/** * @file options.hpp * @brief Minimalist header-only C++17 command line parsing function. * @author Mattéo Delabre * @see https://forge.delab.re/matteo/options * @license * This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. * * Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or * distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled * binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any * means. * * In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors * of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the * software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit * of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and * successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of * relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this * software under copyright law. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * * For more information, please refer to */ #ifndef OPTIONS_HPP #define OPTIONS_HPP #include #include #include namespace options { using Key = std::string; using Value = std::string; using Values = std::vector; using Dictionary = std::map; /** * Parse a list of command line arguments into a set of program options. * * This implementation strives to follow (in decreasing precedence) the * guidelines laid out in Chapter 12 of the POSIX.1-2017 specification (see * ); * the conventions of Chapter 10 in “The Art of Unix Programming” by Eric S. * Raymond; and the author's personal habits. * * @param start Iterator to the initial argument. * @param end Past-the-end iterator to signal the argument list’s end. * @return A pair with, first: a dictionary containing for each option present * on the command line a key-value pair, with the option’s name as the key, and * the list of option-arguments associated to that option, following the order * of the command line, as the value. If an option has no associated * option-arguments (i.e. is a flag), the value in the dictionary is an empty * list; second: a list in which all operands are grouped following the order * of the command line. */ template auto parse(Iterator start, Iterator end) { Dictionary opts; Values operands; // Signals whether a “--” argument was encountered, which implies that // all further arguments are to be treated as operands bool operands_only = false; // Array into which the next value should be pushed Values* value_collector = &operands; for (; start != end; ++start) { const auto current = *start; if (current[0] == '-' && current[1] != '\0' && !operands_only) { if (current[1] == '-') { if (current[2] == '\0') { operands_only = true; value_collector = &operands; } else { // GNU-style long option. The option's argument can either // be inside the same argument, separated by an “=” // character, or inside the following argument (therefore // simply separated by whitespace) const char* key_end = current + 2; while (*key_end != '\0' && *key_end != '=') ++key_end; auto [item, _] = opts.emplace( std::string(current + 2, key_end - current - 2), Values{}); value_collector = &item->second; if (*key_end == '=') { value_collector->emplace_back(key_end + 1); value_collector = &operands; } } } else { // Unix-style single-character option. Several short options // can be grouped together inside the same argument; in this // case, only the last option can have an option-argument const char* letter = current + 1; while (*letter != '\0') { auto [item, _] = opts.emplace(Key{*letter}, Values{}); value_collector = &item->second; ++letter; } } } else { // Either an option-argument or an operand value_collector->emplace_back(current); value_collector = &operands; } } return std::make_pair(opts, operands); } } #endif // OPTIONS_HPP