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1 /* goption.h - Option parser
2  *
3  *  Copyright (C) 2004  Anders Carlsson <andersca@gnome.org>
4  *
5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9  *
10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
13  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14  *
15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
16  * along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
17  */
18 
19 #ifndef __G_OPTION_H__
20 #define __G_OPTION_H__
21 
22 #if !defined (__GLIB_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GLIB_COMPILATION)
23 #error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly."
24 #endif
25 
26 #include <glib/gerror.h>
27 #include <glib/gquark.h>
28 
29 G_BEGIN_DECLS
30 
31 /**
32  * GOptionContext:
33  *
34  * A `GOptionContext` struct defines which options
35  * are accepted by the commandline option parser. The struct has only private
36  * fields and should not be directly accessed.
37  */
38 typedef struct _GOptionContext GOptionContext;
39 
40 /**
41  * GOptionGroup:
42  *
43  * A `GOptionGroup` struct defines the options in a single
44  * group. The struct has only private fields and should not be directly accessed.
45  *
46  * All options in a group share the same translation function. Libraries which
47  * need to parse commandline options are expected to provide a function for
48  * getting a `GOptionGroup` holding their options, which
49  * the application can then add to its #GOptionContext.
50  */
51 typedef struct _GOptionGroup   GOptionGroup;
52 typedef struct _GOptionEntry   GOptionEntry;
53 
54 /**
55  * GOptionFlags:
56  * @G_OPTION_FLAG_NONE: No flags. Since: 2.42.
57  * @G_OPTION_FLAG_HIDDEN: The option doesn't appear in `--help` output.
58  * @G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN: The option appears in the main section of the
59  *     `--help` output, even if it is defined in a group.
60  * @G_OPTION_FLAG_REVERSE: For options of the %G_OPTION_ARG_NONE kind, this
61  *     flag indicates that the sense of the option is reversed.
62  * @G_OPTION_FLAG_NO_ARG: For options of the %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK kind,
63  *     this flag indicates that the callback does not take any argument
64  *     (like a %G_OPTION_ARG_NONE option). Since 2.8
65  * @G_OPTION_FLAG_FILENAME: For options of the %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK
66  *     kind, this flag indicates that the argument should be passed to the
67  *     callback in the GLib filename encoding rather than UTF-8. Since 2.8
68  * @G_OPTION_FLAG_OPTIONAL_ARG: For options of the %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK
69  *     kind, this flag indicates that the argument supply is optional.
70  *     If no argument is given then data of %GOptionParseFunc will be
71  *     set to NULL. Since 2.8
72  * @G_OPTION_FLAG_NOALIAS: This flag turns off the automatic conflict
73  *     resolution which prefixes long option names with `groupname-` if
74  *     there is a conflict. This option should only be used in situations
75  *     where aliasing is necessary to model some legacy commandline interface.
76  *     It is not safe to use this option, unless all option groups are under
77  *     your direct control. Since 2.8.
78  *
79  * Flags which modify individual options.
80  */
81 typedef enum
82 {
83   G_OPTION_FLAG_NONE            = 0,
84   G_OPTION_FLAG_HIDDEN		= 1 << 0,
85   G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN		= 1 << 1,
86   G_OPTION_FLAG_REVERSE		= 1 << 2,
87   G_OPTION_FLAG_NO_ARG		= 1 << 3,
88   G_OPTION_FLAG_FILENAME	= 1 << 4,
89   G_OPTION_FLAG_OPTIONAL_ARG    = 1 << 5,
90   G_OPTION_FLAG_NOALIAS	        = 1 << 6
91 } GOptionFlags;
92 
93 /**
94  * GOptionArg:
95  * @G_OPTION_ARG_NONE: No extra argument. This is useful for simple flags.
96  * @G_OPTION_ARG_STRING: The option takes a UTF-8 string argument.
97  * @G_OPTION_ARG_INT: The option takes an integer argument.
