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boost::program_options::basic_command_line_parser
// In header: <boost/program_options/parsers.hpp> template<typename charT> class basic_command_line_parser { public: // construct/copy/destruct basic_command_line_parser(const std::vector< std::basic_string< charT > > &); basic_command_line_parser(int, const charT *const); // public member functions basic_command_line_parser & options(const options_description &); basic_command_line_parser & positional(const positional_options_description &); basic_command_line_parser & style(int); basic_command_line_parser & extra_parser(ext_parser); basic_parsed_options< charT > run(); basic_command_line_parser & allow_unregistered(); basic_command_line_parser & extra_style_parser(style_parser); };
Command line parser.
The class allows one to specify all the information needed for parsing and to parse the command line. It is primarily needed to emulate named function parameters \-- a regular function with 5 parameters will be hard to use and creating overloads with a smaller number of parameters will be confusing.
For the most common case, the function parse_command_line is a better alternative.
There are two typedefs \-- command_line_parser and wcommand_line_parser, for charT == char and charT == wchar_t cases.
basic_command_line_parser
public
construct/copy/destructbasic_command_line_parser(const std::vector< std::basic_string< charT > > & args);
Creates a command line parser for the specified arguments list. The 'args' parameter should not include program name.
basic_command_line_parser(int argc, const charT *const argv);
Creates a command line parser for the specified arguments list. The parameters should be the same as passed to 'main'.
basic_command_line_parser
public member functionsbasic_command_line_parser & options(const options_description & desc);
Sets options descriptions to use.
basic_command_line_parser & positional(const positional_options_description & desc);
Sets positional options description to use.
basic_command_line_parser & style(int);
Sets the command line style.
basic_command_line_parser & extra_parser(ext_parser);
Sets the extra parsers.
basic_parsed_options< charT > run();
Parses the options and returns the result of parsing. Throws on error.
basic_command_line_parser & allow_unregistered();
Specifies that unregistered options are allowed and should be passed though. For each command like token that looks like an option but does not contain a recognized name, an instance of basic_option<charT> will be added to result, with 'unrecognized' field set to 'true'. It's possible to collect all unrecognized options with the 'collect_unrecognized' funciton.
basic_command_line_parser & extra_style_parser(style_parser s);