1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: wxCmdLineParser and related classes for parsing the command
5 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
9 // Copyright: (c) 2000 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
10 // Licence: wxWindows license
11 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13 #ifndef _WX_CMDLINE_H_
14 #define _WX_CMDLINE_H_
17 #pragma interface "cmdline.h"
22 #if wxUSE_CMDLINE_PARSER
24 #include "wx/string.h"
26 class WXDLLEXPORT wxDateTime
;
28 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
30 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
32 // by default, options are optional (sic) and each call to AddParam() allows
33 // one more parameter - this may be changed by giving non-default flags to it
36 wxCMD_LINE_OPTION_MANDATORY
= 0x01, // this option must be given
37 wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_OPTIONAL
= 0x02, // the parameter may be omitted
38 wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_MULTIPLE
= 0x04, // the parameter may be repeated
39 wxCMD_LINE_OPTION_HELP
= 0x08, // this option is a help request
40 wxCMD_LINE_NEEDS_SEPARATOR
= 0x10 // must have sep before the value
43 // an option value or parameter may be a string (the most common case), a
45 enum wxCmdLineParamType
47 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING
, // should be 0 (default)
48 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_NUMBER
,
53 // for constructing the cmd line description using Init()
54 enum wxCmdLineEntryType
59 wxCMD_LINE_NONE
// to terminate the list
62 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
63 // wxCmdLineEntryDesc is a description of one command line
64 // switch/option/parameter
65 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
67 struct wxCmdLineEntryDesc
69 wxCmdLineEntryType kind
;
70 const wxChar
*shortName
;
71 const wxChar
*longName
;
72 const wxChar
*description
;
73 wxCmdLineParamType type
;
77 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
78 // wxCmdLineParser is a class for parsing command line.
80 // It has the following features:
82 // 1. distinguishes options, switches and parameters; allows option grouping
83 // 2. allows both short and long options
84 // 3. automatically generates the usage message from the cmd line description
85 // 4. does type checks on the options values (number, date, ...)
87 // To use it you should:
89 // 1. construct it giving it the cmd line to parse and optionally its desc
90 // 2. construct the cmd line description using AddXXX() if not done in (1)
92 // 4. use GetXXX() to retrieve the parsed info
93 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
95 class WXDLLEXPORT wxCmdLineParser
98 // ctors and initializers
99 // ----------------------
101 // default ctor or ctor giving the cmd line in either Unix or Win form
102 wxCmdLineParser() { Init(); }
103 wxCmdLineParser(int argc
, wxChar
**argv
) { Init(); SetCmdLine(argc
, argv
); }
104 wxCmdLineParser(const wxString
& cmdline
) { Init(); SetCmdLine(cmdline
); }
106 // the same as above, but also gives the cmd line description - otherwise,
107 // use AddXXX() later
108 wxCmdLineParser(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc
*desc
)
109 { Init(); SetDesc(desc
); }
110 wxCmdLineParser(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc
*desc
, int argc
, wxChar
**argv
)
111 { Init(); SetCmdLine(argc
, argv
); SetDesc(desc
); }
112 wxCmdLineParser(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc
*desc
, const wxString
& cmdline
)
113 { Init(); SetCmdLine(cmdline
); SetDesc(desc
); }
115 // set cmd line to parse after using one of the ctors which don't do it
116 void SetCmdLine(int argc
, wxChar
**argv
);
117 void SetCmdLine(const wxString
& cmdline
);
119 // not virtual, don't use this class polymorphically
122 // set different parser options
123 // ----------------------------
125 // by default, '-' is switch char under Unix, '-' or '/' under Win:
126 // switchChars contains all characters with which an option or switch may
128 void SetSwitchChars(const wxString
& switchChars
);
130 // long options are not POSIX-compliant, this option allows to disable them
131 void EnableLongOptions(bool enable
= TRUE
);
132 void DisableLongOptions() { EnableLongOptions(FALSE
); }
134 // extra text may be shown by Usage() method if set by this function
135 void SetLogo(const wxString
& logo
);
137 // construct the cmd line description
138 // ----------------------------------
140 // take the cmd line description from the wxCMD_LINE_NONE terminated table
141 void SetDesc(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc
*desc
);
143 // a switch: i.e. an option without value
144 void AddSwitch(const wxString
& name
, const wxString
& lng
= wxEmptyString
,
145 const wxString
& desc
= wxEmptyString
,
148 // an option taking a value of the given type
149 void AddOption(const wxString
& name
, const wxString
& lng
= wxEmptyString
,
150 const wxString
& desc
= wxEmptyString
,
151 wxCmdLineParamType type
= wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING
,
155 void AddParam(const wxString
& desc
= wxEmptyString
,
156 wxCmdLineParamType type
= wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING
,
162 // parse the command line, return 0 if ok, -1 if "-h" or "--help" option
163 // was encountered and the help message was given or a positive value if a
164 // syntax error occured
167 // give the usage message describing all program options
170 // get the command line arguments
171 // ------------------------------
173 // returns TRUE if the given switch was found
174 bool Found(const wxString
& name
) const;
176 // returns TRUE if an option taking a string value was found and stores the
177 // value in the provided pointer
178 bool Found(const wxString
& name
, wxString
*value
) const;
180 // returns TRUE if an option taking an integer value was found and stores
181 // the value in the provided pointer
182 bool Found(const wxString
& name
, long *value
) const;
184 // returns TRUE if an option taking a date value was found and stores the
185 // value in the provided pointer
186 bool Found(const wxString
& name
, wxDateTime
*value
) const;
188 // gets the number of parameters found
189 size_t GetParamCount() const;
191 // gets the value of Nth parameter (as string only for now)
192 wxString
GetParam(size_t n
= 0u) const;
194 // Resets switches and options
198 // common part of all ctors
201 struct wxCmdLineParserData
*m_data
;
204 #endif // wxUSE_CMDLINE_PARSER
206 #endif // _WX_CMDLINE_H_