CommandLineParser.h

#ifndef COMMANDLINEPARSER_H
#define COMMANDLINEPARSER_H

#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <list>

using namespace std;

class CommandLineParser{
public:
        CommandLineParser(string description_text,int width_tokenfield=30) \
         : descriptiontext(description_text),
         tokenfield_width(width_tokenfield)
        {
                descriptiontext += string("\nCommand line switches:\n  -h");
                descriptiontext += string(tokenfield_width-1,' ');
                descriptiontext += string(" - help\n");
        }

        virtual ~CommandLineParser() {}

        void addParameter(string token,string helptext,string defaultvalue=string());

        void parse(int argc, char **argv,bool zeroArgsForHelp=false) throw(string);

        string getArgument(string parameter) throw(string);

        bool isSet(string parameter) { return !tokenvaluemap[parameter].empty(); }

        long int getLongIntArgument(string parameter,int base=0) throw(string);

        double getDoubleArgument(string parameter) throw(string);

        bool getBooleanArgument(string parameter) throw(string);

        list<int> getIntegerListArgument(string parameter) throw(string);

        list<double> getDoubleListArgument(string parameter) throw(string);

        string getHelpMessage() const { return descriptiontext; }

        const list<string> &getRemainingArguments() const { return remaining_tokens; }

private: // private attributes
        map<string,string> tokenvaluemap;
        string descriptiontext;
        const int tokenfield_width;
        list<string> remaining_tokens;
};

#endif // COMMANDLINEPARSER_H

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