package jargs.examples.gnu; import jargs.gnu.CmdLineParser; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; /** * This example shows how to dynamically create basic output for a --help option. */ public class AutoHelpParser extends CmdLineParser { List optionHelpStrings = new ArrayList(); public Option addHelp(Option option, String helpString) { optionHelpStrings.add(" -" + option.shortForm() + "/--" + option.longForm() + ": " + helpString); return option; } public void printUsage() { System.err.println("usage: prog [options]"); for (Iterator i = optionHelpStrings.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) { System.err.println(i.next()); } } public static void main( String[] args ) { AutoHelpParser parser = new AutoHelpParser(); CmdLineParser.Option verbose = parser.addHelp( parser.addBooleanOption('v', "verbose"), "Print extra information"); CmdLineParser.Option size = parser.addHelp( parser.addIntegerOption('s', "size"), "The extent of the thing"); CmdLineParser.Option name = parser.addHelp( parser.addStringOption('n', "name"), "Name given to the widget"); CmdLineParser.Option fraction = parser.addHelp( parser.addDoubleOption('f', "fraction"), "What percentage should be discarded"); CmdLineParser.Option help = parser.addHelp( parser.addBooleanOption('h', "help"), "Show this help message"); try { parser.parse(args); } catch ( CmdLineParser.OptionException e ) { System.err.println(e.getMessage()); parser.printUsage(); System.exit(2); } if ( Boolean.TRUE.equals(parser.getOptionValue(help))) { parser.printUsage(); System.exit(0); } // Extract the values entered for the various options -- if the // options were not specified, the corresponding values will be // null. Boolean verboseValue = (Boolean)parser.getOptionValue(verbose); Integer sizeValue = (Integer)parser.getOptionValue(size); String nameValue = (String)parser.getOptionValue(name); Double fractionValue = (Double)parser.getOptionValue(fraction); // For testing purposes, we just print out the option values System.out.println("verbose: " + verboseValue); System.out.println("size: " + sizeValue); System.out.println("name: " + nameValue); System.out.println("fraction: " + fractionValue); // Extract the trailing command-line arguments ('a_nother') in the // usage string above. String[] otherArgs = parser.getRemainingArgs(); System.out.println("remaining args: "); for ( int i = 0; i < otherArgs.length; ++i ) { System.out.println(otherArgs[i]); } // In a real program, one would pass the option values and other // arguments to a function that does something more useful. System.exit(0); } }