// 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. /** * Parser support for transforming raw command-line arguments into a set * of options and values. * * This library supports [GNU][] and [POSIX][] style options, and it works * in both server-side and client-side apps. * * For information on installing this library, see the * [args package on pub.dartlang.org](http://pub.dartlang.org/packages/args). * Here's an example of importing this library: * * import 'package:args/args.dart'; * * ## Defining options * * To use this library, first create an [ArgParser]: * * var parser = new ArgParser(); * * Then define a set of options on that parser using [addOption()] and * [addFlag()]. Here's the minimal way to create an option named "name": * * parser.addOption('name'); * * When an option can only be set or unset (as opposed to taking a string * value), use a flag: * * parser.addFlag('name'); * * Flag options, by default, accept a 'no-' prefix to negate the option. * You can disable the 'no-' prefix using the `negatable` parameter: * * parser.addFlag('name', negatable: false); * * **Terminology note:** * From here on out, the term _option_ refers to both regular options and * flags. In cases where the distinction matters, this documentation uses * the term _non-flag option._ * * Options can have an optional single-character abbreviation, specified * with the `abbr` parameter: * * parser.addOption('mode', abbr: 'm'); * parser.addFlag('verbose', abbr: 'v'); * * Options can also have a default value, specified with the `defaultsTo` * parameter. The default value is used when arguments don't specify the * option. * * 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 a non-flag option, you can use the `allowed` parameter to * provide an allowed set of values. When you do, the parser throws a * [FormatException] if the value for an option is not in the allowed set. * Here's an example of specifying allowed values: * * parser.addOption('mode', allowed: ['debug', 'release']); * * You can use the `callback` parameter to associate a function with an * option. Later, when parsing occurs, the callback function is invoked * with the value of the option: * * parser.addOption('mode', callback: (mode) => print('Got mode $mode)); * parser.addFlag('verbose', callback: (verbose) { * if (verbose) print('Verbose'); * }); * * The callbacks for all options are called whenever a set of arguments * is parsed. If an option isn't provided in the args, its callback is * passed the default value, or `null` if no default value is 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 arguments usually come from dart:io's Options class * (`new Options().arguments`), but you can pass in any list of strings. * The parse() method returns an instance of [ArgResults], a map-like * object that contains the values of the parsed options. * * 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 * * By default, the parse() method stops as soon as it reaches `--` by itself * or anything that the parser doesn't recognize as an option, flag, or * option value. If arguments still remain, they go into [ArgResults.rest]. * * print(results.rest); // ['something', 'else'] * * To continue to parse options found after non-option arguments, call * parse() with `allowTrailingOptions: true`. * * ## Specifying options * * To actually pass in options and flags on the command line, use GNU or * POSIX style. Consider this option: * * parser.addOption('name', abbr: 'n'); * * You can specify its value on the command line using any of the following: * * --name=somevalue * --name somevalue * -nsomevalue * -n somevalue * * Consider this flag: * * parser.addFlag('name', abbr: 'n'); * * You can set it to true using one of the following: * * --name * -n * * You can set it to false using the following: * * --no-name * * Multiple flag abbreviations can be collapsed into a single argument. Say * you define these flags: * * parser.addFlag('verbose', abbr: 'v'); * parser.addFlag('french', abbr: 'f'); * parser.addFlag('iambic-pentameter', abbr: 'i'); * * You can set all three flags at once: * * -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` parameter. In that * case the option can occur multiple times, and the parse() method returns * a list of values: * * 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, consider * this shell command: * * $ 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 using the * [addCommand] method: * * var parser = new ArgParser(); * var command = parser.addCommand('commit'); * * The addCommand() method returns another [ArgParser], which you can then * use to define options specific to that command. If you already have an * [ArgParser] for the command's options, you can pass it to addCommand: * * var parser = new ArgParser(); * var command = new ArgParser(); * parser.addCommand('commit', command); * * The [ArgParser] for a command can then define options or flags: * * command.addFlag('all', abbr: 'a'); * * You can add multiple commands to the same parser so that a user can select * one from a range of possible commands. When parsing an argument list, * 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['all']); // true * * Options for a command must appear after the command in the argument list. * For example, given the above parser, "git -a commit" is *not* valid. The * parser tries to find the right-most command that accepts an option. For * example: * * var parser = new ArgParser(); * parser.addFlag('all', abbr: 'a'); * var command = parser.addCommand('commit'); * command.addFlag('all', abbr: 'a'); * * var results = parser.parse(['commit', '-a']); * print(results.command['all']); // true * * Here, both the top-level parser and the "commit" command can accept a * "-a" (which