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args.r

rebol [ title: "args - generic command-line argument parser." file: %args.r version: 0.1.10 date: 2008-12-17 author: "Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch" copyright: "Copyright (c) 2008 Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch" license: 'mit purpose: "End to end command-line argument management. Using a command-line description dialect parse a command-line and if its valid, construct a context which reflects it." note: "requires vprint.r module from rebol.org to be run prior to this one" ;-- REBOL.ORG header -- library: [ level: 'intermediate platform: 'all type: [ module ] domain: [ external-library dialects shell ] tested-under: [win view 2.7.5] license: 'MIT see also: "vprint.r args-test.r" ] to-do: { -must continue expanding command-line error reporting -debug all datatypes when defining optional datatype for arguments (order and mutual inclusion) } changes: {} history: { v0.1.1 - 2008-04-09/16:50:42 (max) -first history entry, after lengthy dev cycle -added extended file path notation, to allow paths with spaces. (ex, program files, documents and settings, etc) v0.1.6 - 2008-12-10/02:11:32 (max) -added a bit more docs about -????? flag -started embedded documentation at end of script v0.1.7 - 2008-12-15/00:34:48 (max) -switch now can act as a toggle between two values, instead of only supporting boolean on/off functionality. -added '0' & '1' to the valid boolean notations in command parsing -converted to simple rebol 'DO format for rebol.org release v0.1.8 - 2008-12-16/04:18:11 (max) -added command-line error reporting basics should report missing arguments -explicit support for command-line reporting in decimal! and integer! datatypes. v0.1.9 - 2008-12-16/20:26:20 (max) -fixed command-line parsing bug when specifying integer! and decimal! as both valid for a type... v0.1.10 - 2008-12-17/03:31:14 (max) -flags now specifically enfore that flags follow string alphanumeric word format (starting with a "-") } ] ;; conditional lib execution, simulates C/C++ #ifndef do unless (value? 'lib-args) [[ ;; declare lib lib-args: true lib-args-ctx: context [ ;- LIBS ;slim/open 'core none ; for slim-link ;os: slim/open 'os none ;---------- ; GLOBALS ;- max-args max-args: 1000 ; just a safety for parser deadlock or application hacking (too many args could cause some apps to crash) ;- error-index-symbol: error-index-symbol: "<!!!>" ;- load-error: ; used for storage of error info when parsing command lines. load-error: none ;- load-error-offset: load-error-offset: none ;- error-msg: error-msg: none ;- flag-name flag-name: none ;---------- ; INTERNALS ; localise values: rlv-str: val: none ;- ;- VALUE-RULES[] value-rules: context [ ;- context locals here-text: none ;- bitsets space: #" " ; newline and tab are already defined digit: charset [#"0" - #"9"] letter: charset [#"A" - #"Z" #"a" - #"z" ] upper-case: charset [#"A" - #"Z"] alphanumeric: charset [ #"A" - #"Z" #"a" - #"z" #"0" - #"9" #"-" #"_"] chars: complement charset [#"\" #"'"] block-end: complement charset [#"]"] anychar: complement charset [#" "] xtdpath-char: complement charset "'" white-space: charset reduce [ space tab newline] spaces: [some white-space] spacer: _: [any white-space] ; when its not required non-white-space: complement white-space separator: [[some white-space] | end] ;- type rules escape-char: [#"\" skip] string: [ [ ; one of 3 string syntaxes! [{'} copy rlv-str [any [chars | escape-char]] {'}] | [{"} copy rlv-str [any [chars | escape-char]] {"}] | ["{" copy rlv-str [any [chars | escape-char]] "}"] ] ( rlv-str: any [rlv-str copy ""] ) ] ; skip escaped chars{"} ] integer: [ 0 1 "-" some digit] float: [ 0 1 "-" any digit "." some digit 0 1 ["E" some digit]] bool: ["true" | "false" | "on" | "off" | "0" | "1"] flag: [ ["-" 0 1 "-" letter any alphanumeric] ] ; -switches cannot start with a digit datatype: [ [some letter "!"] ] path: file-path: [ 0 1 "%" ["./" | "/" | "\" | ".