// Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file. /** * This library lets you define parsers for parsing raw command-line arguments * into a set of options and values using [GNU][] and [POSIX][] style options. * * ## Defining options ## * * To use this library, you create an [ArgParser] object which will contain * the set of options you support: * * var parser = new ArgParser(); * * Then you define a set of options on that parser using [addOption()] and * [addFlag()]. The minimal way to create an option is: * * parser.addOption('name'); * * This creates an option named "name". Options must be given a value on the * command line. If you have a simple on/off flag, you can instead use: * * parser.addFlag('name'); * * Flag options will, by default, accept a 'no-' prefix to negate the option. * This can be disabled like so: * * parser.addFlag('name', negatable: false); * * (From here on out "option" will refer to both "regular" options and flags. * In cases where the distinction matters, we'll use "non-flag option".) * * Options may have an optional single-character abbreviation: * * parser.addOption('mode', abbr: 'm'); * parser.addFlag('verbose', abbr: 'v'); * * They may also specify a default value. The default value will be used if the * option isn't provided: * * parser.addOption('mode', defaultsTo: 'debug'); * parser.addFlag('verbose', defaultsTo: false); * * The default value for non-flag options can be any [String]. For flags, it * must be a [bool]. * * To validate non-flag options, you may provide an allowed set of values. When * you do, it will throw a [FormatException] when you parse the arguments if * the value for an option is not in the allowed set: * * parser.addOption('mode', allowed: ['debug', 'release']); * * You can provide a callback when you define an option. When you later parse * a set of arguments, the callback for that option will be invoked with the * value provided for it: * * parser.addOption('mode', callback: (mode) => print('Got mode $mode)); * parser.addFlag('verbose', callback: (verbose) { * if (verbose) print('Verbose'); * }); * * The callback for each option will *always* be called when you parse a set of * arguments. If the option isn't provided in the args, the callback will be * passed the default value, or `null` if there is none set. * * ## Parsing arguments ## * * Once you have an [ArgParser] set up with some options and flags, you use it * by calling [ArgParser.parse()] with a set of arguments: * * var results = parser.parse(['some', 'command', 'line', 'args']); * * These will usually come from `new Options().arguments`, but you can pass in * any list of strings. It returns an instance of [ArgResults]. This is a * map-like object that will return the value of any parsed option. * * var parser = new ArgParser(); * parser.addOption('mode'); * parser.addFlag('verbose', defaultsTo: true); * var results = parser.parse('['--mode', 'debug', 'something', 'else']); * * print(results['mode']); // debug * print(results['verbose']); // true * * The [parse()] method will stop as soon as it reaches `--` or anything that * it doesn't recognize as an option, flag, or option value. If there are still * arguments left, they will be provided to you in * [ArgResults.rest]. * * print(results.rest); // ['something', 'else'] * * ## Specifying options ## * * To actually pass in options and flags on the command line, use GNU or POSIX * style. If you define an option like: * * parser.addOption('name', abbr: 'n'); * * Then a value for it can be specified on the command line using any of: * * --name=somevalue * --name somevalue * -nsomevalue * -n somevalue * * Given this flag: * * parser.addFlag('name', abbr: 'n'); * * You can set it on using one of: * * --name * -n * * Or set it off using: * * --no-name * * Multiple flag abbreviation can also be collapsed into a single argument. If * you define: * * parser.addFlag('verbose', abbr: 'v'); * parser.addFlag('french', abbr: 'f'); * parser.addFlag('iambic-pentameter', abbr: 'i'); * * Then all three flags could be set using: * * -vfi * * By default, an option has only a single value, with later option values * overriding earlier ones; for example: * * var parser = new ArgParser(); * parser.addOption('mode'); * var results = parser.parse(['--mode', 'on', '--mode', 'off']); * print(results['mode']); // prints 'off' * * If you need multiple values, set the [allowMultiple] flag. In that * case the option can occur multiple times and when parsing arguments a * List of values will be returned: * * var parser = new ArgParser(); * parser.addOption('mode', allowMultiple: true); * var results = parser.parse(['--mode', 'on', '--mode', 'off']); * print(results['mode']); // prints '[on, off]' * * ## Defining commands ## * * In addition to *options*, you can also define *commands*. A command is a * named argument that has its own set of options. For example, when you run: * * $ git commit -a * * The executable is `git`, the command is `commit`, and the `-a` option is an * option passed to the command. You can add a command like so: * * var parser = new ArgParser(); * var command = parser.addCommand("commit"); * command.addFlag('all', abbr: 'a'); * * It returns another [ArgParser] which you can use to define options and * subcommands on that command. When an argument list is parsed, you can then * determine which command was entered and what options were provided for it. * * var results = parser.parse(['commit', '-a']); * print(results.command.name); // "commit" * print(results.command['a']); // true * * ## Displaying usage ## * * This library can also be used to automatically generate nice usage help * text like you get when you run a program with `--help`. To use this, you * will also want to provide some help text when you create your options. To * define help text for the entire option, do: * * parser.addOption('mode', help: 'The compiler configuration', * allowed: ['debug', 'release']); * parser.addFlag('verbose', help: 'Show additional diagnostic info'); * * For non-flag options, you can also provide detailed