98  * @G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK: The option provides a callback (of type
99  *     #GOptionArgFunc) to parse the extra argument.
100  * @G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME: The option takes a filename as argument, which will
101        be in the GLib filename encoding rather than UTF-8.
102  * @G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY: The option takes a string argument, multiple
103  *     uses of the option are collected into an array of strings.
104  * @G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY: The option takes a filename as argument,
105  *     multiple uses of the option are collected into an array of strings.
106  * @G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE: The option takes a double argument. The argument
107  *     can be formatted either for the user's locale or for the "C" locale.
108  *     Since 2.12
109  * @G_OPTION_ARG_INT64: The option takes a 64-bit integer. Like
110  *     %G_OPTION_ARG_INT but for larger numbers. The number can be in
111  *     decimal base, or in hexadecimal (when prefixed with `0x`, for
112  *     example, `0xffffffff`). Since 2.12
113  *
114  * The #GOptionArg enum values determine which type of extra argument the
115  * options expect to find. If an option expects an extra argument, it can
116  * be specified in several ways; with a short option: `-x arg`, with a long
117  * option: `--name arg` or combined in a single argument: `--name=arg`.
118  */
119 typedef enum
120 {
121   G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,
122   G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,
123   G_OPTION_ARG_INT,
124   G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK,
125   G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,
126   G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY,
127   G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY,
128   G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE,
129   G_OPTION_ARG_INT64
130 } GOptionArg;
131 
132 /**
133  * GOptionArgFunc:
134  * @option_name: The name of the option being parsed. This will be either a
135  *  single dash followed by a single letter (for a short name) or two dashes
136  *  followed by a long option name.
137  * @value: The value to be parsed.
138  * @data: User data added to the #GOptionGroup containing the option when it
139  *  was created with g_option_group_new()
140  * @error: A return location for errors. The error code %G_OPTION_ERROR_FAILED
141  *  is intended to be used for errors in #GOptionArgFunc callbacks.
142  *
143  * The type of function to be passed as callback for %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK
144  * options.
145  *
146  * Returns: %TRUE if the option was successfully parsed, %FALSE if an error
147  *  occurred, in which case @error should be set with g_set_error()
148  */
149 typedef gboolean (*GOptionArgFunc) (const gchar    *option_name,
150 				    const gchar    *value,
151 				    gpointer        data,
152 				    GError        **error);
153 
154 /**
155  * GOptionParseFunc:
156  * @context: The active #GOptionContext
157  * @group: The group to which the function belongs
158  * @data: User data added to the #GOptionGroup containing the option when it
159  *  was created with g_option_group_new()
160  * @error: A return location for error details
161  *
162  * The type of function that can be called before and after parsing.
163  *
164  * Returns: %TRUE if the function completed successfully, %FALSE if an error
165  *  occurred, in which case @error should be set with g_set_error()
166  */
167 typedef gboolean (*GOptionParseFunc) (GOptionContext *context,
168 				      GOptionGroup   *group,
169 				      gpointer	      data,
170 				      GError        **error);
171 
172 /**
173  * GOptionErrorFunc:
174  * @context: The active #GOptionContext
175  * @group: The group to which the function belongs
176  * @data: User data added to the #GOptionGroup containing the option when it
177  *  was created with g_option_group_new()
178  * @error: The #GError containing details about the parse error
179  *
180  * The type of function to be used as callback when a parse error occurs.
181  */
182 typedef void (*GOptionErrorFunc) (GOptionContext *context,
183 				  GOptionGroup   *group,
184 				  gpointer        data,
185 				  GError        **error);
186 
187 /**
188  * G_OPTION_ERROR:
189  *
190  * Error domain for option parsing. Errors in this domain will
191  * be from the #GOptionError enumeration. See #GError for information on
192  * error domains.
193  */
194 #define G_OPTION_ERROR (g_option_error_quark ())
195 
196 /**
197  * GOptionError:
198  * @G_OPTION_ERROR_UNKNOWN_OPTION: An option was not known to the parser.
