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/* goption.h - Option parser
*
* Copyright (C) 2004 Anders Carlsson <andersca@gnome.org>
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Library General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
#ifndef __G_OPTION_H__
#define __G_OPTION_H__
#if !defined (__GLIB_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GLIB_COMPILATION)
#error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly."
#endif
#include <glib/gerror.h>
#include <glib/gquark.h>
G_BEGIN_DECLS
/**
* GOptionContext:
*
* A <structname>GOptionContext</structname> struct defines which options
* are accepted by the commandline option parser. The struct has only private
* fields and should not be directly accessed.
*/
typedef struct _GOptionContext GOptionContext;
/**
* GOptionGroup:
*
* A <structname>GOptionGroup</structname> struct defines the options in a single
* group. The struct has only private fields and should not be directly accessed.
*
* All options in a group share the same translation function. Libraries which
* need to parse commandline options are expected to provide a function for
* getting a <structname>GOptionGroup</structname> holding their options, which
* the application can then add to its #GOptionContext.
*/
typedef struct _GOptionGroup GOptionGroup;
typedef struct _GOptionEntry GOptionEntry;
/**
* GOptionFlags:
* @G_OPTION_FLAG_HIDDEN: The option doesn't appear in <option>--help</option>
* output.
* @G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN: The option appears in the main section of the
* <option>--help</option> output, even if it is defined in a group.
* @G_OPTION_FLAG_REVERSE: For options of the %G_OPTION_ARG_NONE kind, this flag
* indicates that the sense of the option is reversed.
* @G_OPTION_FLAG_NO_ARG: For options of the %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK kind,
* this flag indicates that the callback does not take any argument
* (like a %G_OPTION_ARG_NONE option). Since 2.8
* @G_OPTION_FLAG_FILENAME: For options of the %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK
* kind, this flag indicates that the argument should be passed to the
* callback in the GLib filename encoding rather than UTF-8. Since 2.8
* @G_OPTION_FLAG_OPTIONAL_ARG: For options of the %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK
* kind, this flag indicates that the argument supply is optional. If no argument
* is given then data of %GOptionParseFunc will be set to NULL. Since 2.8
* @G_OPTION_FLAG_NOALIAS: This flag turns off the automatic conflict resolution
* which prefixes long option names with <literal>groupname-</literal> if
* there is a conflict. This option should only be used in situations where
* aliasing is necessary to model some legacy commandline interface. It is
* not safe to use this option, unless all option groups are under your
* direct control. Since 2.8.
*
* Flags which modify individual options.
*/
typedef enum
{
G_OPTION_FLAG_HIDDEN = 1 << 0,
G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN = 1 << 1,
G_OPTION_FLAG_REVERSE = 1 << 2,
G_OPTION_FLAG_NO_ARG = 1 << 3,
G_OPTION_FLAG_FILENAME = 1 << 4,
G_OPTION_FLAG_OPTIONAL_ARG = 1 << 5,
G_OPTION_FLAG_NOALIAS = 1 << 6
} GOptionFlags;
/**
* GOptionArg:
* @G_OPTION_ARG_NONE: No extra argument. This is useful for simple flags.
* @G_OPTION_ARG_STRING: The option takes a string argument.
* @G_OPTION_ARG_INT: The option takes an integer argument.
* @G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK: The option provides a callback to parse the
* extra argument.
* @G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME: The option takes a filename as argument.
* @G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY: The option takes a string argument, multiple
* uses of the option are collected into an array of strings.
* @G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY: The option takes a filename as argument,
* multiple uses of the option are collected into an array of strings.
* @G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE: The option takes a double argument. The argument
* can be formatted either for the user's locale or for the "C" locale. Since 2.12
* @G_OPTION_ARG_INT64: The option takes a 64-bit integer. Like %G_OPTION_ARG_INT
* but for larger numbers. The number can be in decimal base, or in hexadecimal
* (when prefixed with <literal>0x</literal>, for example, <literal>0xffffffff</literal>).
* Since 2.12
*
* The #GOptionArg enum values determine which type of extra argument the
* options expect to find. If an option expects an extra argument, it
* can be specified in several ways; with a short option:
* <option>-x arg</option>, with a long option: <option>--name arg</option>
* or combined in a single argument: <option>--name=arg</option>.
