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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: cmdline.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxCmdLineParser
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
526954c5 6// Licence: wxWindows licence
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7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
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9/**
10 wxCmdLineEntryDesc::flags field is a combination of these bit masks.
11
12 Notice that by default (i.e. if flags are just 0), options are optional
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d18d9f60 14 parameter - this may be changed by giving non-default flags to it, i.e. use
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15 @c wxCMD_LINE_OPTION_MANDATORY to require that the option is given and
16 @c wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_OPTIONAL to make a parameter optional.
17
18 Also, @c wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_MULTIPLE may be specified if the programs accepts a
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19 variable number of parameters - but it only can be given for the last
20 parameter in the command line description. If you use this flag, you will
21 probably need to use wxCmdLineEntryDesc::GetParamCount() to retrieve the
22 number of parameters effectively specified after calling
23 wxCmdLineEntryDesc::Parse().
24
7bdb010f 25 @c wxCMD_LINE_NEEDS_SEPARATOR can be specified to require a separator (either
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26 a colon, an equal sign or white space) between the option name and its
27 value. By default, no separator is required.
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28
29 @c wxCMD_LINE_SWITCH_NEGATABLE can be specified if you want to allow the
30 user to specify the switch in both normal form and in negated one (e.g.
31 /R-). You will need to use wxCmdLineParser::FoundSwitch() to distinguish
32 between the normal and negated forms of the switch. This flag is new since
33 wxWidgets 2.9.2.
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7bdb010f 35enum wxCmdLineEntryFlags
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36{
37 wxCMD_LINE_OPTION_MANDATORY = 0x01, ///< This option must be given.
38 wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_OPTIONAL = 0x02, ///< The parameter may be omitted.
39 wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_MULTIPLE = 0x04, ///< The parameter may be repeated.
40 wxCMD_LINE_OPTION_HELP = 0x08, ///< This option is a help request.
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41 wxCMD_LINE_NEEDS_SEPARATOR = 0x10, ///< Must have a separator before the value.
42 wxCMD_LINE_SWITCH_NEGATABLE = 0x20 ///< This switch can be negated (e.g. /S-)
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43};
44
45/**
7bdb010f 46 The possible values of wxCmdLineEntryDesc::type which specify the type of
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47 the value accepted by an option.
48*/
49enum wxCmdLineParamType
50{
51 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING,
52 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_NUMBER,
53 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_DATE,
54 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_DOUBLE,
55 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_NONE
56};
57
58/**
59 The type of a command line entity used for wxCmdLineEntryDesc::kind.
60*/
61enum wxCmdLineEntryType
62{
7bdb010f 63 /// A boolean argument of the program; e.g. @c -v to enable verbose mode.
d18d9f60 64 wxCMD_LINE_SWITCH,
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65
66 /// An argument with an associated value; e.g. @c "-o filename" to specify
67 /// an optional output filename.
d18d9f60 68 wxCMD_LINE_OPTION,
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69
70 /// A parameter: a required program argument.
d18d9f60 71 wxCMD_LINE_PARAM,
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72
73 /// Additional usage text. See wxCmdLineParser::AddUsageText.
e559d790 74 wxCMD_LINE_USAGE_TEXT,
7bdb010f 75
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76 wxCMD_LINE_NONE ///< Use this to terminate the list.
77};
78
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79/**
80 The state of a switch as returned by wxCmdLineParser::FoundSwitch().
81
82 @since 2.9.2
83*/
84enum wxCmdLineSwitchState
85{
86 /// The switch was found in negated form, i.e. followed by a '-'.
87 wxCMD_SWITCH_OFF,
88
89 /// The switch was not found at all on the command line.
90 wxCMD_SWITCH_NOT_FOUND
91
92 /// The switch was found (and was not negated)
93 wxCMD_SWITCH_ON
94};
95
96
a4761b4c 97/**
c0e97a5e 98 Flags determining wxCmdLineParser::ConvertStringToArgs() behaviour.