is probably a bad command line interface, admittedly). In * that case, when "-a" appears after "commit", it is applied to that * command. If it appears to the left of "commit", it is given to the * top-level parser. * * ## Displaying usage * * You can automatically generate nice help text, suitable for use as the * output of `--help`. To display good usage information, you should * provide some help text when you create your options. * * To define help text for an entire option, use the `help` parameter: * * 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 by using the `allowedHelp` parameter: * * parser.addOption('arch', help: 'The architecture to compile for', * allowedHelp: { * 'ia32': 'Intel x86', * 'arm': 'ARM Holding 32-bit chip' * }); * * To display the help, use the ArgParser getUsage() method: * * print(parser.getUsage()); * * The resulting string looks something like this: * * --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 is * followed by a single new line. Options with multi-line help text are * 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 'package:unmodifiable_collection/unmodifiable_collection.dart'; import 'src/parser.dart'; import 'src/usage.dart'; import 'src/options.dart'; export 'src/options.dart'; /** * A class for taking a list of raw command line arguments and parsing out * options and flags from them. */ class ArgParser { final Map _options; final Map _commands; /** * 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. */ factory ArgParser() => new ArgParser._({}, {}); ArgParser._(Map options, Map commands) : this._options = options, this.options = new UnmodifiableMapView(options), this._commands = commands, this.commands = new UnmodifiableMapView(commands); /** * Defines a command. * * A command is a named argument which may in turn define its own options and * subcommands using the given parser. If [parser] is omitted, implicitly * creates a new one. Returns the parser for the command. */ ArgParser addCommand(String name, [ArgParser parser]) { // Make sure the name isn't in use. if (_commands.containsKey(name)) { throw new ArgumentError('Duplicate command "$name".'); } if (parser == null) parser = new ArgParser(); _commands[name] = parser; return parser; } /** * Defines a flag. Throws an [ArgumentError] if: * * * There is already an option named [name]. * * There is already an option using abbreviation [abbr]. */ void addFlag(String name, {String abbr, String help, bool defaultsTo: false, bool negatable: true, void callback(bool value)}) { _addOption(name, abbr, help, null, null, defaultsTo, callback, isFlag: true, negatable: negatable); } /** * Defines a value-taking option. Throws an [ArgumentError] if: * * * There is already an option with name [name]. * * There is already an option using abbreviation [abbr]. */ void addOption(String name, {String abbr, String help, List allowed, Map allowedHelp, String defaultsTo, void callback(value), bool allowMultiple: false}) { _addOption(name, abbr, help, allowed, allowedHelp, defaultsTo, callback, isFlag: false, allowMultiple: allowMultiple); } void _addOption(String name, String abbr, String help, List allowed, Map allowedHelp, defaultsTo, void callback(value), {bool isFlag, bool negatable: false, bool allowMultiple: false}) { // Make sure the name isn't in use. if (_options.containsKey(name)) { throw new ArgumentError('Duplicate option "$name".'); } // Make sure the abbreviation isn't too long or in use. if (abbr != null) { 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. * * If [allowTrailingOptions] is set, the parser will continue parsing even * after it finds an argument that is neither an option nor a command. * This allows options to be specified after regular arguments. * * [allowTrailingOptions] is false by default, so when a non-option, * non-command argument is encountered, it and all remaining arguments, * even those that look like options are passed to the innermost command. */ ArgResults parse(List args, {bool allowTrailingOptions}) { if (allowTrailingOptions == null) allowTrailingOptions = false; return new Parser(null, this, args.toList(), null, null, allowTrailingOptions: allowTrailingOptions).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 $option'); } return options[option].defaultValue; } /** * Finds the option whose abbreviation is [abbr], or `null` if no option has * that abbreviation. */ Option findByAbbreviation(String abbr) { return options.values.firstWhere((option) => option.abbreviation == abbr, orElse: () => null); } } /** * The results of parsing a series of command line arguments using * [ArgParser.parse()]. Includes the parsed options and any remaining unparsed * command line arguments. */ class ArgResults { final Map _options; /** * If these are the results for parsing a command's options, this will be * the name of the command. For top-level results, this returns `null`. */ final String name; /** * The command that was selected, or `null` if none was. This will contain * the options that were selected for that command. */ final ArgResults command; /** * The remaining command-line arguments that were not parsed as options or * flags. If `--` was used to separate the options from the remaining * arguments, it will not be included in this list. */ final List rest; /** Creates a new [ArgResults]. */ ArgResults(this._options, this.name, this.command, List rest) : this.rest = new UnmodifiableListView(rest); /** Gets the parsed command-line option named [name]. */ operator [](String name) { if (!_options.containsKey(name)) { throw new ArgumentError( 'Could not find an option named "$name".'); } return _options[name]; } /** Get the names of the options as an [Iterable]. */ Iterable get options => _options.keys; }