/// <summary>
/// Parse the supplied list of arguments, using the argument definitions
/// given at construction.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Null if we displayed usage instructions, otherwise a
/// Dictionary of keys matching each argument found or defaulted,
/// whose values are the string value of the argument for non-flag
/// args, or a boolean value for flag args.
/// </returns>
public Dictionary<string, object> Parse(List<string> args)
{
Dictionary<string, object> result = null;
ShowUsage = false;
ParseException = null;
_log.Fine("Parsing command-line arguments...");
// Classify the command-line entries passed to the program
ClassifyArguments(args);
try {
result = ProcessArguments();
}
catch(ParseException ex) {
ParseException = ex;
}
return result;
}