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99 */
100enum wxCmdLineSplitType
101{
102 wxCMD_LINE_SPLIT_DOS,
103 wxCMD_LINE_SPLIT_UNIX
104};
105
d18d9f60 106/**
7bdb010f 107 The structure wxCmdLineEntryDesc is used to describe a command line
d18d9f60 108 switch, option or parameter. An array of such structures should be passed
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109 to wxCmdLineParser::SetDesc().
110
7bdb010f 111 Note that the meanings of parameters of the wxCmdLineParser::AddXXX() functions
3d46a376 112 are the same as of the corresponding fields in this structure.
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113*/
114struct wxCmdLineEntryDesc
115{
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116 /**
117 The kind of this program argument.
118 See ::wxCmdLineEntryType for more info.
119 */
d18d9f60 120 wxCmdLineEntryType kind;
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121
122 /**
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123 The usual, short, name of the switch or the option.
124
125 It may contain only letters, digits and the underscores.
126 This field is unused if <tt>kind == wxCMD_LINE_PARAM</tt>.
3d46a376 127 */
d18d9f60 128 const char *shortName;
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129
130 /**
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131 The long name for this program argument (may be empty if the option
132 has no long name).
133
134 It may contain only letters, digits and the underscores.
135 This field is unused if <tt>kind == wxCMD_LINE_PARAM</tt>.
3d46a376 136 */
d18d9f60 137 const char *longName;
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138
139 /**
7bdb010f 140 This description is used by the wxCmdLineParser::Usage() method to
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141 construct a help message explaining the syntax of the program.
142 */
d18d9f60 143 const char *description;
3d46a376 144
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145 /**
146 The type associated with this option (ignored if <tt>kind != wxCMD_LINE_OPTION</tt>).
147 See ::wxCmdLineParamType for more info.
148 */
d18d9f60 149 wxCmdLineParamType type;
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150
151 /**
152 A combination of one or more ::wxCmdLineEntryFlags enum values.
153 */
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154 int flags;
155};
156
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157/**
158 @class wxCmdLineParser
7c913512 159
23324ae1 160 wxCmdLineParser is a class for parsing the command line.
7c913512 161
23324ae1 162 It has the following features:
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164 - distinguishes options, switches and parameters
165 - allows option grouping
166 - allows both short and long options
167 - automatically generates the usage message from the command line description
168 - checks types of the options values (number, date, ...).
7c913512 169
23324ae1 170 To use it you should follow these steps:
7c913512 171
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172 -# @ref cmdlineparser_construction "Construct" an object of this class
173 giving it the command line to parse and optionally its description or
174 use the @c AddXXX() functions later.
175 -# Call Parse().
176 -# Use Found() to retrieve the results.
7c913512 177
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178 You can also use wxApp's default command line processing just overriding
179 wxAppConsole::OnInitCmdLine() and wxAppConsole::OnCmdLineParsed().
180
23324ae1 181 In the documentation below the following terminology is used:
7c913512 182
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183 - @b switch: a boolean option which can be given or not, but which doesn't have
184 any value. We use the word @e switch to distinguish
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185 such boolean options from more generic options like those
186 described below. For example, @c "-v" might be a switch
187 meaning "enable verbose mode".
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188 - @b option: a switch with a value associated to it.
189 For example, @c "-o filename" might be an
a15c16bf 190 option for specifying the name of the output file.
7bdb010f 191 - @b parameter: a required program argument.
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192
193
194 @section cmdlineparser_construction Construction
195
196 Before Parse() can be called, the command line parser object must have the
197 command line to parse and also the rules saying which switches, options and
198 parameters are valid - this is called command line description in what
199 follows.
200
201 You have complete freedom of choice as to when specify the required
202 information, the only restriction is that it must be done before calling
203 Parse().
204
205 To specify the command line to parse you may use either one of constructors
206 accepting it (wxCmdLineParser(int, char**) or
207 wxCmdLineParser(const wxString&) usually) or, if you use the default
208 constructor, you can do it later by calling SetCmdLine().
209
210 The same holds for command line description: it can be specified either in
211 the constructor (with or without the command line itself) or constructed
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212 later using either SetDesc() or combination of AddSwitch(), AddOption(),
213 AddParam() and AddUsageText() methods.
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215 Using constructors or SetDesc() uses a (usually const static) table
216 containing the command line description. If you want to decide which
217 options to accept during the run-time, using one of the AddXXX() functions
218 above might be preferable.
