#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) 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')
///
///
///
///
///
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