parse-options.h

   1 #ifndef PARSE_OPTIONS_H
   2 #define PARSE_OPTIONS_H
   3
   4 enum parse_opt_type {
   5         /* special types */
   6         OPTION_END,
   7         OPTION_ARGUMENT,
   8         OPTION_GROUP,
   9         /* options with no arguments */
  10         OPTION_BIT,
  11         OPTION_BOOLEAN, /* _INCR would have been a better name */
  12         OPTION_SET_INT,
  13         OPTION_SET_PTR,
  14         /* options with arguments (usually) */
  15         OPTION_STRING,
  16         OPTION_INTEGER,
  17         OPTION_CALLBACK,
  18 };
  19
  20 enum parse_opt_flags {
  21         PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH = 1,
  22         PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION = 2,
  23 };
  24
  25 enum parse_opt_option_flags {
  26         PARSE_OPT_OPTARG  = 1,
  27         PARSE_OPT_NOARG   = 2,
  28         PARSE_OPT_NONEG   = 4,
  29         PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN  = 8,
  30 };
  31
  32 struct option;
  33 typedef int parse_opt_cb(const struct option *, const char *arg, int unset);
  34
  35 /*
  36  * `type`::
  37  *   holds the type of the option, you must have an OPTION_END last in your
  38  *   array.
  39  *
  40  * `short_name`::
  41  *   the character to use as a short option name, '\0' if none.
  42  *
  43  * `long_name`::
  44  *   the long option name, without the leading dashes, NULL if none.
  45  *
  46  * `value`::
  47  *   stores pointers to the values to be filled.
  48  *
  49  * `argh`::
  50  *   token to explain the kind of argument this option wants. Keep it
  51  *   homogenous across the repository.
  52  *
  53  * `help`::
  54  *   the short help associated to what the option does.
  55  *   Must never be NULL (except for OPTION_END).
  56  *   OPTION_GROUP uses this pointer to store the group header.
  57  *
  58  * `flags`::
  59  *   mask of parse_opt_option_flags.
  60  *   PARSE_OPT_OPTARG: says that the argument is optionnal (not for BOOLEANs)
  61  *   PARSE_OPT_NOARG: says that this option takes no argument, for CALLBACKs
  62  *   PARSE_OPT_NONEG: says that this option cannot be negated
  63  *   PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN this option is skipped in the default usage, showed in
  64  *                    the long one.
  65  *
  66  * `callback`::
  67  *   pointer to the callback to use for OPTION_CALLBACK.
  68  *
  69  * `defval`::
  70  *   default value to fill (*->value) with for PARSE_OPT_OPTARG.
  71  *   OPTION_{BIT,SET_INT,SET_PTR} store the {mask,integer,pointer} to put in
  72  *   the value when met.
  73  *   CALLBACKS can use it like they want.
  74  */
  75 struct option {
  76         enum parse_opt_type type;
  77         int short_name;
  78         const char *long_name;
  79         void *value;
  80         const char *argh;
  81         const char *help;
  82
  83         int flags;
  84         parse_opt_cb *callback;
  85         intptr_t defval;
  86 };
  87
  88 #define OPT_END()                   { OPTION_END }
  89 #define OPT_ARGUMENT(l, h)          { OPTION_ARGUMENT, 0, (l), NULL, NULL, (h) }
  90 #define OPT_GROUP(h)                { OPTION_GROUP, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, (h) }
  91 #define OPT_BIT(s, l, v, h, b)      { OPTION_BIT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (b) }
  92 #define OPT_BOOLEAN(s, l, v, h)     { OPTION_BOOLEAN, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
  93 #define OPT_SET_INT(s, l, v, h, i)  { OPTION_SET_INT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (i) }
  94 #define OPT_SET_PTR(s, l, v, h, p)  { OPTION_SET_PTR, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (p) }
  95 #define OPT_INTEGER(s, l, v, h)     { OPTION_INTEGER, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
  96 #define OPT_STRING(s, l, v, a, h)   { OPTION_STRING,  (s), (l), (v), (a), (h) }
  97 #define OPT_DATE(s, l, v, h) \
  98         { OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), "time",(h), 0, \
  99           parse_opt_approxidate_cb }
 100 #define OPT_CALLBACK(s, l, v, a, h, f) \
 101         { OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), (a), (h), 0, (f) }
 102
 103 /* parse_options() will filter out the processed options and leave the
 104  * non-option argments in argv[].
 105  * Returns the number of arguments left in argv[].
 106  */
 107 extern int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv,
 108                          const struct option *options,
 109                          const char * const usagestr[], int flags);
 110
 111 extern NORETURN void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr,
 112                                         const struct option *options);
 113
 114 /*----- some often used options -----*/
 115 extern int parse_opt_abbrev_cb(const struct option *, const char *, int);
 116 extern int parse_opt_approxidate_cb(const struct option *, const char *, int);
 117
 118 #define OPT__VERBOSE(var)  OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", (var), "be verbose")
 119 #define OPT__QUIET(var)    OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet",   (var), "be quiet")
 120 #define OPT__DRY_RUN(var)  OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "dry-run", (var), "dry run")
 121 #define OPT__ABBREV(var)  \
 122         { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "abbrev", (var), "n", \
 123           "use <n> digits to display SHA-1s", \
 124           PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, &parse_opt_abbrev_cb, 0 }
 125
 126 #endif