219
220
221 @section cmdlineparser_customization Customization
222
223 wxCmdLineParser has several global options which may be changed by the
224 application. All of the functions described in this section should be
225 called before Parse().
226
227 First global option is the support for long (also known as GNU-style)
228 options. The long options are the ones which start with two dashes and look
229 like "--verbose", i.e. they generally are complete words and not some
230 abbreviations of them. As long options are used by more and more
231 applications, they are enabled by default, but may be disabled with
232 DisableLongOptions().
233
234 Another global option is the set of characters which may be used to start
235 an option (otherwise, the word on the command line is assumed to be a
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236 parameter). Under Unix, @c "-" is always used, but Windows has at least two
237 common choices for this: @c "-" and @c "/". Some programs also use "+". The
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238 default is to use what suits most the current platform, but may be changed
239 with SetSwitchChars() method.
240
241 Finally, SetLogo() can be used to show some application-specific text
242 before the explanation given by Usage() function.
243
244
245 @section cmdlineparser_parsing Parsing the Command Line
246
247 After the command line description was constructed and the desired options
248 were set, you can finally call Parse() method. It returns 0 if the command
249 line was correct and was parsed, -1 if the help option was specified (this
250 is a separate case as, normally, the program will terminate after this) or
251 a positive number if there was an error during the command line parsing.
252
253 In the latter case, the appropriate error message and usage information are
254 logged by wxCmdLineParser itself using the standard wxWidgets logging
255 functions.
256
257
258 @section cmdlineparser_results Getting Results
259
260 After calling Parse() (and if it returned 0), you may access the results of
261 parsing using one of overloaded Found() methods.
262
263 For a simple switch, you will simply call Found to determine if the switch
264 was given or not, for an option or a parameter, you will call a version of
265 Found() which also returns the associated value in the provided variable.
266 All Found() functions return true if the switch or option were found in the
267 command line or false if they were not specified.
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268
269
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270 @library{wxbase}
271 @category{appmanagement}
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3d46a376 273 @see wxApp::argc, wxApp::argv, @ref page_samples_console
23324ae1 274*/
7c913512 275class wxCmdLineParser
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276{
277public:
23324ae1 278 /**
d18d9f60 279 Default constructor, you must use SetCmdLine() later.
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280 */
281 wxCmdLineParser();
d18d9f60 282
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283 /**
284 Constructor which specifies the command line to parse. This is the
285 traditional (Unix) command line format. The parameters @a argc and
286 @a argv have the same meaning as the typical @c main() function.
287
3d46a376 288 This constructor is available in both ANSI and Unicode modes because under
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289 some platforms the command line arguments are passed as ASCII strings
290 even to Unicode programs.
291 */
7c913512 292 wxCmdLineParser(int argc, char** argv);
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293
294 /**
295 Constructor which specifies the command line to parse.
296 This is the traditional (Unix) command line format.
297
298 The parameters @a argc and @a argv have the same meaning as the typical
299 @c main() function.
300
301 This constructor is only available in Unicode build.
302 */
7c913512 303 wxCmdLineParser(int argc, wchar_t** argv);
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304
305 /**
306 Constructor which specify the command line to parse in Windows format.
307 The parameter cmdline has the same meaning as the corresponding
308 parameter of @c WinMain().
309 */
7c913512 310 wxCmdLineParser(const wxString& cmdline);
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311
312 /**
313 Specifies the @ref SetDesc() "command line description" but not the
314 command line. You must use SetCmdLine() later.
315 */
7c913512 316 wxCmdLineParser(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc* desc);
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317
318 /**
319 Specifies both the command line (in Unix format) and the
320 @ref SetDesc() "command line description".
321 */
a15c16bf 322 wxCmdLineParser(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc* desc, int argc, char** argv);
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323
324 /**
325 Specifies both the command line (in Windows format) and the
326 @ref SetDesc() "command line description".