\" | [letter ":"]] any [non-white-space ]] block: [ "[" copy rlv-str to "]" skip] ; no "]" chars in any way within blocks. extended-file-path: [ 0 1 "%" (rlv-str: none) [ "'" copy rlv-str [ ["./" | "/" | "\" | ".\" | [letter ":"]] any xtdpath-char] "'" ]|[ copy rlv-str [["./" | "/" | "\" | ".\" | [letter ":"]] any [non-white-space ]] ] ] ; any text (all chars until next flag (but not including it) ) skip-text-rule: [skip here-text: ] skip-rule: none here-mem: none skip-flag: none any-text: [ ( skip-rule: skip-text-rule) some [ here-mem: [ some white-space skip-flag: flag ( ; note that "-doo" in ski-doo will not match as a flag here-text: here-mem skip-rule: "_" ; we want the next skip to fail, and thus end the skipping, since here will start at a "-" ) :skip-flag ] | skip-rule ] :here-text ] error-at: none ;- compound rules value: [ [ error-at: copy val string (append current-rblk rlv-str vprint ["STRING!: " rlv-str] rlv-str: none) | ; here we use rlv-str, because it contains no " chars copy val path (if #"%" = first val [remove val] append current-rblk to-rebol-file val vprint ["PATH!: " val ]) | copy val bool (append current-rblk to-logic do val vprint ["BOOL!: " val]) | copy val float (append current-rblk to-issue val vprint ["FLOAT!: " val]) | copy val integer (append current-rblk to-issue val vprint ["INT!: " val]) | copy val flag (append current-rblk to-word val vprint ["LABEL!: " val ]) | copy val datatype (append current-rblk to-datatype val vprint ["DATATYPE!: " val ]) | copy val block (append/only current-rblk val: parse/all rlv-str " " vprint ["BLOCK!: " mold/all val]) (arg-load-count: arg-load-count + 1 if arg-load-count > max-args [print "arguments maximum count reached" halt]) ] (val: none) ] ; this rule loads ALL values from string, if they obey basic values rules parameters: [ (current-rblk: copy [] arg-load-count: 0) some [ value | spaces]] arg-load-count: 0 current-rblk: copy [] ;- arg loading rules parsed-value: none ; integer-rule: [ ; (parsed-value: none) ; [ ; copy val integer ; (parsed-value: to-issue val vprint ["INT!: " val]) ; val: none ; ]| ; [ ; (to-error "FUCK") ; ] ; ] integer-rule: [(parsed-value: none ) copy val integer separator (parsed-value: to-issue val vprint ["INT!: " val]) val: none ] float-rule: [(parsed-value: none ) copy val float separator (parsed-value: to-issue val vprint ["FLOAT!: " val]) val: none ] text-rule: [(parsed-value: none) copy val any-text separator (parsed-value: trim val vprint ["TEXT!: " parsed-value]) val: none] bool-rule: [(parsed-value: none) copy val bool separator (parsed-value: to-logic do val vprint ["BOOL!: " val] val: none)] string-rule: [(parsed-value: none) string separator (parsed-value: rlv-str vprint ["STRING!: " rlv-str] rlv-str: none)] ; here we use rlv-str, because it contains no ' chars file-rule: [(parsed-value: none) extended-file-path separator (parsed-value: to-rebol-file rlv-str vprint ["PATH!: " parsed-value] val: none)] ; here we use rlv-str, because it contains no ' chars ] ;- spec parsing rules ;--- ; these are in fact words, not actual datatypes, since the spec is not loaded. ; ; CRITICAL NOTE!: ; Following list must be symmetric with switch list and untyped args in arg-ctx/init() ;--- spec-datatypes: ['integer! | 'string! | 'logic! | 'file! | 'decimal! | 'text! ] ; ; either LINKED?: false [ ; args: system/script/args ; ][ ; ; just some generic argument ; args: { -stack [fubar 001 25] plate ball 1 box counter C:/some/path/to/a/file.txt +LR +BLUR } ; ] ;- ;- FUNCTIONS ;------------- ;- load-args() ;------------- load-args: func [ argstr [string!] ][ return either parse/all/case argstr value-rules/parameters [ ; all is well with command-line parsing, return loaded block first reduce [value-rules/current-rblk value-rules/current-rblk: rlv-str: val: none] ][ ; an error occured, clear all data and return the error value-rules/current-rblk: rlv-str: val: none value-rules/error-at ] ] ;------------- ;- construct-args() ;------------- set 'construct-args func [ "returns an object with all fields filled and fully validated, according