help for each expected * value using a map: * * parser.addOption('arch', help: 'The architecture to compile for', * allowedHelp: { * 'ia32': 'Intel x86', * 'arm': 'ARM Holding 32-bit chip' * }); * * If you define a set of options like the above, then calling this: * * print(parser.getUsage()); * * Will display something like: * * --mode The compiler configuration * [debug, release] * * --[no-]verbose Show additional diagnostic info * --arch The architecture to compile for * * [arm] ARM Holding 32-bit chip * [ia32] Intel x86 * * To assist the formatting of the usage help, single line help text will * be followed by a single new line. Options with multi-line help text * will be followed by two new lines. This provides spatial diversity between * options. * * [posix]: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap12.html#tag_12_02 * [gnu]: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Command_002dLine-Interfaces */ library args; import 'src/parser.dart'; import 'src/usage.dart'; /** * A class for taking a list of raw command line arguments and parsing out * options and flags from them. */ class ArgParser { /** * The options that have been defined for this parser. */ final Map options = {}; /** * The commands that have been defined for this parser. */ final Map commands = {}; /** Creates a new ArgParser. */ ArgParser(); /** * Defines a command. A command is a named argument which may in turn * define its own options and subcommands. Returns an [ArgParser] that can * be used to define the command's options. */ ArgParser addCommand(String name) { // Make sure the name isn't in use. if (commands.containsKey(name)) { throw new ArgumentError('Duplicate command "$name".'); } var command = new ArgParser(); commands[name] = command; return command; } /** * Defines a flag. Throws an [ArgumentError] if: * * * There is already an option named [name]. * * There is already an option using abbreviation [abbr]. */ void addFlag(String name, {String abbr, String help, bool defaultsTo: false, bool negatable: true, void callback(bool value)}) { _addOption(name, abbr, help, null, null, defaultsTo, callback, isFlag: true, negatable: negatable); } /** * Defines a value-taking option. Throws an [ArgumentError] if: * * * There is already an option with name [name]. * * There is already an option using abbreviation [abbr]. */ void addOption(String name, {String abbr, String help, List allowed, Map allowedHelp, String defaultsTo, void callback(value), bool allowMultiple: false}) { _addOption(name, abbr, help, allowed, allowedHelp, defaultsTo, callback, isFlag: false, allowMultiple: allowMultiple); } void _addOption(String name, String abbr, String help, List allowed, Map allowedHelp, defaultsTo, void callback(value), {bool isFlag, bool negatable: false, bool allowMultiple: false}) { // Make sure the name isn't in use. if (options.containsKey(name)) { throw new ArgumentError('Duplicate option "$name".'); } // Make sure the abbreviation isn't too long or in use. if (abbr != null) { if (abbr.length > 1) { throw new ArgumentError( 'Abbreviation "$abbr" is longer than one character.'); } var existing = findByAbbreviation(abbr); if (existing != null) { throw new ArgumentError( 'Abbreviation "$abbr" is already used by "${existing.name}".'); } } options[name] = new Option(name, abbr, help, allowed, allowedHelp, defaultsTo, callback, isFlag: isFlag, negatable: negatable, allowMultiple: allowMultiple); } /** * Parses [args], a list of command-line arguments, matches them against the * flags and options defined by this parser, and returns the result. */ ArgResults parse(List args) => new Parser(null, this, args.toList()).parse(); /** * Generates a string displaying usage information for the defined options. * This is basically the help text shown on the command line. */ String getUsage() => new Usage(this).generate(); /** * Get the default value for an option. Useful after parsing to test * if the user specified something other than the default. */ getDefault(String option) { if (!options.containsKey(option)) { throw new ArgumentError('No option named $option'); } return options[option].defaultValue; } /** * Finds the option whose abbreviation is [abbr], or `null` if no option has * that abbreviation. */ Option findByAbbreviation(String abbr) { return options.values.firstMatching((option) => option.abbreviation == abbr, orElse: () => null); } } /** * A command-line option. Includes both flags and options which take a value. */ class Option { final String name; final String abbreviation; final List allowed; final defaultValue; final Function callback; final String help; final Map allowedHelp; final bool isFlag; final bool negatable; final bool allowMultiple; Option(this.name, this.abbreviation, this.help, this.allowed, this.allowedHelp, this.defaultValue, this.callback, {this.isFlag, this.negatable, this.allowMultiple: false}); } /** * The results of parsing a series of command line arguments using * [ArgParser.parse()]. Includes the parsed options and any remaining unparsed * command line arguments. */ class ArgResults { final Map _options; /** * If these are the results for parsing a command's options, this will be * the name of the command. For top-level results, this returns `null`. */ final String name; /** * The command that was selected, or `null` if none was. This will contain * the options that were selected for that command. */ final ArgResults command; /** * The remaining command-line arguments that were not parsed as options or * flags. If `--` was used to separate the options from the remaining * arguments, it will not be included in this list. */ final List rest; /** Creates a new [ArgResults]. */ ArgResults(this._options, this.name, this.command, this.rest); /** Gets the parsed command-line option named [name]. */ operator [](String name) { if (!_options.containsKey(name)) { throw new ArgumentError( 'Could not find an option named "$name".'); } return _options[name]; } /** Get the names of the options as a [Collection]. */ Collection get options => _options.keys.toList(); }