327 */
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328 wxCmdLineParser(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc* desc,
329 const wxString& cmdline);
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330
331 /**
332 Frees resources allocated by the object.
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333
334 @note This destructor is not virtual, don't use this class
335 polymorphically.
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336 */
337 ~wxCmdLineParser();
338
339 /**
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340 Add an option @a name with an optional long name @a lng (no long name
341 if it is empty, which is default) taking a value of the given type
342 (string by default) to the command line description.
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343 */
344 void AddOption(const wxString& name,
345 const wxString& lng = wxEmptyString,
346 const wxString& desc = wxEmptyString,
347 wxCmdLineParamType type = wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING,
348 int flags = 0);
349
350 /**
4cc4bfaf 351 Add a parameter of the given @a type to the command line description.
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352 */
353 void AddParam(const wxString& desc = wxEmptyString,
354 wxCmdLineParamType type = wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING,
355 int flags = 0);
356
357 /**
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358 Add a switch @a name with an optional long name @a lng (no long name if
359 it is empty, which is default), description @a desc and flags @a flags
360 to the command line description.
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361 */
362 void AddSwitch(const wxString& name,
363 const wxString& lng = wxEmptyString,
364 const wxString& desc = wxEmptyString,
365 int flags = 0);
366
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367 /**
368 Add a string @a text to the command line description shown by Usage().
369
370 @since 2.9.0
371 */
372 void AddUsageText(const wxString& text);
373
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374 /**
375 Returns @true if long options are enabled, otherwise @false.
3c4f71cc 376
4cc4bfaf 377 @see EnableLongOptions()
23324ae1 378 */
779288b4 379 bool AreLongOptionsEnabled() const;
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380
381 /**
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382 Breaks down the string containing the full command line in words.
383
384 Words are separated by whitespace and double quotes can be used to
385 preserve the spaces inside the words.
386
387 By default, this function uses Windows-like word splitting algorithm,
388 i.e. single quotes have no special meaning and backslash can't be used
389 to escape spaces neither. With @c wxCMD_LINE_SPLIT_UNIX flag Unix
390 semantics is used, i.e. both single and double quotes can be used and
391 backslash can be used to escape all the other special characters.
23324ae1 392 */
a4761b4c 393 static wxArrayString
920b92a3 394 ConvertStringToArgs(const wxString& cmdline,
a4761b4c 395 wxCmdLineSplitType flags = wxCMD_LINE_SPLIT_DOS);
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396
397 /**
d18d9f60 398 Identical to EnableLongOptions(@false).
23324ae1 399 */
d18d9f60 400 void DisableLongOptions();
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401
402 /**
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403 Enable or disable support for the long options.
404
405 As long options are not (yet) POSIX-compliant, this option allows to
406 disable them.
407
408 @see @ref cmdlineparser_customization and AreLongOptionsEnabled()
23324ae1 409 */
d18d9f60 410 void EnableLongOptions(bool enable = true);
23324ae1 411
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412 /**
413 Returns @true if the given switch was found, @false otherwise.
414 */
415 bool Found(const wxString& name) const;
23324ae1 416
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417 /**
418 Returns whether the switch was found on the command line and whether it
419 was negated.
420
421 This method can be used for any kind of switch but is especially useful
422 for switches that can be negated, i.e. were added with
423 wxCMD_LINE_SWITCH_NEGATABLE flag, as otherwise Found() is simpler to
424 use.
425
426 However Found() doesn't allow to distinguish between switch specified
427 normally, i.e. without dash following it, and negated switch, i.e. with
428 the following dash. This method will return @c wxCMD_SWITCH_ON or @c
429 wxCMD_SWITCH_OFF depending on whether the switch was negated or not.
430 And if the switch was not found at all, @c wxCMD_SWITCH_NOT_FOUND is
431 returned.
432
433 @since 2.9.2
434 */
435 wxCmdLineSwitchState FoundSwitch(const wxString& name) const;
436
23324ae1 437 /**
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438 Returns true if an option taking a string value was found and stores
439 the value in the provided pointer (which should not be @NULL).
