#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 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 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 { /// Initializes a new command line public CommandLine() : this(new List()) { } /// Initializes a new command line /// List containing the parsed arguments private CommandLine(List argumentList) { this.arguments = argumentList; } #if ENABLE_TOKENIZED_COMMAND_LINE_PARSING // don't enable, it's broken! /// Parses the command line arguments from the provided string /// Command line tokens that will be parsed /// The parsed command line public static CommandLine Parse(string[] commandLineArguments) { bool windowsMode = (Path.DirectorySeparatorChar != '/'); return Parse(commandLineArguments, windowsMode); } /// Parses the command line arguments from the provided string /// Command line tokens that will be parsed /// Whether the / character initiates an argument /// The parsed command line public static CommandLine Parse(string[] commandLineArguments, bool windowsMode) { return new CommandLine( Parser.Parse(commandLineArguments, windowsMode) ); } #endif // ENABLE_TOKENIZED_COMMAND_LINE_PARSING /// 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 methods to avoid /// some problems with the build-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 build-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); } #if false /// Retrieves the value of the specified argument /// Name of the argument whose value will be retrieved /// The value of the specified argument public string GetValue(string name) { int index = indexOfArgument(name); if(index == -1) { return null; } // Does this argument have a value? Argument argument = this.arguments[index]; if(argument.Value != null) { return argument.Value; } else { // No, it might be a spaced argument // See if anything more follows this argument ++index; if(index < this.arguments.Count) { // If something follows the argument, and it is not an option of its own, // use its value as the value for the preceding argument argument = this.arguments[index]; if(argument.Name == null) { return argument.Value; } } } // No argument found return null; } #endif /// 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; } } /// Options that were specified on the command line private List arguments; } } // namespace Nuclex.Support.Parsing