#region CPL License /* Nuclex Framework Copyright (C) 2002-2013 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 { /// /// 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(IList argumentList) : this(argumentList, WindowsModeDefault) { } /// Initializes a new command line /// List containing the parsed arguments /// Whether the / character initiates an argument private CommandLine(IList 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 IList arguments; /// Whether the / character initiates an argument private bool windowsMode; } } // namespace Nuclex.Support.Parsing