1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 // This class works with command lines: building and parsing.
6 // Arguments with prefixes ('--', '-', and on Windows, '/') are switches.
7 // Switches will precede all other arguments without switch prefixes.
8 // Switches can optionally have values, delimited by '=', e.g., "-switch=value".
9 // An argument of "--" will terminate switch parsing during initialization,
10 // interpreting subsequent tokens as non-switch arguments, regardless of prefix.
12 // There is a singleton read-only CommandLine that represents the command line
13 // that the current process was started with. It must be initialized in main().
15 #ifndef BASE_COMMAND_LINE_H_
16 #define BASE_COMMAND_LINE_H_
23 #include "base/base_export.h"
24 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
25 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
26 #include "build/build_config.h"
32 class BASE_EXPORT CommandLine
{
35 // The native command line string type.
36 typedef base::string16 StringType
;
37 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
38 typedef std::string StringType
;
41 typedef StringType::value_type CharType
;
42 typedef std::vector
<StringType
> StringVector
;
43 typedef std::map
<std::string
, StringType
> SwitchMap
;
44 typedef std::map
<base::StringPiece
, const StringType
*> StringPieceSwitchMap
;
46 // A constructor for CommandLines that only carry switches and arguments.
47 enum NoProgram
{ NO_PROGRAM
};
48 explicit CommandLine(NoProgram no_program
);
50 // Construct a new command line with |program| as argv[0].
51 explicit CommandLine(const FilePath
& program
);
53 // Construct a new command line from an argument list.
54 CommandLine(int argc
, const CharType
* const* argv
);
55 explicit CommandLine(const StringVector
& argv
);
57 // Override copy and assign to ensure |switches_by_stringpiece_| is valid.
58 CommandLine(const CommandLine
& other
);
59 CommandLine
& operator=(const CommandLine
& other
);
64 // By default this class will treat command-line arguments beginning with
65 // slashes as switches on Windows, but not other platforms.
67 // If this behavior is inappropriate for your application, you can call this
68 // function BEFORE initializing the current process' global command line
69 // object and the behavior will be the same as Posix systems (only hyphens
70 // begin switches, everything else will be an arg).
71 static void set_slash_is_not_a_switch();
74 // Initialize the current process CommandLine singleton. On Windows, ignores
75 // its arguments (we instead parse GetCommandLineW() directly) because we
76 // don't trust the CRT's parsing of the command line, but it still must be
77 // called to set up the command line. Returns false if initialization has
78 // already occurred, and true otherwise. Only the caller receiving a 'true'
79 // return value should take responsibility for calling Reset.
80 static bool Init(int argc
, const char* const* argv
);
82 // Destroys the current process CommandLine singleton. This is necessary if
83 // you want to reset the base library to its initial state (for example, in an
84 // outer library that needs to be able to terminate, and be re-initialized).
85 // If Init is called only once, as in main(), Reset() is not necessary.
88 // Get the singleton CommandLine representing the current process's
89 // command line. Note: returned value is mutable, but not thread safe;
90 // only mutate if you know what you're doing!
91 static CommandLine
* ForCurrentProcess();
93 // Returns true if the CommandLine has been initialized for the given process.
94 static bool InitializedForCurrentProcess();
97 static CommandLine
FromString(const base::string16
& command_line
);
100 // Initialize from an argv vector.
101 void InitFromArgv(int argc
, const CharType
* const* argv
);
102 void InitFromArgv(const StringVector
& argv
);
104 // Constructs and returns the represented command line string.
105 // CAUTION! This should be avoided on POSIX because quoting behavior is
107 StringType
GetCommandLineString() const {
108 return GetCommandLineStringInternal(false);
112 // Constructs and returns the represented command line string. Assumes the
113 // command line contains placeholders (eg, %1) and quotes any program or
114 // argument with a '%' in it. This should be avoided unless the placeholder is
115 // required by an external interface (eg, the Windows registry), because it is
116 // not generally safe to replace it with an arbitrary string. If possible,
117 // placeholders should be replaced *before* converting the command line to a
119 StringType
GetCommandLineStringWithPlaceholders() const {
120 return GetCommandLineStringInternal(true);
124 // Constructs and returns the represented arguments string.
125 // CAUTION! This should be avoided on POSIX because quoting behavior is
127 StringType
GetArgumentsString() const {
128 return GetArgumentsStringInternal(false);
132 // Constructs and returns the represented arguments string. Assumes the
133 // command line contains placeholders (eg, %1) and quotes any argument with a
134 // '%' in it. This should be avoided unless the placeholder is required by an
135 // external interface (eg, the Windows registry), because it is not generally
136 // safe to replace it with an arbitrary string. If possible, placeholders
137 // should be replaced *before* converting the arguments to a string.
