cmdlineparser.h

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/***************************************************************************
                          cmdlineparser.h  -  description
                             -------------------
    begin                : Wed Oct 2003
    copyright            : (C) 2003 by Peter Haase
    email                : p.haase@tuhh.de
 ***************************************************************************/

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#ifndef CMDLINE_PARSER_HEADER
#define CMDLINE_PARSER_HEADER


#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <vector>


namespace simth
{


class CmdLineParser
{

 public:

  CmdLineParser();

  void addOption(const std::string& optName, const std::string& shortOptName, const std::string& description);

  //Not needed yet:
  //void addValueOption(...);

  std::vector<std::string> parseAndValidate(int argc, char *argv[]);
 
  bool isOptionSet(const std::string& shortOptName,const std::string& longOptName) const;  
  
  //Not needed yet:
  //std::string getParsedValue(std::string longOptName,std::string shortOptName) const;
     
  std::string optionList( ) const;

  class InvalidOption : public std::runtime_error
  {
    public:
      InvalidOption(const std::string& s)
          : std::runtime_error(s)
    { }
  };

 private:
  
  class CmdLineOption
  {

    public:
  
      CmdLineOption();

      CmdLineOption(const std::string& shortName, const std::string& longName, const std::string& description);
  
      std::string longName() const {return longName_;} 
      std::string shortName() const {return shortName_;}
      std::string description() const {return descr_;} 
      void setOption(bool flag=true) {isSet_=flag;}
      bool isSet() const {return isSet_;}

    private:

      std::string shortName_; 
      std::string longName_;
      std::string descr_;
      bool isSet_; 
 
  };


  //Keeps options that take no value: 
  std::map<std::string,CmdLineOption> optList;
  std::map<std::string,std::string> longOptList;
  std::map<std::string,std::string> shortOptList;
  
  typedef std::map<std::string,CmdLineOption>::const_iterator const_iter;

  //Not needed yet
  //Keeps options with possible values
  //std::map<std::string,std::string> valOptList;

};


}  //end namespace simth

#endif

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