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38 * Implements gmx::CommandLineParser.
40 * \author Teemu Murtola <teemu.murtola@gmail.com>
41 * \ingroup module_commandline
45 #include "cmdlineparser.h"
52 #include "gromacs/options/optionsassigner.h"
53 #include "gromacs/utility/basedefinitions.h"
54 #include "gromacs/utility/exceptions.h"
59 /********************************************************************
60 * CommandLineParser::Impl
64 * Private implementation class for CommandLineParser.
66 * \ingroup module_commandline
68 class CommandLineParser::Impl
71 //! Sets the options object to parse to.
72 explicit Impl(Options
* options
);
75 * Determines whether a cmdline parameter starts an option and the name
78 * \param[in] arg Individual argument from \c argv.
79 * \returns The beginning of the option name in \p arg, or NULL if
80 * \p arg does not look like an option.
82 static const char* toOptionName(const char* arg
);
84 //! Helper object for assigning the options.
85 OptionsAssigner assigner_
;
86 //! Whether to allow and skip unknown options.
88 /*! \brief Whether to allow positional arguments
90 * These are not options (no leading hyphen), and come before
92 bool bAllowPositionalArguments_
;
95 CommandLineParser::Impl::Impl(Options
* options
) :
98 bAllowPositionalArguments_(false)
100 assigner_
.setAcceptBooleanNoPrefix(true);
103 const char* CommandLineParser::Impl::toOptionName(const char* arg
)
105 // Lone '-' or '--' is not an option.
106 if (arg
[0] != '-' || arg
[1] == '\0' || (arg
[1] == '-' && arg
[2] == '\0'))
110 // Something starting with '--' is always an option.
115 // Don't return numbers as option names.
117 // We are only interested in endptr, not in the actual value.
118 GMX_IGNORE_RETURN_VALUE(std::strtod(arg
, &endptr
));
126 /********************************************************************
130 CommandLineParser::CommandLineParser(Options
* options
) : impl_(new Impl(options
)) {}
132 CommandLineParser::~CommandLineParser() {}
134 CommandLineParser
& CommandLineParser::skipUnknown(bool bEnabled
)
136 impl_
->bSkipUnknown_
= bEnabled
;
140 CommandLineParser
& CommandLineParser::allowPositionalArguments(bool bEnabled
)
142 impl_
->bAllowPositionalArguments_
= bEnabled
;
146 void CommandLineParser::parse(int* argc
, char* argv
[])
148 ExceptionInitializer
errors("Invalid command-line options");
149 std::string currentContext
;
150 bool bInOption
= false;
152 // Note that this function gets called multiple times in typical
153 // cases of calling gmx. Command lines like "gmx -hidden mdrun -h"
154 // work because the first call has argv[0] == "gmx" and skips
155 // unknown things, and the second has argv[0] == "mdrun".
158 // First, process any permitted leading positional arguments.
159 for (; i
< *argc
; ++i
)
161 const char* const arg
= argv
[i
];
162 if (impl_
->toOptionName(arg
) != nullptr)
164 // If we find an option, no more positional arguments
169 if (!impl_
->bAllowPositionalArguments_
)
173 "Positional argument '" + std::string(arg
)
174 + "' cannot be accepted. "
175 "Perhaps you forgot to put a hyphen before an option name."));
177 // argv[i] is not an option, so preserve it in the argument list
178 // by incrementing newi. There's no need to copy argv contents
179 // because they cannot have changed yet.
183 // Now handle the option arguments.
184 impl_
->assigner_
.start();
185 for (; i
< *argc
; ++i
)
187 const char* const arg
= argv
[i
];
188 const char* const optionName
= impl_
->toOptionName(arg
);
189 if (optionName
!= nullptr)
195 impl_
->assigner_
.finishOption();
197 catch (UserInputError
& ex
)
199 ex
.prependContext(currentContext
);
200 errors
.addCurrentExceptionAsNested();
203 currentContext
= "In command-line option " + std::string(arg
);
206 bInOption
= impl_
->assigner_
.tryStartOption(optionName
);
209 currentContext
.clear();
210 if (!impl_
->bSkipUnknown_
)
212 std::string message
= "Unknown command-line option " + std::string(arg
);
213 GMX_THROW(InvalidInputError(message
));
217 catch (UserInputError
& ex
)
219 // If tryStartOption() throws, make sure that the rest gets
221 // TODO: Consider whether we should remove the option from the
222 // command line nonetheless, as it is recognized, but just
225 ex
.prependContext(currentContext
);
226 errors
.addCurrentExceptionAsNested();
227 currentContext
.clear();
234 impl_
->assigner_
.appendValue(arg
);
236 // TODO: Consider if some types of exceptions would be better left
238 catch (GromacsException
& ex
)
240 ex
.prependContext(currentContext
);
241 errors
.addCurrentExceptionAsNested();
244 // Retain unrecognized options if applicable.
245 if (!bInOption
&& impl_
->bSkipUnknown_
)
247 argv
[newi
] = argv
[i
];
251 // Update the args if argv was modified.
252 if (impl_
->bSkipUnknown_
)
255 argv
[newi
] = nullptr;
258 // Finish the last option.
263 impl_
->assigner_
.finishOption();
265 catch (UserInputError
& ex
)
267 ex
.prependContext(currentContext
);
268 errors
.addCurrentExceptionAsNested();
271 impl_
->assigner_
.finish();
272 if (errors
.hasNestedExceptions())
274 // TODO: This exception type may not always be appropriate.
275 GMX_THROW(InvalidInputError(errors
));