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diff --git a/base/command_line.h b/base/command_line.h
index 56aa2fc..f1a2005 100644
--- a/base/command_line.h
+++ b/base/command_line.h
@@ -2,46 +2,60 @@
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
-// This file contains a class that can be used to extract the salient
-// elements of a command line in a relatively lightweight manner.
+// This class works with command lines: building and parsing.
// Switches can optionally have a value attached using an equals sign,
// as in "-switch=value". Arguments that aren't prefixed with a
-// switch prefix are considered "loose parameters". Switch names
-// are case-insensitive. An argument of "--" will terminate switch parsing,
-// causing everything after to be considered as loose parameters.
+// switch prefix are considered "loose parameters". Switch names are
+// case-insensitive. An argument of "--" will terminate switch
+// parsing, causing everything after to be considered as loose
+// parameters.
+
+// There is a singleton read-only CommandLine that represents the command
+// line that the current process was started with. It must be initialized
+// in main() (or whatever the platform's equivalent function is).
#ifndef BASE_COMMAND_LINE_H_
#define BASE_COMMAND_LINE_H_
+#include "build/build_config.h"
+
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "base/basictypes.h"
+#include "base/logging.h"
#include "base/scoped_ptr.h"
class CommandLine {
public:
- // Creates a parsed version of the command line used to launch
- // the current process.
- CommandLine();
-
#if defined(OS_WIN)
// Creates a parsed version of the given command-line string.
- // The program name is assumed to be the first item in the string.
- CommandLine(const std::wstring& command_line);
+ // The program name is assumed to be the first item in the string.
+ void ParseFromString(const std::wstring& command_line);
#elif defined(OS_POSIX)
+ // Initialize from an argv vector (or directly from main()'s argv).
CommandLine(int argc, const char* const* argv);
- CommandLine(const std::vector<std::string>& argv);
+ explicit CommandLine(const std::vector<std::string>& argv);
#endif
- ~CommandLine();
+ // Construct a new, empty command line.
+ // |program| is the name of the program to run (aka argv[0]).
+ // TODO(port): should be a FilePath.
+ explicit CommandLine(const std::wstring& program);
+
+ // Initialize the current process CommandLine singleton. On Windows,
+ // ignores its arguments (we instead parse GetCommandLineW()
+ // directly) because we don't trust the CRT's parsing of the command
+ // line, but it still must be called to set up the command line.
+ static void Init(int argc, const char* const* argv);
- // On non-Windows platforms, main() must call SetArgcArgv() before accessing
- // any members of this class.
- // On Windows, this call is a no-op (we instead parse GetCommandLineW()
- // directly) because we don't trust the CRT's parsing of the command line.
- static void SetArgcArgv(int argc, const char* const* argv);
+ // Get the singleton CommandLine representing the current process's
+ // command line.
+ static const CommandLine* ForCurrentProcess() {
+ DCHECK(current_process_commandline_);
+ return current_process_commandline_;
+ }
// Returns true if this command line contains the given switch.
// (Switch names are case-insensitive.)
@@ -52,40 +66,25 @@ class CommandLine {
// the empty string.
std::wstring GetSwitchValue(const std::wstring& switch_string) const;
- // Returns the number of "loose values" found in the command line.
- // Loose values are arguments that aren't switches.
- // (The program name is also excluded from the set of loose values.)
- size_t GetLooseValueCount() const;
-
- typedef std::vector<std::wstring>::const_iterator LooseValueIterator;
-
- // Returns a const_iterator to the list of loose values.
- LooseValueIterator GetLooseValuesBegin() const;
-
- // Returns the end const_iterator for the list of loose values.
- LooseValueIterator GetLooseValuesEnd() const;
+ // Get the remaining arguments to the command.
+ // WARNING: this is incorrect on POSIX; we must do string conversions.
+ std::vector<std::wstring> GetLooseValues() const;
- // Simply returns the original command line string.
- std::wstring command_line_string() const;
-
-#if defined(OS_POSIX)
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+ // Returns the original command line string.
+ const std::wstring& command_line_string() const {
+ return command_line_string_;
+ }
+#elif defined(OS_POSIX)
// Returns the original command line string as a vector of strings.
- const std::vector<std::string>& argv() const;
+ const std::vector<std::string>& argv() const {
+ return argv_;
+ }
#endif
// Returns the program part of the command line string (the first item).
std::wstring program() const;
- // An array containing the prefixes that identify an argument as
- // a switch.
- static const wchar_t* const kSwitchPrefixes[];
-
- // The string that's used to separate switches from their values.
- static const wchar_t kSwitchValueSeparator[];
-
- // Treat everything after this argument as loose parameters.
- static const wchar_t kSwitchTerminator[];
-
// Return a copy of the string prefixed with a switch prefix.
// Used internally.
static std::wstring PrefixedSwitchString(const std::wstring& switch_string);
@@ -98,27 +97,69 @@ class CommandLine {
// Appends the given switch string (preceded by a space and a switch
// prefix) to the given string.
- static void AppendSwitch(std::wstring* command_line_string,
- const std::wstring& switch_string);
+ void AppendSwitch(const std::wstring& switch_string);
// Appends the given switch string (preceded by a space and a switch
// prefix) to the given string, with the given value attached.
- static void AppendSwitchWithValue(std::wstring* command_line_string,
- const std::wstring& switch_string,
- const std::wstring& value_string);
+ void AppendSwitchWithValue(const std::wstring& switch_string,
+ const std::wstring& value_string);
+
+ // Append a loose value to the command line.
+ void AppendLooseValue(const std::wstring& value);
+
+ // Append the arguments from another command line to this one.
+ // If |include_program| is true, include |other|'s program as well.
+ void AppendArguments(const CommandLine& other,
+ bool include_program);
private:
- class Data;
+ CommandLine() {}
+
+ // The singleton CommandLine instance representing the current process's
+ // command line.
+ static CommandLine* current_process_commandline_;
+
+ // We store a platform-native version of the command line, used when building
+ // up a new command line to be executed. This ifdef delimits that code.
+
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+ // The quoted, space-separated command-line string.
+ std::wstring command_line_string_;
+
+ // The name of the program.
+ std::wstring program_;
+
+ // The type of native command line arguments.
+ typedef std::wstring StringType;
+
+#elif defined(OS_POSIX)
+ // The argv array, with the program name in argv_[0].
+ std::vector<std::string> argv_;
+
+ // The type of native command line arguments.
+ typedef std::string StringType;
+
+ // Shared by the two POSIX constructor forms. Initalize from argv_.
+ void InitFromArgv();
+#endif
+
+ // Returns true and fills in |switch_string| and |switch_value|
+ // if |parameter_string| represents a switch.
+ static bool IsSwitch(const StringType& parameter_string,
+ std::string* switch_string,
+ StringType* switch_value);
+
+ // Parsed-out values.
+ std::map<std::string, StringType> switches_;
- // True if we are responsible for deleting our |data_| pointer. In some cases
- // we cache the result of parsing the command line and |data_|'s lifetime is
- // managed by someone else (e.g., the |Singleton| class).
- bool we_own_data_;
+ // Non-switch command-line arguments.
+ std::vector<StringType> loose_values_;
- // A pointer to the parsed version of the command line.
- Data* data_;
-
- DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(CommandLine);
+ // We allow copy constructors, because a common pattern is to grab a
+ // copy of the current process's command line and then add some
+ // flags to it. E.g.:
+ // CommandLine cl(*CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess());
+ // cl.AppendSwitch(...);
};
#endif // BASE_COMMAND_LINE_H_