*/
typedef enum
{
G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,
G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,
G_OPTION_ARG_INT,
G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK,
G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,
G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY,
G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY,
G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE,
G_OPTION_ARG_INT64
} GOptionArg;
/**
* GOptionArgFunc:
* @option_name: The name of the option being parsed. This will be either a
* single dash followed by a single letter (for a short name) or two dashes
* followed by a long option name.
* @value: The value to be parsed.
* @data: User data added to the #GOptionGroup containing the option when it
* was created with g_option_group_new()
* @error: A return location for errors. The error code %G_OPTION_ERROR_FAILED
* is intended to be used for errors in #GOptionArgFunc callbacks.
*
* The type of function to be passed as callback for %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK
* options.
*
* Returns: %TRUE if the option was successfully parsed, %FALSE if an error
* occurred, in which case @error should be set with g_set_error()
*/
typedef gboolean (*GOptionArgFunc) (const gchar *option_name,
const gchar *value,
gpointer data,
GError **error);
/**
* GOptionParseFunc:
* @context: The active #GOptionContext
* @group: The group to which the function belongs
* @data: User data added to the #GOptionGroup containing the option when it
* was created with g_option_group_new()
* @error: A return location for error details
*
* The type of function that can be called before and after parsing.
*
* Returns: %TRUE if the function completed successfully, %FALSE if an error
* occurred, in which case @error should be set with g_set_error()
*/
typedef gboolean (*GOptionParseFunc) (GOptionContext *context,
GOptionGroup *group,
gpointer data,
GError **error);
/**
* GOptionErrorFunc:
* @context: The active #GOptionContext
* @group: The group to which the function belongs
* @data: User data added to the #GOptionGroup containing the option when it
* was created with g_option_group_new()
* @error: The #GError containing details about the parse error
*
* The type of function to be used as callback when a parse error occurs.
*/
typedef void (*GOptionErrorFunc) (GOptionContext *context,
GOptionGroup *group,
gpointer data,
GError **error);
/**
* G_OPTION_ERROR:
*
* Error domain for option parsing. Errors in this domain will
* be from the #GOptionError enumeration. See #GError for information on
* error domains.
*/
#define G_OPTION_ERROR (g_option_error_quark ())
/**
* GOptionError:
* @G_OPTION_ERROR_UNKNOWN_OPTION: An option was not known to the parser.
* This error will only be reported, if the parser hasn't been instructed
* to ignore unknown options, see g_option_context_set_ignore_unknown_options().
* @G_OPTION_ERROR_BAD_VALUE: A value couldn't be parsed.
* @G_OPTION_ERROR_FAILED: A #GOptionArgFunc callback failed.
*
* Error codes returned by option parsing.
*/
typedef enum
{
G_OPTION_ERROR_UNKNOWN_OPTION,
G_OPTION_ERROR_BAD_VALUE,
G_OPTION_ERROR_FAILED
} GOptionError;
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
GQuark g_option_error_quark (void);
/**
* GOptionEntry:
* @long_name: The long name of an option can be used to specify it
* in a commandline as --<replaceable>long_name</replaceable>. Every
* option must have a long name. To resolve conflicts if multiple
* option groups contain the same long name, it is also possible to
* specify the option as
* --<replaceable>groupname</replaceable>-<replaceable>long_name</replaceable>.
* @short_name: If an option has a short name, it can be specified
* -<replaceable>short_name</replaceable> in a commandline. @short_name must be
* a printable ASCII character different from '-', or zero if the option has no
* short name.
* @flags: Flags from #GOptionFlags.
* @arg: The type of the option, as a #GOptionArg.
