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ACE_Arg_Shifter Class Reference

This ADT operates on a specified set of arguments (argv). As known arguments are scanned, they are shifted to the back of the argv vector, so deeper levels of argument parsing can locate the yet unprocessed arguments at the beginning of the vector. More...

#include <Arg_Shifter.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

 ACE_Arg_Shifter (int &argc, const ACE_TCHAR **argv, const ACE_TCHAR **temp=0)
 ACE_Arg_Shifter (int &argc, ACE_TCHAR **argv, ACE_TCHAR **temp=0)
 ~ACE_Arg_Shifter (void)
 Destructor.
const ACE_TCHARget_current (void) const
 Get the current head of the vector.
const ACE_TCHARget_the_parameter (const ACE_TCHAR *flag)
int cur_arg_strncasecmp (const ACE_TCHAR *flag)
int consume_arg (int number=1)
int ignore_arg (int number=1)
int is_anything_left (void) const
 Returns the number of args left to see in the vector.
int is_option_next (void) const
int is_parameter_next (void) const
int num_ignored_args (void) const
 Returns the number of irrelevant args seen.

Private Member Functions

 ACE_Arg_Shifter (const ACE_Arg_Shifter &)
 Copy Constructor should not be used.
ACE_Arg_Shifter operator= (const ACE_Arg_Shifter &)
 Assignment '=' operator should not be used.
void init (void)
 Refactor the constructor logic.

Private Attributes

int & argc_
 The size of the argument vector.
int total_size_
 The size of argv_.
const ACE_TCHAR ** temp_
 The temporary array over which we traverse.
const ACE_TCHAR ** argv_
 The array in which the arguments are reordered.
int current_index_
 The element in <temp_> we're currently examining.
int back_
int front_


Detailed Description

This ADT operates on a specified set of arguments (argv). As known arguments are scanned, they are shifted to the back of the argv vector, so deeper levels of argument parsing can locate the yet unprocessed arguments at the beginning of the vector.

The ACE_Arg_Shifter copies the pointers of the argv vector into a temporary array. As the ACE_Arg_Shifter iterates over the copied vector, it places known arguments in the rear of the vector, leaving the unknown ones in the beginning. So, after having visited all the arguments in the temporary vector, ACE_Arg_Shifter has placed all the unknown arguments in their original order at the front of original argv.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL ACE_Arg_Shifter::ACE_Arg_Shifter int &  argc,
const ACE_TCHAR **  argv,
const ACE_TCHAR **  temp = 0
 

Initialize the ACE_Arg_Shifter to the vector over which to iterate. Optionally, also provide the temporary array for use in shifting the arguments. If ACE_Arg_Shifter must allocate the temporary vector internally and dynamic allocation fails, the ACE_Arg_Shifter will set all indicators to end of the vector, forbidding iteration. Following iteration over argv, the argc value will be updated to contain the number of unconsumed arguments.

Parameters:
argc The number of strings in argv. argc will be updated to reflect the number of unconsumed arguments.
argv The argument vector to shift. The string pointers in the vector will be reordered to place the argc unconsumed arguments at the front of the vector.
temp A vector of ACE_TCHAR pointers at least argc elements long. The vector will be used for argument shifting as the specified argv vector is consumed. The vector must not be modified while this object exists. If this argument is 0 (the default) the object will allocate and free the temporary vector transparently.

ACE_Arg_Shifter::ACE_Arg_Shifter int &  argc,
ACE_TCHAR **  argv,
ACE_TCHAR **  temp = 0
 

Same behavior as the preceding constructor, but without the "const" qualifier.

ACE_Arg_Shifter::~ACE_Arg_Shifter void   ) 
 

Destructor.

ACE_Arg_Shifter::ACE_Arg_Shifter const ACE_Arg_Shifter  )  [private]
 

Copy Constructor should not be used.


Member Function Documentation

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::consume_arg int  number = 1  ) 
 

Consume number argument(s) by sticking them/it on the end of the vector.

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::cur_arg_strncasecmp const ACE_TCHAR flag  ) 
 

Check if the current argument matches (case insensitive) <flag>

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Case A: Perfect Match (case insensitive) 0 is returned.

ie: when current_arg = "-foobar" or "-FOOBAR" or "-fooBAR" this->cur_arg_strncasecmp ("-FooBar); will return 0

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Case B: Perfect Match (case insensitive) but the current_arg is longer than the flag. Returns a number equal to the index in the char* indicating the start of the extra characters

ie: when current_arg = "-foobar98023" this->cur_arg_strncasecmp ("-FooBar); will return 7

Notice: this number will always be > 0

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Case C: If neither of Case A or B is met (no match) then -1 is returned

const ACE_TCHAR * ACE_Arg_Shifter::get_current void   )  const
 

Get the current head of the vector.

const ACE_TCHAR * ACE_Arg_Shifter::get_the_parameter const ACE_TCHAR flag  ) 
 

If the flag matches the current_arg of arg shifter this method will attempt to return the associated parameter value

Safe to call without checking that a current arg exists

In the following examples, a pointer to the char* "value" is ret

eg: main -foobar value, main -FooBar value main -FOOBARvalue

all of the above will all match the flag == -FooBar and will return a char* to "value"

main -foobar 4 would succeed and return a char* to "4" main -foobar -4 does not succeed (-4 is not a parameter) but instead, would return 0

0 is returned: If the current argument does not match flag If there is no parameter found after a 'matched' flag

If the flag is matched and the flag and paramter DO NOT RUN together, the flag is consumed, the parameter is returned, and the new current argument is the parameter value. ie '-foobarflag VALUE' leaves the new cur arg == "VALUE"

If the flag is matched and the flag and parameter RUN together '-foobarflagVALUE', the flag is NOT consumed and the cur arg is left pointing to the entire flag/value pair

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::ignore_arg int  number = 1  ) 
 

Place number arguments in the same relative order ahead of the known arguments in the vector.

void ACE_Arg_Shifter::init void   )  [private]
 

Refactor the constructor logic.

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::is_anything_left void   )  const
 

Returns the number of args left to see in the vector.

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::is_option_next void   )  const
 

Returns 1 if there's a next item in the vector and it begins with '-'.

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::is_parameter_next void   )  const
 

Returns 1 if there's a next item in the vector and it doesn't begin with '-'.

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::num_ignored_args void   )  const
 

Returns the number of irrelevant args seen.

ACE_Arg_Shifter ACE_Arg_Shifter::operator= const ACE_Arg_Shifter  )  [private]
 

Assignment '=' operator should not be used.


Member Data Documentation

int& ACE_Arg_Shifter::argc_ [private]
 

The size of the argument vector.

const ACE_TCHAR** ACE_Arg_Shifter::argv_ [private]
 

The array in which the arguments are reordered.

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::back_ [private]
 

The index of <argv_> in which we'll stick the next unknown argument.

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::current_index_ [private]
 

The element in <temp_> we're currently examining.

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::front_ [private]
 

The index of <argv_> in which we'll stick the next known argument.

const ACE_TCHAR** ACE_Arg_Shifter::temp_ [private]
 

The temporary array over which we traverse.

int ACE_Arg_Shifter::total_size_ [private]
 

The size of argv_.


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