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alpar (Alpar Juttner)
alpar@cs.elte.hu
ArgParser can throw exception instead of exit(1) (#332)
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  // Throw an exception when problems occurs. The default behavior is to
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  // exit(1) on these cases, but this makes Valgrind falsely warn
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  // about memory leaks.
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  ap.throwOnProblems();
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  // Perform the parsing process
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  // (in case of any error it terminates the program)
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  ap.parse();
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  // The try {} construct is necessary only if the ap.trowOnProblems()
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  // setting is in use.
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  try {
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    ap.parse();
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  } catch (ArgParserException &) { return 1; }
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  void ArgParser::_terminate(ArgParserException::Reason reason) const
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  {
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    if(_exit_on_problems)
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      exit(1);
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    else throw(ArgParserException(reason));
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  }
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  void ArgParser::_showHelp(void *p)
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    (static_cast<ArgParser*>(p))->showHelp();
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    exit(1);
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    (static_cast<ArgParser*>(p))->_terminate(ArgParserException::HELP);
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  }
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  ArgParser::ArgParser(int argc, const char * const *argv)
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    :_argc(argc), _argv(argv), _command_name(argv[0]) {
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    :_argc(argc), _argv(argv), _command_name(argv[0]),
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    _exit_on_problems(true) {
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    funcOption("-help","Print a short help message",_showHelp,this);
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    for(Opts::const_iterator i=_opts.begin();i!=_opts.end();++i) showHelp(i);
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    exit(1);
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    _terminate(ArgParserException::HELP);
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  }
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      " --help' to obtain a short summary on the usage.\n\n";
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    exit(1);
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    _terminate(ArgParserException::UNKNOWN_OPT);
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  }
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        " --help' to obtain a short summary on the usage.\n\n";
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      exit(1);
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      _terminate(ArgParserException::INVALID_OPT);
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    }
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  ///Exception used by ArgParser
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  class ArgParserException : public Exception {
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  public:
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    enum Reason {
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      HELP,         /// <tt>--help</tt> option was given
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      UNKNOWN_OPT,  /// Unknown option was given
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      INVALID_OPT   /// Invalid combination of options
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    };
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  private:
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    Reason _reason;
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  public:
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    ///Constructor
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    ArgParserException(Reason r) throw() : _reason(r) {}
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    ///Virtual destructor
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    virtual ~ArgParserException() throw() {}
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    ///A short description of the exception
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    virtual const char* what() const throw() {
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      switch(_reason)
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        {
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        case HELP:
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          return "lemon::ArgParseException: ask for help";
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          break;
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        case UNKNOWN_OPT:
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          return "lemon::ArgParseException: unknown option";
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          break;
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        case INVALID_OPT:
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          return "lemon::ArgParseException: invalid combination of options";
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          break;
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        }
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      return "";
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    }
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    ///Return the reason for the failure
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    Reason reason() const {return _reason; }
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  };
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  ///Command line arguments parser
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  private:
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    bool _exit_on_problems;
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    void _terminate(ArgParserException::Reason reason) const;
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  public:
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    ///Throw instead of exit in case of problems
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    void throwOnProblems() 
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    {
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      _exit_on_problems=false;
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    }
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  };
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