to spec, an error string otherwise." args [string! block!] "either the argument string or a load-args block" spec [block!] { -flag [ [switch!] arg type! [type! [...]] [default-value] ; both type and default value are optional [|] ; optional, changes flag's mode to mutually exclusive args based on type arg [...] [|] ; as above arg [...] ] -flag [...] ; trailing args by type OR nothing, in which case any additional args are put in values: field integer! [default-value] file! [...] ... } /local arg-ctx flag-name arg-name arg-type arg-value-when-set arg-value-when-unset arg-default subrule flag-type here-error spec-error current-flag-rule new-flag-rule cmd-line-rule flag-ctx flags arg-val args-ctx error-msg entry-args ][ ;--------------------- ;- args-ctx: ; used to store all arg names and default values, later on is converted to an object and filled up ; *supplied-flags is used to know what flags where actually supplied on the command-line, ; in case some app features need this data (two flags sharing the same args). args-ctx: copy/deep [*supplied-flags: [] *error: none] ;--------------------- ;- flags: ; we store all generated flag ctx here. ; once spec parsing is done, we will run through this list and create a compiled command-line parse rule ; and it will fill up the end-result args-ctx. flags: copy [] ;--------------------- ;- cmd-line-rule: ; this stores the compiled command-line parse rule, with all flags and args within. cmd-line-rule: copy [] ;--------------------- ; entry-args entry-args: args ; <FIXME> potentially deprecated ???? ;--------------------- ; perform parsing within a safe and verbose error recovery ; if error? spec-error: try [ ;-------------------------------------------------------------------- ;--- --- ;--- DEFINE ARG SPEC CONTEXTS --- ;--- --- ;-------------------------------------------------------------------- vprobe args vprint "^/----------------------^/starting args-context()" ;------------- ;- flag-ctx[] ; ; each flag in your command-line spec, will generate one flag-ctx and add it to the flags block. ;------------- flag-ctx: context [ ;- name: name: none ;- type: type: 'arg ;- args: args: none ;- rule: rule: none ;- required?: required?: false ;------------------------------ ;- apply-defaults() ;------------------------------ apply-defaults: func [/local arg][ foreach arg args [ arg/apply-default ] ] ;------------------------------ ;- link-args() ;------------------------------ ; here we check if all supplied args are valid amongst themselves. ; ; possible errors: ; -a required arg is specified AFTER optional ones ;------------------------------ link-args: func [ /local required? arg rule-tmp paren ][ vin "link-args()" required?: true foreach arg args [ ;----------------------------------------------------------------- ; -????? is a shadow tag which never gets linked in the system. ; its purpose is to modify the args-ctx directly, without really ; adding args to your spec. unless name = '-????? [ ; make sure required args are not specified after optional ones. rule-tmp: tail rule any [ all [ not required? arg/required? (make error! rejoin ["ERROR: Required arg '" arg/name "' follows optional args in " name " flag spec!"]) ] all [ not arg/required? required?: false ] ] append rule arg/rule new-line rule-tmp true ] ; add args and defaults to args-ctx append args-ctx to-set-word arg/name append args-ctx arg/default ] if rule [ paren: [vout] append/only rule to-paren paren ] vout ] ;------------------------------ ;- register() ;------------------------------ register: func [][ ;----------------------------------------------------------------- ; -????? is a shadow tag which never gets linked in the system. ; its purpose is to modify the args-ctx directly, without really ; adding args to your spec. unless name = '-????? [ append flags self ] ] ;----------------- ;- confirm-flag-name() ;----------------- confirm-flag-name: func [ ][ vin [{confirm-flag-name()}] unless parse/all to-string name value-rules/flag [ to-error join "ARGS.r template