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ArgumentList Struct Reference

Holds a list of command-line arguments, and provides useful methods for searching and operating on them. More...

#include <juce_ConsoleApplication.h>

Classes

struct  Argument
 One of the arguments in an ArgumentList. More...
 

Public Member Functions

 ArgumentList (String executable, StringArray arguments)
 Creates an argument list for a given executable.
 
 ArgumentList (int argc, char *argv[])
 Parses a standard argv/argc pair to create an argument list.
 
 ArgumentList (const String &executable, const String &arguments)
 Tokenises a string containing all the arguments to create an argument list.
 
 ArgumentList (const ArgumentList &)=default
 
ArgumentListoperator= (const ArgumentList &)=default
 
int size () const
 Returns the number of arguments in the list.
 
Argument operator[] (int index) const
 Returns one of the arguments.
 
void checkMinNumArguments (int expectedMinNumberOfArgs) const
 Throws an error unless there are at least the given number of arguments.
 
bool containsOption (StringRef option) const
 Returns true if the given string matches one of the arguments.
 
bool removeOptionIfFound (StringRef option)
 Returns true if the given string matches one of the arguments, and also removes the argument from the list if found.
 
int indexOfOption (StringRef option) const
 Returns the index of the given string if it matches one of the arguments, or -1 if it doesn't.
 
void failIfOptionIsMissing (StringRef option) const
 Throws an error unless the given option is found in the argument list.
 
String getValueForOption (StringRef option) const
 Looks for a given argument and returns either its assigned value (for long options) or the string that follows it (for short options).
 
String removeValueForOption (StringRef option)
 Looks for a given argument and returns either its assigned value (for long options) or the string that follows it (for short options).
 
File getFileForOption (StringRef option) const
 Looks for the value of argument using getValueForOption() and tries to parse that value as a file.
 
File getFileForOptionAndRemove (StringRef option)
 Looks for the value of argument using getValueForOption() and tries to parse that value as a file.
 
File getExistingFileForOption (StringRef option) const
 Looks for a file argument using getFileForOption() and fails with a suitable error if the file doesn't exist.
 
File getExistingFileForOptionAndRemove (StringRef option)
 Looks for a file argument using getFileForOption() and fails with a suitable error if the file doesn't exist.
 
File getExistingFolderForOption (StringRef option) const
 Looks for a filename argument using getFileForOption() and fails with a suitable error if the file isn't a folder that exists.
 
File getExistingFolderForOptionAndRemove (StringRef option)
 Looks for a filename argument using getFileForOption() and fails with a suitable error if the file isn't a folder that exists.
 

Public Attributes

String executableName
 The name or path of the executable that was invoked, as it was specified on the command-line.
 
Array< Argumentarguments
 The list of arguments (not including the name of the executable that was invoked).
 

Detailed Description

Holds a list of command-line arguments, and provides useful methods for searching and operating on them.

You can create an ArgumentList manually, or give it some argv/argc values from a main() function to parse.

See also
ConsoleApplication

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ArgumentList() [1/4]

ArgumentList::ArgumentList ( String executable,
StringArray arguments )

Creates an argument list for a given executable.

◆ ArgumentList() [2/4]

ArgumentList::ArgumentList ( int argc,
char * argv[] )

Parses a standard argv/argc pair to create an argument list.

◆ ArgumentList() [3/4]

ArgumentList::ArgumentList ( const String & executable,
const String & arguments )

Tokenises a string containing all the arguments to create an argument list.

◆ ArgumentList() [4/4]

ArgumentList::ArgumentList ( const ArgumentList & )
default

Member Function Documentation

◆ operator=()

ArgumentList & ArgumentList::operator= ( const ArgumentList & )
default

◆ size()

int ArgumentList::size ( ) const

Returns the number of arguments in the list.

◆ operator[]()

Argument ArgumentList::operator[] ( int index) const

Returns one of the arguments.

◆ checkMinNumArguments()

void ArgumentList::checkMinNumArguments ( int expectedMinNumberOfArgs) const

Throws an error unless there are at least the given number of arguments.

◆ containsOption()

bool ArgumentList::containsOption ( StringRef option) const

Returns true if the given string matches one of the arguments.

The option can also be a list of different versions separated by pipes, e.g. "--help|-h"

See also
removeOptionIfFound

◆ removeOptionIfFound()

bool ArgumentList::removeOptionIfFound ( StringRef option)

Returns true if the given string matches one of the arguments, and also removes the argument from the list if found.

The option can also be a list of different versions separated by pipes, e.g. "--help|-h"

See also
containsOption

◆ indexOfOption()

int ArgumentList::indexOfOption ( StringRef option) const

Returns the index of the given string if it matches one of the arguments, or -1 if it doesn't.

The option can also be a list of different versions separated by pipes, e.g. "--help|-h"

◆ failIfOptionIsMissing()

void ArgumentList::failIfOptionIsMissing ( StringRef option) const

Throws an error unless the given option is found in the argument list.

◆ getValueForOption()

String ArgumentList::getValueForOption ( StringRef option) const

Looks for a given argument and returns either its assigned value (for long options) or the string that follows it (for short options).

The option can also be a list of different versions separated by pipes, e.g. "--help|-h" If it finds a long option, it will look for an assignment with a '=' sign, e.g. "--file=foo.txt", and will return the string following the '='. If there's no '=', it will return an empty string. If it finds a short option, it will attempt to return the argument that follows it, unless it's another option. If the argument isn't found, this returns an empty string.

◆ removeValueForOption()

String ArgumentList::removeValueForOption ( StringRef option)

Looks for a given argument and returns either its assigned value (for long options) or the string that follows it (for short options).

This works like getValueForOption() but also removes the option argument (and any value arguments) from the list if they are found.

◆ getFileForOption()

File ArgumentList::getFileForOption ( StringRef option) const

Looks for the value of argument using getValueForOption() and tries to parse that value as a file.

If the option isn't found, or if the value can't be parsed as a filename, it will throw an error.

◆ getFileForOptionAndRemove()

File ArgumentList::getFileForOptionAndRemove ( StringRef option)

Looks for the value of argument using getValueForOption() and tries to parse that value as a file.

This works like getFileForOption() but also removes the option argument (and any value arguments) from the list if they are found.

◆ getExistingFileForOption()

File ArgumentList::getExistingFileForOption ( StringRef option) const

Looks for a file argument using getFileForOption() and fails with a suitable error if the file doesn't exist.

◆ getExistingFileForOptionAndRemove()

File ArgumentList::getExistingFileForOptionAndRemove ( StringRef option)

Looks for a file argument using getFileForOption() and fails with a suitable error if the file doesn't exist.

This works like getExistingFileForOption() but also removes the option argument (and any value arguments) from the list if they are found.

◆ getExistingFolderForOption()

File ArgumentList::getExistingFolderForOption ( StringRef option) const

Looks for a filename argument using getFileForOption() and fails with a suitable error if the file isn't a folder that exists.

◆ getExistingFolderForOptionAndRemove()

File ArgumentList::getExistingFolderForOptionAndRemove ( StringRef option)

Looks for a filename argument using getFileForOption() and fails with a suitable error if the file isn't a folder that exists.

This works like getExistingFolderForOption() but also removes the option argument (and any value arguments) from the list if they are found.

Member Data Documentation

◆ executableName

String ArgumentList::executableName

The name or path of the executable that was invoked, as it was specified on the command-line.

◆ arguments

Array<Argument> ArgumentList::arguments

The list of arguments (not including the name of the executable that was invoked).


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