23324ae1 440 */
d18d9f60 441 bool Found(const wxString& name, wxString* value) const;
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442
443 /**
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444 Returns @true if an option taking an integer value was found and stores
445 the value in the provided pointer (which should not be @NULL).
446 */
447 bool Found(const wxString& name, long* value) const;
3c4f71cc 448
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449 /**
450 Returns @true if an option taking a float value was found and stores
451 the value in the provided pointer (which should not be @NULL).
23324ae1 452 */
d18d9f60 453 bool Found(const wxString& name, double* value) const;
23324ae1 454
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455 /**
456 Returns @true if an option taking a date value was found and stores the
457 value in the provided pointer (which should not be @NULL).
458 */
b1859b1a 459 bool Found(const wxString& name, wxDateTime* value) const;
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460
461 /**
462 Returns the value of Nth parameter (as string only).
463 */
d18d9f60 464 wxString GetParam(size_t n = 0) const;
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465
466 /**
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467 Returns the number of parameters found. This function makes sense
468 mostly if you had used @c wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_MULTIPLE flag.
23324ae1 469 */
328f5751 470 size_t GetParamCount() const;
23324ae1 471
23324ae1 472 /**
7c913512 473 Parse the command line, return 0 if ok, -1 if @c "-h" or @c "--help"
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474 option was encountered and the help message was given or a positive
475 value if a syntax error occurred.
3c4f71cc 476
7c913512 477 @param giveUsage
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478 If @true (default), the usage message is given if a syntax error
479 was encountered while parsing the command line or if help was
480 requested. If @false, only error messages about possible syntax
481 errors are given, use Usage to show the usage message from the
482 caller if needed.
23324ae1 483 */
4cc4bfaf 484 int Parse(bool giveUsage = true);
23324ae1 485
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486 //@{
487 /**
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488 Set the command line to parse after using one of the constructors which
489 don't do it.
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490 */
491 void SetCmdLine(int argc, char** argv);
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492 void SetCmdLine(int argc, wchar_t** argv);
493 void SetCmdLine(const wxString& cmdline);
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494 //@}
495
496 /**
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497 Constructs the command line description.
498
499 Take the command line description from the wxCMD_LINE_NONE terminated
500 table.
501
23324ae1 502 Example of usage:
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503
504 @code
505 static const wxCmdLineEntryDesc cmdLineDesc[] =
506 {
507 { wxCMD_LINE_SWITCH, "v", "verbose", "be verbose" },
508 { wxCMD_LINE_SWITCH, "q", "quiet", "be quiet" },
509
510 { wxCMD_LINE_OPTION, "o", "output", "output file" },
511 { wxCMD_LINE_OPTION, "i", "input", "input dir" },
512 { wxCMD_LINE_OPTION, "s", "size", "output block size", wxCMD_LINE_VAL_NUMBER },
513 { wxCMD_LINE_OPTION, "d", "date", "output file date", wxCMD_LINE_VAL_DATE },
514
515 { wxCMD_LINE_PARAM, NULL, NULL, "input file", wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING, wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_MULTIPLE },
516
517 { wxCMD_LINE_NONE }
518 };
519
520 wxCmdLineParser parser;
521
522 parser.SetDesc(cmdLineDesc);
523 @endcode
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524 */
525 void SetDesc(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc* desc);
526
527 /**
d18d9f60 528 The @a logo is some extra text which will be shown by Usage() method.
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529 */
530 void SetLogo(const wxString& logo);
531
532 /**
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533 @a switchChars contains all characters with which an option or switch
534 may start. Default is @c "-" for Unix, @c "-/" for Windows.
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535 */
536 void SetSwitchChars(const wxString& switchChars);
537
538 /**
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539 Give the standard usage message describing all program options. It will
540 use the options and parameters descriptions specified earlier, so the
541 resulting message will not be helpful to the user unless the
542 descriptions were indeed specified.
3c4f71cc 543
4cc4bfaf 544 @see SetLogo()
23324ae1 545 */
779288b4 546 void Usage() const;
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548 /**
549 Return the string containing the program usage description.
550
551 Call Usage() to directly show this string to the user.
552 */
553 wxString GetUsageString() const;
23324ae1 554};
e54c96f1 555