dialect ERROR: Invalid flag name: " to-string name ] vout ] ;------------------------------ ;- init() ;---------- ; NOTE before calling init, ALL object fields MUST be filled-in ;------------------------------ init: func [ /local paren ][ vin "init-flag()" confirm-flag-name ;---------- ;<TODO> support required? in flag spec ;---------- args: copy [] ;----------------------------------------------------------------- ; -????? is a shadow tag which never gets linked in the system. ; its purpose is to modify the args-ctx directly, without really ; adding args to your spec. ; ; use it to set default values, without specifying any tag on the command line, for example unless name = '-????? [ ; the required? mode will be a post parse op, where we check if all required flags where specified at least ; once in the *supplied-flags field append/only cmd-line-rule rule: compose/deep [(to-string name) value-rules/separator ] append cmd-line-rule '| paren: compose[vin flag-name: (to-string name)] append/only rule to-paren paren paren: compose [append args-ctx/*supplied-flags (to-lit-word name)] unless type = 'switch [ append paren bind 'apply-defaults self ] new-line/skip paren false 0 paren: to paren! paren append/only rule paren ] vout ] ] ;------------- ;- arg-ctx[] ;------------- arg-ctx: context [ ;- name: name: none ;- type: type: 'arg ;- flag: flag: none ;- rule: rule: none ;- default: default: none ;- required?: required?: true ;- types: types: none ;------------------------------ ;- apply-default() ;------------------------------ apply-default: func [][ set in args-ctx name default ] ;------------------------------ ;- apply-arg() ;------------------------------ apply-arg: func [/using value][ switch type [ arg [ set in args-ctx name value ] switch [ vprint "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" set in args-ctx name self/value vprobe name vprobe args-ctx ] ] ] ;------------------------------ ;- init() ;------------------------------ init: func [ /local real-type datatype paren src-rule ][ vin "init-arg()" ;---------- ; NOTE before calling init, object fields must be filled-in ;---------- ;----------------------------------------------------------------- ; -????? is a shadow tag which never gets linked in the system. ; its purpose is to modify the args-ctx directly, without really ; adding args to your spec. ; ; use it so set default values, without specifying any tag on the command line, for example unless name = '-????? [ ; we start by creating the type rule switch type [ arg [ either types [ rule: copy [] foreach datatype types [ ;--- ; NOTE: switch list must be symmetric with all allowed ; types below and in spec-parsing arg-rule src-rule: switch datatype [ ; the switch value is a word, the return value is a datatype parse block integer! [ 'integer-rule ] decimal! [ 'float-rule ] logic! [ 'bool-rule] text! [ 'text-rule] string! [ 'string-rule] file! [ 'file-rule] ] append/only rule get in value-rules src-rule append rule '| ] remove back tail rule ][ ;--- ; NOTE: This list must be symmetric with switch list above and in spec-parsing arg-rule rule: [integer-rule | float-rule | bool-rule | text-rule | string-rule | file-rule] bind rule value-rules ] src-rule: rule paren: compose [apply-arg/using value-rules/parsed-value] bind paren 'paren rule: compose/only [(rule) (to-paren paren )] ;append/only rule value-rules/separator unless required? [ rule: compose/only [0 1 (rule)] ] vprobe mold/all rule ;--------------------- ; add error handling to value-loading rule! vprint "^/^/-----------------------------------------" vprobe rule rule: compose/only/deep [ ( to-paren compose [vprint (join "argument: " name)] ) [ load-error-offset: [ (rule) load-error-offset: ( to-paren [ vprint "RULE OK!" vprint load-error-offset ;ask "?" ] ) ] | [ ( to-paren compose/deep [ load-error: rejoin [ "Expecting " (mold types) " for '" (to-string name) "' argument" ] vprint "RULE FAILED" vprint load-error-offset ;ask "!" print load-error ] ) (src-rule) ; this will always fail if first rule