199  *  This error will only be reported, if the parser hasn't been instructed
200  *  to ignore unknown options, see g_option_context_set_ignore_unknown_options().
201  * @G_OPTION_ERROR_BAD_VALUE: A value couldn't be parsed.
202  * @G_OPTION_ERROR_FAILED: A #GOptionArgFunc callback failed.
203  *
204  * Error codes returned by option parsing.
205  */
206 typedef enum
207 {
208   G_OPTION_ERROR_UNKNOWN_OPTION,
209   G_OPTION_ERROR_BAD_VALUE,
210   G_OPTION_ERROR_FAILED
211 } GOptionError;
212 
213 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
214 GQuark g_option_error_quark (void);
215 
216 /**
217  * GOptionEntry:
218  * @long_name: The long name of an option can be used to specify it
219  *     in a commandline as `--long_name`. Every option must have a
220  *     long name. To resolve conflicts if multiple option groups contain
221  *     the same long name, it is also possible to specify the option as
222  *     `--groupname-long_name`.
223  * @short_name: If an option has a short name, it can be specified
224  *     `-short_name` in a commandline. @short_name must be  a printable
225  *     ASCII character different from '-', or zero if the option has no
226  *     short name.
227  * @flags: Flags from #GOptionFlags
228  * @arg: The type of the option, as a #GOptionArg
229  * @arg_data: If the @arg type is %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK, then @arg_data
230  *     must point to a #GOptionArgFunc callback function, which will be
231  *     called to handle the extra argument. Otherwise, @arg_data is a
232  *     pointer to a location to store the value, the required type of
233  *     the location depends on the @arg type:
234  *     - %G_OPTION_ARG_NONE: %gboolean
235  *     - %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING: %gchar*
236  *     - %G_OPTION_ARG_INT: %gint
237  *     - %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME: %gchar*
238  *     - %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY: %gchar**
239  *     - %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY: %gchar**
240  *     - %G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE: %gdouble
241  *     If @arg type is %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING or %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,
242  *     the location will contain a newly allocated string if the option
243  *     was given. That string needs to be freed by the callee using g_free().
244  *     Likewise if @arg type is %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY or
245  *     %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY, the data should be freed using g_strfreev().
246  * @description: the description for the option in `--help`
247  *     output. The @description is translated using the @translate_func
248  *     of the group, see g_option_group_set_translation_domain().
249  * @arg_description: The placeholder to use for the extra argument parsed
250  *     by the option in `--help` output. The @arg_description is translated
251  *     using the @translate_func of the group, see
252  *     g_option_group_set_translation_domain().
253  *
254  * A GOptionEntry struct defines a single option. To have an effect, they
255  * must be added to a #GOptionGroup with g_option_context_add_main_entries()
256  * or g_option_group_add_entries().
257  */
258 struct _GOptionEntry
259 {
260   const gchar *long_name;
261   gchar        short_name;
262   gint         flags;
263 
264   GOptionArg   arg;
265   gpointer     arg_data;
266 
267   const gchar *description;
268   const gchar *arg_description;
269 };
270 
271 /**
272  * G_OPTION_REMAINING:
273  *
274  * If a long option in the main group has this name, it is not treated as a
275  * regular option. Instead it collects all non-option arguments which would
276  * otherwise be left in `argv`. The option must be of type
277  * %G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK, %G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY
278  * or %G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY.
279  *
280  *
281  * Using #G_OPTION_REMAINING instead of simply scanning `argv`
282  * for leftover arguments has the advantage that GOption takes care of
283  * necessary encoding conversions for strings or filenames.