* @arg_data: If the @arg type is %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK, then @arg_data must
* point to a #GOptionArgFunc callback function, which will be called to handle
* the extra argument. Otherwise, @arg_data is a pointer to a location to store
* the value, the required type of the location depends on the @arg type:
* <variablelist>
* <varlistentry>
* <term>%G_OPTION_ARG_NONE</term>
* <listitem><para>%gboolean</para></listitem>
* </varlistentry>
* <varlistentry>
* <term>%G_OPTION_ARG_STRING</term>
* <listitem><para>%gchar*</para></listitem>
* </varlistentry>
* <varlistentry>
* <term>%G_OPTION_ARG_INT</term>
* <listitem><para>%gint</para></listitem>
* </varlistentry>
* <varlistentry>
* <term>%G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME</term>
* <listitem><para>%gchar*</para></listitem>
* </varlistentry>
* <varlistentry>
* <term>%G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY</term>
* <listitem><para>%gchar**</para></listitem>
* </varlistentry>
* <varlistentry>
* <term>%G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY</term>
* <listitem><para>%gchar**</para></listitem>
* </varlistentry>
* <varlistentry>
* <term>%G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE</term>
* <listitem><para>%gdouble</para></listitem>
* </varlistentry>
* </variablelist>
* If @arg type is %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING or %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME the location
* will contain a newly allocated string if the option was given. That string
* needs to be freed by the callee using g_free(). Likewise if @arg type is
* %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY or %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY, the data should
* be freed using g_strfreev().
* @description: the description for the option in <option>--help</option>
* output. The @description is translated using the @translate_func of the
* group, see g_option_group_set_translation_domain().
* @arg_description: The placeholder to use for the extra argument parsed
* by the option in <option>--help</option>
* output. The @arg_description is translated using the @translate_func of the
* group, see g_option_group_set_translation_domain().
*
* A <structname>GOptionEntry</structname> defines a single option.
* To have an effect, they must be added to a #GOptionGroup with
* g_option_context_add_main_entries() or g_option_group_add_entries().
*/
struct _GOptionEntry
{
const gchar *long_name;
gchar short_name;
gint flags;
GOptionArg arg;
gpointer arg_data;
const gchar *description;
const gchar *arg_description;
};
/**
* G_OPTION_REMAINING:
*
* If a long option in the main group has this name, it is not treated as a
* regular option. Instead it collects all non-option arguments which would
* otherwise be left in <literal>argv</literal>. The option must be of type
* %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK, %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY
* or %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY.
*
*
* Using #G_OPTION_REMAINING instead of simply scanning <literal>argv</literal>
* for leftover arguments has the advantage that GOption takes care of
* necessary encoding conversions for strings or filenames.
*
* Since: 2.6
*/
#define G_OPTION_REMAINING ""
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
GOptionContext *g_option_context_new (const gchar *parameter_string);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_context_set_summary (GOptionContext *context,
const gchar *summary);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
const gchar * g_option_context_get_summary (GOptionContext *context);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_context_set_description (GOptionContext *context,
const gchar *description);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
const gchar * g_option_context_get_description (GOptionContext *context);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_context_free (GOptionContext *context);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_context_set_help_enabled (GOptionContext *context,
gboolean help_enabled);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_option_context_get_help_enabled (GOptionContext *context);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_context_set_ignore_unknown_options (GOptionContext *context,
gboolean ignore_unknown);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_option_context_get_ignore_unknown_options (GOptionContext *context);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_context_add_main_entries (GOptionContext *context,
const GOptionEntry *entries,
const gchar *translation_domain);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_option_context_parse (GOptionContext *context,
gint *argc,
gchar ***argv,
GError **error);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_context_set_translate_func (GOptionContext *context,
GTranslateFunc func,
gpointer data,
GDestroyNotify destroy_notify);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_context_set_translation_domain (GOptionContext *context,
const gchar *domain);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_context_add_group (GOptionContext *context,
GOptionGroup *group);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_context_set_main_group (GOptionContext *context,
GOptionGroup *group);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
GOptionGroup *g_option_context_get_main_group (GOptionContext *context);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gchar *g_option_context_get_help (GOptionContext *context,
gboolean main_help,
GOptionGroup *group);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
GOptionGroup *g_option_group_new (const gchar *name,
const gchar *description,
const gchar *help_description,
gpointer user_data,
GDestroyNotify destroy);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_group_set_parse_hooks (GOptionGroup *group,
GOptionParseFunc pre_parse_func,
GOptionParseFunc post_parse_func);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_group_set_error_hook (GOptionGroup *group,
GOptionErrorFunc error_func);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_group_free (GOptionGroup *group);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_group_add_entries (GOptionGroup *group,
const GOptionEntry *entries);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_group_set_translate_func (GOptionGroup *group,
GTranslateFunc func,
gpointer data,
GDestroyNotify destroy_notify);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_option_group_set_translation_domain (GOptionGroup *group,
const gchar *domain);
G_END_DECLS
#endif /* __G_OPTION_H__ */