failed! ] ]] vprobe rule ] switch [ if name [ paren: compose [ (bind 'apply-arg 'flag) ] rule: compose/only [ (to-paren paren)] ] ] ] ] append flag/args self vout ] ] ;-------------------------------------------------------------------- ;--- --- ;--- DEFINE ARG SPEC PARSING RULES --- ;--- --- ;-------------------------------------------------------------------- ;------------------------------------ ;- text-flag-rule: ; ; this is a special flag which will load up ALL character data up to ; the next specified flag on the command-line (or its end). ;------------------------------------ text-flag-rule: [ (vout) ; previous rule failed, get out of previous vin ( vin "trying text subrule" ) [ here: ( arg-name: arg-type: arg-default: none) copy arg-name word! here-error: 'text! here-error: copy arg-default 0 1 block! here-error: ( current-flag: make flag-ctx [ name: flag-name init ] vprint "VALID ARG FOUND" vprobe here arg-name: arg-name/1 vprint rejoin ["add flag argument: " arg-name " of type: " arg-type " with default: " arg-default] new-arg: make arg-ctx [ name: arg-name required?: not block? arg-default default: all [arg-default pick first arg-default 1] types: [text!] flag: current-flag init ] ) ] [ ;---------- ; if we reach end of args block, then we finalize flag end ( current-flag/link-args current-flag/register vprint "---" vprint "FLAG:" vprobe current-flag ) ] | here: [ ;---------- ; we didn't reach the end for some reason, this means the spec is invalid ;- -arg flag error ( error-msg: rejoin [ "ERROR: unexpected item in '" flag-name "' specification. Value: " mold pick here-error 1 "^/ NEAR: " remove head remove back tail mold here-error ] make error! error-msg ) ] ] ;------------------------------------ ;- flag-rule: ; ; a flag is the basic building block of command line parsing. ; ; each word preceded by a dash ('-') is identified as a flag. ; ; note that scalar values (integers, decimals, etc) which ; start by a minus sign are NOT considered flags so cannot be ; used as flag names. ; ; (note: -1e isn't a valid scalar, so its a valid flag name) ;------------------------------------ flag-rule: [ [ ;------------------------------------- ;- -switch flags ;------------------------------------- ( vin "trying flag switch subrule" current-flag: none new-arg: none ) 'switch! [ [ (vprint "SWITCH!") ( current-flag: make flag-ctx [ name: flag-name type: 'switch init ] ) ( arg-value-when-unset: arg-name arg-value-when-set: none default-value: false arg-value-when-set: true ) here-error: [ ; assigning the flag to an argument is optional... ; you can just look in args-ctx/flags if that is all you need. 0 1 [ copy arg-name word! here-error: 0 1 [ into [ ; toggle setup (two values) [ ; value when set copy arg-value-when-set skip here-error: ; value when unset copy default-value skip here-error: ; there musn't be more than two values end ( arg-value-when-set: first arg-value-when-set default-value: first default-value if find ['true | 'false | 'on | 'off] default-value [ default-value: do default-value ] if find ['true | 'false | 'on | 'off] arg-value-when-set [ arg-value-when-set: do arg-value-when-set ] vprint "^^---^/TOGGLE-type switch flag setup" vprobe arg-name vprint "-" v?? arg-value-when-set vprint "-" v?? default-value ; default value ) ] | ; boolean setup [ ; default value (must be boolean) copy default-value ['true | 'false | 'on | 'off] here-error: ; there must not be more than one value end ( default-value: do first default-value arg-value-when-set: not default-value vprint "^^---^/BOOLEAN-type switch flag setup" vprobe arg-name vprint "-" v?? arg-value-when-set vprint "-" v?? default-value ; default value ) ] ]] ] here-error: ( ; create the flag's argument if its specified and valid if arg-name [ arg-name: arg-name/1 vprint rejoin ["add flag argument: " arg-name " of type: " arg-type " with default: " arg-default] new-arg: make arg-ctx [ name: arg-name type: 'switch default: default-value value: arg-value-when-set flag: current-flag required?: false init ] ] vprobe