/// <summary>
/// Attempts to write a manifest file based on the current arguments.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The arguments, typically passed in from a CLI.</param>
/// <param name="result">The result of executing the generation.</param>
/// <returns><c>true</c> when the arguments allowed for the attempted generation of the manifest file, this will be <c>true</c> if generation also fails; otherwise <c>false</c>.</returns>
public static bool TryWrite(string[] args, out int result)
{
// read the parameters
var app = new CommandLineApplication(throwOnUnexpectedArg: false);
var parameters = new ManifestWriterParameters(app);
// execute the parameters; bailing out swiftly if the args dont permit it
var didRun = false;
app.OnExecute(() => TryExecute(parameters, out didRun));
result = app.Execute(args);
return(didRun);
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to execute a manifest write based on the arguments.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parameters">The parameters.</param>
/// <param name="didExecute">Indicates whether execution was attempted; this will return <c>false</c> if the parameters did not specify generation, i.e. -m was missing.</param>
/// <returns>The result if execution.</returns>
private static int TryExecute(ManifestWriterParameters parameters, out bool didExecute)
{
// do nothing when the user did not specify generation
didExecute = parameters.WriteManifest.HasValue();
if (!didExecute)
{
return(0);
}
// get the assembly and output path
var assembly = parameters.AssemblyPath.HasValue() ? Assembly.LoadFile(parameters.AssemblyPath.Value()) : Assembly.GetEntryAssembly();
var path = GetManifestFilePath(assembly, parameters.OutputPath);
WriteManifest(assembly, path);
return(0);
}