284  *
285  * Since: 2.6
286  */
287 #define G_OPTION_REMAINING ""
288 
289 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
290 GOptionContext *g_option_context_new              (const gchar         *parameter_string);
291 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
292 void            g_option_context_set_summary      (GOptionContext      *context,
293                                                    const gchar         *summary);
294 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
295 const gchar *   g_option_context_get_summary      (GOptionContext     *context);
296 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
297 void            g_option_context_set_description  (GOptionContext      *context,
298                                                    const gchar         *description);
299 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
300 const gchar *   g_option_context_get_description  (GOptionContext     *context);
301 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
302 void            g_option_context_free             (GOptionContext      *context);
303 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
304 void		g_option_context_set_help_enabled (GOptionContext      *context,
305 						   gboolean		help_enabled);
306 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
307 gboolean	g_option_context_get_help_enabled (GOptionContext      *context);
308 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
309 void		g_option_context_set_ignore_unknown_options (GOptionContext *context,
310 							     gboolean	     ignore_unknown);
311 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
312 gboolean        g_option_context_get_ignore_unknown_options (GOptionContext *context);
313 
314 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_44
315 void            g_option_context_set_strict_posix           (GOptionContext *context,
316                                                              gboolean        strict_posix);
317 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_44
318 gboolean        g_option_context_get_strict_posix           (GOptionContext *context);
319 
320 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
321 void            g_option_context_add_main_entries (GOptionContext      *context,
322 						   const GOptionEntry  *entries,
323 						   const gchar         *translation_domain);
324 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
325 gboolean        g_option_context_parse            (GOptionContext      *context,
326 						   gint                *argc,
327 						   gchar             ***argv,
328 						   GError             **error);
329 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_40
330 gboolean        g_option_context_parse_strv       (GOptionContext      *context,
331                                                    gchar             ***arguments,
332                                                    GError             **error);
333 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
334 void            g_option_context_set_translate_func (GOptionContext     *context,
335 						     GTranslateFunc      func,
336 						     gpointer            data,
337 						     GDestroyNotify      destroy_notify);
338 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
339 void            g_option_context_set_translation_domain (GOptionContext  *context,
340 							 const gchar     *domain);
341 
342 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
343 void            g_option_context_add_group      (GOptionContext *context,
344 						 GOptionGroup   *group);
345 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
346 void          g_option_context_set_main_group (GOptionContext *context,
347 					       GOptionGroup   *group);
348 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
349 GOptionGroup *g_option_context_get_main_group (GOptionContext *context);
350 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
351 gchar        *g_option_context_get_help       (GOptionContext *context,
352                                                gboolean        main_help,
353                                                GOptionGroup   *group);
354 
355 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
356 GOptionGroup *g_option_group_new                    (const gchar        *name,
357 						     const gchar        *description,
358 						     const gchar        *help_description,
359 						     gpointer            user_data,
360 						     GDestroyNotify      destroy);
361 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
362 void	      g_option_group_set_parse_hooks	    (GOptionGroup       *group,
363 						     GOptionParseFunc    pre_parse_func,
364 						     GOptionParseFunc	 post_parse_func);
365 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
366 void	      g_option_group_set_error_hook	    (GOptionGroup       *group,
367 						     GOptionErrorFunc	 error_func);
368 GLIB_DEPRECATED_IN_2_44
369 void          g_option_group_free                   (GOptionGroup       *group);
370 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_44
371 GOptionGroup *g_option_group_ref                    (GOptionGroup       *group);
372 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_44
373 void          g_option_group_unref                  (GOptionGroup       *group);
374 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
375 void          g_option_group_add_entries            (GOptionGroup       *group,
376 						     const GOptionEntry *entries);
377 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
378 void          g_option_group_set_translate_func     (GOptionGroup       *group,
379 						     GTranslateFunc      func,
380 						     gpointer            data,
381 						     GDestroyNotify      destroy_notify);
382 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
383 void          g_option_group_set_translation_domain (GOptionGroup       *group,
384 						     const gchar        *domain);
385 
386 G_END_DECLS
387 
388 #endif /* __G_OPTION_H__ */
389