new-arg ) ] ] [ ;---------- ; if we reach end of args block, then we finalize flag end ( current-flag/link-args current-flag/register vprint "---" vprint "FLAG:" vprobe current-flag ) ] | here: [ ;---------- ; we didn't reach the end for some reason, this means the spec is invalid ;- -switch error ( error-msg: rejoin [ "ERROR: unexpected item in '" flag-name "' specification. Value: " mold pick here-error 1 "^/ NEAR: " remove head remove back tail mold here-error ] make error! error-msg ) ] ] ]|[ ;------------------------------------- ;- -arg flags ;------------------------------------- ; (vout) ; previous rule failed, get out of previous vin ( vin "trying flag value subrule" current-flag: make flag-ctx [ name: flag-name init ] ) some [ here: ( arg-name: arg-type: arg-default: none) copy arg-name word! here-error: copy arg-type any spec-datatypes here-error: copy arg-default 0 1 block! here-error: ( vprint "VALID ARG FOUND" vprobe here arg-name: arg-name/1 vprobe arg-type vprint rejoin ["add flag argument: " arg-name " of type: " mold arg-type " with default: " arg-default] new-arg: make arg-ctx [ name: arg-name required?: not block? arg-default default: all [arg-default pick first arg-default 1] types: arg-type flag: current-flag init ] ) ] [ ;---------- ; if we reach end of args block, then we finalize flag end ( current-flag/link-args current-flag/register vprint "---" vprint "FLAG:" vprobe current-flag ) ] | here: [ ;---------- ; we didn't reach the end for some reason, this means the spec is invalid ;- -arg flag error ( error-msg: rejoin [ "ERROR: unexpected item in '" flag-name "' specification. Value: " mold pick here-error 1 "^/ NEAR: " remove head remove back tail mold here-error ] make error! error-msg ) ] ] (vout) ] ;------------------------------------ ;- type-rule: ;------------------------------------- type-rule: [ (vin) ( vprint "entering subrule flag" ) copy arg-default block! ( vprint rejoin ["add argument: trailing-" flag-type " with default: " arg-default] ) (vout) ] ;-------------------------------------------------------------------- ;--- --- ;--- PARSE SPEC --- ;--- --- ;-------------------------------------------------------------------- ;- PARSE SPEC vprobe parse spec [ (subrule: none) any [ here: (vin rejoin ["PARSING: " head replace/all mold pick here 1 "^/" " "]) [ copy flag-name word! ( vprint "flag name detected" flag-name: first flag-name vprobe flag-name subrule: flag-rule ) (vout) ]|[ into subrule (vout) ]|[ copy flag-type datatype! ( vprint "trailing datatype values detected" vprobe flag-type subrule: type-rule ) (vout) ] here: ( to-error rejoin ["ERROR, invalid template near: " mold here] ) ] ] ;-------------------------------------------------------------------- ;--- --- ;--- PARSE COMMAND LINE --- ;--- --- ;-------------------------------------------------------------------- ;- PARSE CMD vprint "^/^/---------------------------------^/PARSING COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS^/---------------------------------" ; remove trailing '| remove back tail cmd-line-rule cmd-line-rule: compose/only copy [value-rules/spacer some (cmd-line-rule)] vprobe mold/all cmd-line-rule args-ctx: context args-ctx ; temporary arg-load-blk: copy [] vprobe args ;probe args-ctx unless vprobe parse/all args cmd-line-rule [ args-ctx/*error: rejoin [ "Command-line error in '" flag-name "' flag" "^/Description: " load-error "^/Location : " args "^/ " head insert/dup copy "" " " index? load-error-offset ;#"^^" ;"A" ;#"^(a4)" ; ยค "_" #"^(18)" "_" ;  "^/" ] vprint "^/^/" vprint error-msg vprint "^/^/" ] vprobe arg-load-blk vprobe args-ctx ][ ;-------------------------------------------------------------------- ;--- --- ;--- args-context() error recovery --- ;--- --- ;-------------------------------------------------------------------- vprint "------------------------" catch-error: false either catch-error [ spec-error: disarm spec-error vprint spec-error/arg1 ][ spec-error ] ] args-ctx ] ]]]
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