/* * @(#)GetOptions.java */ package jas.util; import java.util.Enumeration; import java.util.Hashtable; import java.util.Vector; /** * GetOptions is used to help parse command line arguments. It is loosely * based on Paul Raines' GetOpt module with modifications to handle multiple * classes wanting access to the same arguments. The main design difference * is that instead of doing all the work in the constructor we do it with * addOption() and parseArgs(). Furthermore, the Hashtables are different, etc. * * @author Peter Armstrong * */ public class GetOptions extends Object { /** * Creates an empty GetOptions object. * * Options are added to the object using the addOption method, unlike * GetOpt which adds them in the constructor. */ public GetOptions() { shortToLongMap = new Hashtable(); longToIsFlagMap = new Hashtable(); longToOptionsMap = new Hashtable(); longToComment = new Hashtable(); params = new String[0]; } /** * Adds an option to be recognized by parseArgs. * * @param longName the full name of the option * @param flag true if the option is a flag (takes 0 parameters), false otherwise */ public void addOption(String longName, boolean flag) { longToIsFlagMap.put(longName, new Boolean(flag)); } /** * Adds an option to be recognized by parseArgs. * * @param longName the full name of the option * @param flag true if the option is a flag (takes 0 parameters), false otherwise * @param comment description of the arguments to the option */ public void addOption(String longName, boolean flag, String comment) { longToIsFlagMap.put(longName, new Boolean(flag)); longToComment.put(longName, comment); } /** * Adds an option to be recognized by parseArgs. * * @param shortName the single character name of the option * @param flag true if the option is a flag (takes 0 parameters), false otherwise */ public void addOption(char shortName, boolean flag) { addOption((new Character(shortName)).toString(), shortName, flag); } /** * Adds an option to be recognized by parseArgs. * * @param shortName the single character name of the option * @param flag true if the option is a flag (takes 0 parameters), false otherwise * @param comment description of the arguments to the option */ public void addOption(char shortName, boolean flag, String comment) { addOption((new Character(shortName)).toString(), shortName, flag, comment); } /** * Adds an option to be recognized by parseArgs. * * @param longName the full name of the option * @param shortName the single character name of the option * @param flag true if the option is a flag (takes 0 parameters), false otherwise */ public void addOption(String longName, char shortName, boolean flag) { addOption(longName, shortName, flag, null); } /** * Adds an option to be recognized by parseArgs. * * @param longName the full name of the option * @param shortName the single character name of the option * @param flag true if the option is a flag (takes 0 parameters), false otherwise * @param comment description of the arguments to the option */ public void addOption(String longName, char shortName, boolean flag, String comment) { shortToLongMap.put((new Character(shortName)).toString(), longName); longToIsFlagMap.put(longName, new Boolean(flag)); if (comment != null) { longToComment.put(longName, comment); } } /** * Returns true or false depending on if the option with the long name longName * is in fact a real option. * * @param longName a string describing the option to query for. * @return true or false. */ public boolean isLegalOption(String longName) { return longToIsFlagMap.containsKey(longName); } /** * Returns true or false depending on if the option with the long name longName was given * in either the short (if one exists) or the long form. * * @param longName a string describing the option to query for. * @return true or false. */ public boolean hasOption(String longName) { return longToOptionsMap.containsKey(longName); } /** * Returns the value given for the option with the long name longName. * Returns "FLAG" if the option was given but is a flag (takes no arguments). * * @param longName a string describing the option to query for. * @return value of option, "FLAG" or null. */ public String getOption(String longName) { return longToOptionsMap.get(longName).toString(); } /** * Returns the comment given for the option with the long name longName. * * @param longName a string describing the option to query for. * @return value of comment or null if no comment exists. */ public String getComment(String longName) { if (longToComment.containsKey(longName)) { return longToComment.get(longName).toString(); } return null; } /** * Exception to throw when an invalid argument is encountered. */ public static class BadArguments extends Exception { public BadArguments() { super(); } public BadArguments(String s) { super(s); } } public void dumpOptions() { System.out.println("Options:"); System.out.println(); System.out.println("Short Long Value Comment"); System.out.println("Name Name Required"); System.out.println("----- ------------ -------- ---------------------------"); Enumeration vo = getValidOptions(); while (vo.hasMoreElements()) System.out.println(vo.nextElement()); } /** * Return an enumeration of String representations of tuples. * This is used to generate the -help message so it's not just frivolous debug code. */ private Enumeration getValidOptions() { //first we get "normal" options which have all 3 attributes Enumeration shortNames = shortToLongMap.keys(); Vector v = new Vector(); String shortName = ""; String longName = ""; while (shortNames.hasMoreElements()) { shortName = shortNames.nextElement().toString(); longName = shortToLongMap.get(shortName).toString(); v.addElement(formElement(shortName, longName)); } //now we need to check if we missed any options with no shortNames Enumeration longNames = longToIsFlagMap.keys(); while (longNames.hasMoreElements()) { longName = longNames.nextElement().toString(); if (!shortToLongMap.containsKey(shortName)) { v.addElement(formElement(" ", longName));//no short name so fill in the 1 char space } } return v.elements(); } private String formElement(String shortName, String longName) { String valueReqd = ((Boolean)longToIsFlagMap.get(longName)).booleanValue() ? "no" : "yes"; return (pad(shortName,5)+" "+pad(longName,12)+" "+pad(valueReqd,8)+" "+getComment(longName)); } private String pad(String value, int length) { String padding = " "; int l = value.length(); if (l == length) return value; else if (l < length) return value + padding.substring(0,length-l); else return value.substring(length); } /** * Parses the command line arguments. * * @param argv the array of arguments (eg. args as given to main()) * @exception GetOptions.BadArguments an invalid arg or wrong # of args is encountered */ public void parseArgs(String[] argv) throws BadArguments { int i, j; String shortName, longName, exceptionMsg; try { for (i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) { //if we have an empty option then the rest is considered to be parameters not options if (argv[i] == "-" || argv[i] == "--") { i++; break; } //any option will begin with at least one - if (argv[i].charAt(0) == '-') { if (argv[i].charAt(1) == '-') { // longName option longName = argv[i].substring(2); try { Boolean isFlag = (Boolean)longToIsFlagMap.get(longName); if (!isFlag.booleanValue()) { //it's not a flag, so put the next arg in as its arguments //PROGRAMMER'S NOTE: WE ARE INCREMENTING THE LOOP INDEX HERE!!! longToOptionsMap.put(longName, argv[++i]); } else { longToOptionsMap.put(longName, "FLAG"); } } catch (Exception e1) { if (isLegalOption(longName)) { exceptionMsg = "The " + longName + " option needs a different number of arguments than you provided."; } else { exceptionMsg = "There is no long option called \"" + longName + "\"."; } throw new BadArguments(exceptionMsg); } } else { // array of character options (only the last one can have args) for (j = 1; j < argv[i].length(); j++) { //process each character option (start at one since argv[0] == - //NOTE: The loop will be executed (argv[i].length() - 1) times IFF // all the options are flags. If an option takes arguments // then it is defined to be the last option and we break out // of the loop immediately. shortName = argv[i].substring(j,j+1); Boolean isFlag; try { longName = shortToLongMap.get(shortName).toString(); isFlag = (Boolean)longToIsFlagMap.get(longName); } catch (Exception e) { throw new BadArguments("There is no short option called \"" + shortName + "\"."); } if (isFlag == null) { throw new BadArguments("There is no short option called \"" + shortName + "\"."); } else if (isFlag.booleanValue()) { //it is a flag so put the longName in along with the String value of the //boolean argument longToOptionsMap.put(longName,isFlag.toString()); } else { //it's not a flag, so if the rest of this string is non-null //then it is the argument else the next arg is the argument //PROGRAMMER'S NOTE: WE MIGHT INCREMENT THE LOOP INDEX HERE!!! if (j == (argv[i].length() - 1)) { //the rest of this string is null (this is the last character in //the argument, so the next argument is the argument to this option) longToOptionsMap.put(longName, argv[++i]); //now we need to break out of this inner for loop before we do //something stupid (even though this *was* the last option //we've now messed with i) break; } else { //the rest of this string is the argument longToOptionsMap.put(longName, argv[i].substring(j+1)); //now we need to skip to the next argument since this means //the end of the single character options break; }//if }//if }//for }//if } else { // we have reached the non-option arguments break; }//if }//for // fill in params[] params = new String[(argv.length - i)]; for (j = 0; i < argv.length; i++, j++) { params[j] = argv[i]; } } catch (java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException eek) { //The only way this could have happened is if the last option needed an argument //and none was given, causing the method to reference the argument blindly and overstep //the array bounds. throw new BadArguments("The last option you specified requires a value and you did not provide one."); } }//parseArgs /** * Returns list of parameters */ public String[] getParams() { if (pVector != null) { params = new String[pVector.size()]; pVector.copyInto(params); pVector = null; } return params; } /** * Returns a specific parameter */ public String getParam(int pNum) { if (pVector != null) { params = new String[pVector.size()]; pVector.copyInto(params); pVector = null; } return params[pNum]; } /** * Returns number of parameters */ public int numParams() { if (pVector == null) { return params.length; } else { return pVector.size(); } } /** * Add a parmeter */ public void addParam(String param) { if (pVector == null) { int capacity = (params.length > 0 ? params.length : 5); pVector = new Vector(capacity,5); for (int i = 1; i < params.length; i++) pVector.addElement(params[i]); } pVector.addElement(param); } /** The list of arguments that followed the options. */ protected String[] params; /** Vector used to dynamically build options. */ protected Vector pVector = null; /** Maps a short option to its equivalent long one. */ protected Hashtable shortToLongMap; //(shortName, longName)* /** Maps a long option to whether it is a flag (takes no parameters). */ protected Hashtable longToIsFlagMap; //(longName, Boolean)* /** Maps a long option to its comment. */ protected Hashtable longToComment; //(longName, comment)* /** * The storage of options. An option can have either no value or a String value of * colon-delimited arguments. */ protected Hashtable longToOptionsMap; //(longName, arguments)* }