/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008 INRIA
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * Authors: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef COMMAND_LINE_H
#define COMMAND_LINE_H

#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <list>

namespace ns3 {

/**
 * \brief parse command-line arguments
 *
 * Instances of this class can be used to parse command-line 
 * arguments: users can register new arguments with
 * CommandLine::AddValue but the most important functionality
 * provided by this class is that it can be used to set the
 * 'initial value' of every attribute in the system with the
 * --TypeIdName::AttributeName=value syntax and it can be used
 * to set the value of every GlobalValue in the system with
 * the --GlobalValueName=value syntax.
 */
class CommandLine
{
public:
  ~CommandLine ();

  /**
   * \param name the name of the user-supplied argument
   * \param help some help text used by --PrintHelp
   * \param value a reference to the variable where the
   *        value parsed will be stored (if no value
   *        is parsed, this variable is not modified).
   */
  template <typename T>
  void AddValue (const std::string &name,
		 const std::string &help,
		 T &value);

  /**
   * \param argc the 'argc' variable: number of arguments (including the
   *        main program name as first element).
   * \param argv the 'argv' variable: a null-terminated array of strings,
   *        each of which identifies a command-line argument.
   * 
   * Obviously, this method will parse the input command-line arguments and
   * will attempt to handle them all.
   */
  void Parse (int &argc, char *argv[]) const;
private:
  class Item 
  {
  public:
    std::string m_name;
    std::string m_help;
    virtual ~Item ();
    virtual bool Parse (std::string value) = 0;
  };
  template <typename T>
  class UserItem : public Item
  {
  public:
    virtual bool Parse (std::string value);
    T *m_valuePtr;
  };
  void HandleArgument (std::string name, std::string value) const;
  void PrintHelp (void) const;
  void PrintGlobals (void) const;
  void PrintAttributes (std::string type) const;
  void PrintGroup (std::string group) const;
  void PrintTypeIds (void) const;
  void PrintGroups (void) const;

  typedef std::list<Item *> Items;
  Items m_items;
};

} // namespace ns3

namespace ns3 {

template <typename T>
void 
CommandLine::AddValue (const std::string &name,
		   const std::string &help,
		   T &value)
{
  UserItem<T> *item = new UserItem<T> ();
  item->m_name = name;
  item->m_help = help;
  item->m_valuePtr = &value;
  m_items.push_back (item);
}

template <typename T>
bool 
CommandLine::UserItem<T>::Parse (std::string value)
{
  std::istringstream iss;
  iss.str (value);
  iss >> (*m_valuePtr);
  return !iss.bad () && !iss.fail ();
}

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* COMMAND_LINE_H */