livetrax/libs/glibmm2/glib/src/optioncontext.hg

/* $Id: optioncontext.hg,v 1.6 2005/01/10 17:42:17 murrayc Exp $ */

/* Copyright (C) 2004 The glibmm Development Team
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
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 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */

_DEFS(glibmm,glib)

#include <glibmm/optionentry.h>
#include <glibmm/optiongroup.h>
#include <glibmm/error.h>
#include <sigc++/signal.h>

#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
extern "C" { typedef struct _GOptionContext GOptionContext; }
#endif


namespace Glib
{

/** Exception class for options.
 */
_WRAP_GERROR(OptionError, GOptionError, G_OPTION_ERROR, NO_GTYPE)

/** An OptionContext defines which options are accepted by the commandline option parser.
 */
class OptionContext
{
  _CLASS_GENERIC(OptionContext, GOptionContext)
public:

  /** Creates a new option context.
   * @param parameter_string A string which is displayed in the first line of --help output, after programname [OPTION...]
   */
  explicit OptionContext(const Glib::ustring& parameter_string = Glib::ustring());
  
  //Note that, unlike Glib::Wrap(), this would create a second C++ instance for the same C instance,
  //so it should be used carefully. For instance you could not access data in a derived class via this second instance.
  explicit OptionContext(GOptionContext* castitem, bool take_ownership = false);
  virtual ~OptionContext();
  
  _WRAP_METHOD(void set_help_enabled(bool help_enabled = true), g_option_context_set_help_enabled)
  _WRAP_METHOD(bool get_help_enabled() const, g_option_context_get_help_enabled)
  _WRAP_METHOD(void set_ignore_unknown_options(bool ignore_unknown = true), g_option_context_set_ignore_unknown_options)
  _WRAP_METHOD(bool get_ignore_unknown_options() const, g_option_context_get_ignore_unknown_options)

#m4 _CONVERSION(`char**&',`gchar***',`&($3)')
  _WRAP_METHOD(bool parse(int& argc, char**& argv), g_option_context_parse, errthrow)

  //g_option_context_add_main_entries(), just creates a group internally, adds them to it, and does a set_main_group()
  //- a group without callbacks seems to do some simple default parsing.
  _IGNORE(g_option_context_add_main_entries)
  
  /** Adds an OptionGroup to the context, so that parsing with context will recognize the options in the group. 
   * Note that the group will not be copied, so it should exist for as long as the context exists.
   *
   * @param group The group to add.
   */
  void add_group(OptionGroup& group);
  _IGNORE(g_option_context_add_group)
  
  /** Sets an OptionGroup as the main group of the context. This has the same effect as calling add_group(), the only 
   * difference is that the options in the main group are treated differently when generating --help output.
   * Note that the group will not be copied, so it should exist for as long as the context exists.
   *
   * @param group The group to add.
   */
  void set_main_group(OptionGroup& group);
  _IGNORE(g_option_context_set_main_group)
  
  //We don't need this (hopefully), and the memory management would be really awkward.
  //OptionGroup& get_main_group();
  //const OptionGroup& get_main_group() const;
  _IGNORE(g_option_context_get_main_group)


  GOptionContext*       gobj()       { return gobject_; }
  const GOptionContext* gobj() const { return gobject_; }

  _WRAP_METHOD(void set_summary(const Glib::ustring& summary), g_option_context_set_summary)
  _WRAP_METHOD(Glib::ustring get_summary() const, g_option_context_get_summary)
  _WRAP_METHOD(void set_description(const Glib::ustring& description), g_option_context_set_description)
  _WRAP_METHOD(Glib::ustring get_description() const, g_option_context_get_description)

  _WRAP_METHOD(void set_translation_domain(const Glib::ustring& domain), g_option_context_set_translation_domain)

  /**
   * This function is used to translate user-visible strings, for --help output.
   * The function takes an untranslated string and returns a translated string
   */
  typedef sigc::slot<Glib::ustring, const Glib::ustring&> SlotTranslate;

  /**
   * Sets the function which is used to translate user-visible
   * strings, for --help output.  Different groups can use different functions.
   *
   * If you are using gettext(), you only need to set the translation domain,
   * see set_translation_domain().
   *
   * @newin2p14
   */
  void set_translate_func (const SlotTranslate& slot);
  _IGNORE(g_option_context_set_translate_func)

protected:

  GOptionContext* gobject_;
  bool has_ownership_;
};


} // namespace Glib