CmdLineInterface.h

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 *  file:  CmdLineInterface.h
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 *  Copyright (c) 2003, Michael E. Smoot .
 *  Copyright (c) 2004, Michael E. Smoot, Daniel Aarno.
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#ifndef TCLAP_COMMANDLINE_INTERFACE_H
#define TCLAP_COMMANDLINE_INTERFACE_H

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <list>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>


namespace TCLAP {
     
class Arg;
class CmdLineOutput;
class XorHandler;

/**
 * The base class that manages the command line definition and passes
 * along the parsing to the appropriate Arg classes.
 */
class CmdLineInterface
{
    public:

        /**
         * Destructor
         */
        virtual ~CmdLineInterface() {}

        /**
         * Adds an argument to the list of arguments to be parsed.
         * \param a - Argument to be added. 
         */
        virtual void add( Arg& a )=0;

        /**
         * An alternative add.  Functionally identical.
         * \param a - Argument to be added. 
         */
        virtual void add( Arg* a )=0;

        /**
         * Add two Args that will be xor'd.  
         * If this method is used, add does
         * not need to be called.
         * \param a - Argument to be added and xor'd. 
         * \param b - Argument to be added and xor'd. 
         */
        virtual void xorAdd( Arg& a, Arg& b )=0;

        /**
         * Add a list of Args that will be xor'd.  If this method is used, 
         * add does not need to be called.
         * \param xors - List of Args to be added and xor'd. 
         */
        virtual void xorAdd( std::vector<Arg*>& xors )=0;

        /**
         * Parses the command line.
         * \param argc - Number of arguments.
         * \param argv - Array of arguments.
         */
        virtual void parse(int argc, const char * const * argv)=0;

        /**
         * Parses the command line.
         * \param args - A vector of strings representing the args. 
         * args[0] is still the program name.
         */
        void parse(std::vector<std::string>& args);

        /**
         * Returns the CmdLineOutput object.
         */
        virtual CmdLineOutput* getOutput()=0;

        /**
         * \param co - CmdLineOutput object that we want to use instead. 
         */
        virtual void setOutput(CmdLineOutput* co)=0;

        /**
         * Returns the version string.
         */
        virtual std::string& getVersion()=0;

        /**
         * Returns the program name string.
         */
        virtual std::string& getProgramName()=0;

        /**
         * Returns the argList. 
         */
        virtual std::list<Arg*>& getArgList()=0;

        /**
         * Returns the XorHandler. 
         */
        virtual XorHandler& getXorHandler()=0;

        /**
         * Returns the delimiter string.
         */
        virtual char getDelimiter()=0;

        /**
         * Returns the message string.
         */
        virtual std::string& getMessage()=0;

        /**
         * Indicates whether or not the help and version switches were created
         * automatically.
         */
        virtual bool hasHelpAndVersion()=0;

        /** 
         * Resets the instance as if it had just been constructed so that the
         * instance can be reused. 
         */
        virtual void reset()=0;
};

} //namespace


#endif