138 StringType
GetArgumentsStringWithPlaceholders() const {
139 return GetArgumentsStringInternal(true);
143 // Returns the original command line string as a vector of strings.
144 const StringVector
& argv() const { return argv_
; }
146 // Get and Set the program part of the command line string (the first item).
147 FilePath
GetProgram() const;
148 void SetProgram(const FilePath
& program
);
150 // Returns true if this command line contains the given switch.
151 // Switch names must be lowercase.
152 // The second override provides an optimized version to avoid inlining codegen
153 // at every callsite to find the length of the constant and construct a
155 bool HasSwitch(const base::StringPiece
& switch_string
) const;
156 bool HasSwitch(const char switch_constant
[]) const;
158 // Returns the value associated with the given switch. If the switch has no
159 // value or isn't present, this method returns the empty string.
160 // Switch names must be lowercase.
161 std::string
GetSwitchValueASCII(const base::StringPiece
& switch_string
) const;
162 FilePath
GetSwitchValuePath(const base::StringPiece
& switch_string
) const;
163 StringType
GetSwitchValueNative(const base::StringPiece
& switch_string
) const;
165 // Get a copy of all switches, along with their values.
166 const SwitchMap
& GetSwitches() const { return switches_
; }
168 // Append a switch [with optional value] to the command line.
169 // Note: Switches will precede arguments regardless of appending order.
170 void AppendSwitch(const std::string
& switch_string
);
171 void AppendSwitchPath(const std::string
& switch_string
,
172 const FilePath
& path
);
173 void AppendSwitchNative(const std::string
& switch_string
,
174 const StringType
& value
);
175 void AppendSwitchASCII(const std::string
& switch_string
,
176 const std::string
& value
);
178 // Copy a set of switches (and any values) from another command line.
179 // Commonly used when launching a subprocess.
180 void CopySwitchesFrom(const CommandLine
& source
,
181 const char* const switches
[],
184 // Get the remaining arguments to the command.
185 StringVector
GetArgs() const;
187 // Append an argument to the command line. Note that the argument is quoted
188 // properly such that it is interpreted as one argument to the target command.
189 // AppendArg is primarily for ASCII; non-ASCII input is interpreted as UTF-8.
190 // Note: Switches will precede arguments regardless of appending order.
191 void AppendArg(const std::string
& value
);
192 void AppendArgPath(const FilePath
& value
);
193 void AppendArgNative(const StringType
& value
);
195 // Append the switches and arguments from another command line to this one.
196 // If |include_program| is true, include |other|'s program as well.
197 void AppendArguments(const CommandLine
& other
, bool include_program
);
199 // Insert a command before the current command.
200 // Common for debuggers, like "valgrind" or "gdb --args".
201 void PrependWrapper(const StringType
& wrapper
);
204 // Initialize by parsing the given command line string.
205 // The program name is assumed to be the first item in the string.
206 void ParseFromString(const base::string16
& command_line
);
210 // Disallow default constructor; a program name must be explicitly specified.
212 // Allow the copy constructor. A common pattern is to copy of the current
213 // process's command line and then add some flags to it. For example:
214 // CommandLine cl(*CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess());
215 // cl.AppendSwitch(...);
217 // Internal version of GetCommandLineString. If |quote_placeholders| is true,
218 // also quotes parts with '%' in them.
219 StringType
GetCommandLineStringInternal(bool quote_placeholders
) const;
221 // Internal version of GetArgumentsString. If |quote_placeholders| is true,
222 // also quotes parts with '%' in them.
223 StringType
GetArgumentsStringInternal(bool quote_placeholders
) const;
225 // Reconstruct |switches_by_stringpiece| to be a mirror of |switches|.
226 // |switches_by_stringpiece| only contains pointers to objects owned by
228 void ResetStringPieces();
230 // The singleton CommandLine representing the current process's command line.
231 static CommandLine
* current_process_commandline_
;
233 // The argv array: { program, [(--|-|/)switch[=value]]*, [--], [argument]* }
236 // Parsed-out switch keys and values.
239 // A mirror of |switches_| with only references to the actual strings.
240 // The StringPiece internally holds a pointer to a key in |switches_| while
241 // the mapped_type points to a value in |switches_|.
242 // Used for allocation-free lookups.
243 StringPieceSwitchMap switches_by_stringpiece_
;
245 // The index after the program and switches, any arguments start here.
251 #endif // BASE_COMMAND_LINE_H_