/*------------------------------------------------------ CCmdLine A utility for parsing command lines. Copyright (C) 1999 Chris Losinger, Smaller Animals Software. http://www.smalleranimals.com This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions: 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required. 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software. 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution. ------------------------- Example : Our example application uses a command line that has two required switches and two optional switches. The app should abort if the required switches are not present and continue with default values if the optional switches are not present. Sample command line : MyApp.exe -p1 text1 text2 -p2 "this is a big argument" -opt1 -55 -opt2 Switches -p1 and -p2 are required. p1 has two arguments and p2 has one. Switches -opt1 and -opt2 are optional. opt1 requires a numeric argument. opt2 has no arguments. Also, assume that the app displays a 'help' screen if the '-h' switch is present on the command line. #include "CmdLine.h" void main(int argc, char **argv) { // our cmd line parser object CCmdLine cmdLine; // parse argc,argv if (cmdLine.SplitLine(argc, argv) < 1) { // no switches were given on the command line, abort ASSERT(0); exit(-1); } // test for the 'help' case if (cmdLine.HasSwitch("-h")) { show_help(); exit(0); } // get the required arguments std::string p1_1, p1_2, p2_1; try { // if any of these fail, we'll end up in the catch() block p1_1 = cmdLine.GetArgument("-p1", 0); p1_2 = cmdLine.GetArgument("-p1", 1); p2_1 = cmdLine.GetArgument("-p2", 0); } catch (...) { // one of the required arguments was missing, abort ASSERT(0); exit(-1); } // get the optional parameters // convert to an int, default to '100' int iOpt1Val = atoi(cmdLine.GetSafeArgument("-opt1", 0, 100)); // since opt2 has no arguments, just test for the presence of // the '-opt2' switch bool bOptVal2 = cmdLine.HasSwitch("-opt2"); .... and so on.... } ------------------------------------------------------*/ #pragma once #ifndef SACMDSH #define SACMDSH // tell the compiler to shut up #pragma warning(disable:4786) //#include // you may need this #include // handy little container for our argument vector struct CCmdParam { std::vector m_strings; }; // this class is actually a map of strings to vectors typedef std::map _CCmdLine; // the command line parser class class CCmdLine : public _CCmdLine { public: /*------------------------------------------------------ int CCmdLine::SplitLine(int argc, char **argv) parse the command line into switches and arguments. returns number of switches found ------------------------------------------------------*/ int SplitLine(int argc, char **argv); /*------------------------------------------------------ bool CCmdLine::HasSwitch(const char *pSwitch) was the switch found on the command line ? ex. if the command line is : app.exe -a p1 p2 p3 -b p4 -c -d p5 call return ---- ------ cmdLine.HasSwitch("-a") true cmdLine.HasSwitch("-z") false ------------------------------------------------------*/ bool HasSwitch(const char *pSwitch); /*------------------------------------------------------ std::string CCmdLine::GetSafeArgument(const char *pSwitch, int iIdx, const char *pDefault) fetch an argument associated with a switch . if the parameter at index iIdx is not found, this will return the default that you provide. example : command line is : app.exe -a p1 p2 p3 -b p4 -c -d p5 call return ---- ------ cmdLine.GetSafeArgument("-a", 0, "zz") p1 cmdLine.GetSafeArgument("-a", 1, "zz") p2 cmdLine.GetSafeArgument("-b", 0, "zz") p4 cmdLine.GetSafeArgument("-b", 1, "zz") zz ------------------------------------------------------*/ std::string GetSafeArgument(const char *pSwitch, int iIdx, const char *pDefault); /*------------------------------------------------------ std::string CCmdLine::GetArgument(const char *pSwitch, int iIdx) fetch a argument associated with a switch. throws an exception of (int)0, if the parameter at index iIdx is not found. example : command line is : app.exe -a p1 p2 p3 -b p4 -c -d p5 call return ---- ------ cmdLine.GetArgument("-a", 0) p1 cmdLine.GetArgument("-b", 1) throws (int)0, returns an empty string ------------------------------------------------------*/ std::string GetArgument(const char *pSwitch, int iIdx); /*------------------------------------------------------ int CCmdLine::GetArgumentCount(const char *pSwitch) returns the number of arguments found for a given switch. returns -1 if the switch was not found ------------------------------------------------------*/ int GetArgumentCount(const char *pSwitch); protected: /*------------------------------------------------------ protected member function test a parameter to see if it's a switch : switches are of the form : -x where 'x' is one or more characters. the first character of a switch must be non-numeric! ------------------------------------------------------*/ bool IsSwitch(const char *pParam); }; #endif