment to the command line
/// Name of the option that will be added
/// Value that will be assigned to the option
public void AddAssignment(string name, string value) {
AddAssignment("-", name, value);
}
/// Adds an option with an assignment to the command line
/// Initiator that will be used to start the option
/// Name of the option that will be added
/// Value that will be assigned to the option
public void AddAssignment(string initiator, string name, string value) {
bool valueContainsSpaces = containsWhitespace(value);
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(
initiator.Length + name.Length + 1 + value.Length + (valueContainsSpaces ? 2 : 0)
);
builder.Append(initiator);
builder.Append(name);
builder.Append('=');
if(valueContainsSpaces) {
builder.Append('"');
builder.Append(value);
builder.Append('"');
} else {
builder.Append(value);
}
this.arguments.Add(
new Argument(
new StringSegment(builder.ToString()),
initiator.Length,
name.Length,
initiator.Length + name.Length + 1 + (valueContainsSpaces ? 1 : 0),
value.Length
)
);
}
/// Returns a string that contains the entire command line
/// The entire command line as a single string
public override string ToString() {
return Formatter.FormatCommandLine(this);
}
/// Retrieves the index of the argument with the specified name
/// Name of the argument whose index will be returned
///
/// The index of the indicated argument of -1 if no argument with that name exists
///
private int indexOfArgument(string name) {
for(int index = 0; index < this.arguments.Count; ++index) {
if(this.arguments[index].Name == name) {
return index;
}
}
return -1;
}
/// Options that were specified on the command line
public IList Arguments {
get { return this.arguments; }
}
///
/// Determines whether the string requires quotes to survive the command line
///
/// Value that will be checked for requiring quotes
/// True if the value requires quotes to survive the command line
private bool requiresQuotes(string value) {
// If the value is empty, it needs quotes to become visible as an argument
// (versus being intepreted as spacing between other arguments)
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) {
return true;
}
// Any whitespace characters force us to use quotes, so does a minus sign
// at the beginning of the value (otherwise, it would become an option argument)
bool requiresQuotes =
containsWhitespace(value) ||
(value[0] == '-');
// On windows, option arguments can also be starten with the forward slash
// character, so we require quotes as well if the value starts with one
if(this.windowsMode) {
requiresQuotes |= (value[0] == '/');
}
return requiresQuotes;
}
///
/// Determines whether the string contains any whitespace characters
///
/// String that will be scanned for whitespace characters
/// True if the provided string contains whitespace characters
private static bool containsWhitespace(string value) {
return
(value.IndexOf(' ') != -1) ||
(value.IndexOf('\t') != -1);
}
/// Options that were specified on the command line
private List arguments;
/// Whether the / character initiates an argument
private bool windowsMode;
}
} // namespace Nuclex.Support.Parsing