/// <summary>
/// Parses Command Line Arguments.
/// Use ArgumentAttributes to control parsing behaviour.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="arguments"> The actual arguments. </param>
/// <param name="destination"> The resulting parsed arguments. </param>
/// <param name="reporter"> The destination for parse errors. </param>
/// <returns> true if no errors were detected. </returns>
public static bool ParseArguments(string[] arguments, object destination, ErrorReporter reporter)
{
Parser parser = new Parser(destination.GetType(), reporter);
return parser.Parse(arguments, destination);
}
/// <summary>
/// Checks if a set of arguments asks for help.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args"> Args to check for help. </param>
/// <returns> Returns true if args contains /? or /help. </returns>
public static bool ParseHelp(string[] args)
{
Parser helpParser = new Parser(typeof(HelpArgument), new ErrorReporter(NullErrorReporter));
HelpArgument helpArgument = new HelpArgument();
helpParser.Parse(args, helpArgument);
return helpArgument.help;
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses the supplied set of arg strings using the list of Argument
// definitions maintained by this command-line UI instance.
/// </summary>
public Dictionary<string, object> Parse(IEnumerable<string> args)
{
var parser = new Parser(Definition);
var result = parser.Parse(new List<string>(args));
if(parser.ShowUsage) {
DisplayUsage(System.Console.Error, result);
result = null; // Don't act on whatever we parsed
}
else if(parser.ParseException != null) {
throw parser.ParseException;
}
return result;
}
