ApplicationOptions.h

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/*
* This file is part of ArmarX.
*
* Copyright (C) 2011-2016, High Performance Humanoid Technologies (H2T), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), all rights reserved.
*
* ArmarX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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*
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*
* @package    ArmarXCore::core
* @author     Jan Issac (jan dot issac at gmail dot com)
* @date       2012
* @copyright  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
*             GNU General Public License
*/
 
#pragma once
 
#include <Ice/Properties.h>             // for PropertiesPtr
#include <IceUtil/Handle.h>             // for Handle
 
#include <iostream>                     // for cout, ostream
#include <ostream>
#include <string>                       // for string
 
#include "../ArmarXDummyManager.h"      // for ArmarXDummyManagerPtr
#include "properties/PropertyUser.h"    // for PropertyUserList
 
namespace boost::program_options
{
    class options_description;
}
 
namespace armarx
{
    // forward declarations
    class Application;
 
    /**
     * \typedef ApplicationPtr shared pointer for armarx::Application
     */
    using ApplicationPtr = IceUtil::Handle<Application>;
}
 
/**
 * This namespace contains all relevent methods to parse and print options and propertiesas used by the armarx::Application.
 */
namespace armarx::ApplicationOptions
{
    /**
      \brief Help format to display. Help format is set on commandline using the -f option.
      \ingroup Application
     */
    enum OptionsFormat
    {
        eHelpBrief,
        eOptionsDetailed,
        eDoxygen,
        eDoxygenComponentPages,
        eConfig,
        eXml
    };
 
    /**
      \brief Stucture containing the parsed options of the application.
      \ingroup Application
     */
    struct Options
    {
        bool showHelp;
        bool showVersion;
        bool error;
        std::string outfile;
        OptionsFormat format;
        std::shared_ptr<boost::program_options::options_description> description;
    };
 
    /**
     * Merge command line options into properties.
     * Command line options override already set properties.
     *
     * \param properties initialized properties object (see Ice::createProperties())
     * \param argc number of command line arguments
     * \param argv command line arguments
     *
     * \return merged properties
     */
    Ice::PropertiesPtr mergeProperties(Ice::PropertiesPtr properties, int argc, char* argv[]);
 
    /**
     * Parse the help options.
     *
     * \param properties properties object from Application
     * \param argc number of command line arguments
     * \param argv command line arguments
     *
     * \return the parsed options structure
     */
    Options parseHelpOptions(Ice::PropertiesPtr properties, int argc, char* argv[]);
 
    /**
     * Prints help according to the format selection in options.
     *
     * \param application pointer to application in order to display application properties
     * \param dummyManager pointer to dummyManager in order to display properties of add ManagedIceObjects
     * \param options the parsed help options
     * \param out optional output stream (default: std::cout)
     */
    void showHelp(ApplicationPtr application, ArmarXDummyManagerPtr dummyManager, Options options, Ice::PropertiesPtr properties, std::ostream& out = std::cout);
 
    /**
     * Return the list of property users.
     * In this case all components are property users stored in the ComponentManager.
     *
     * \return PropertyUser List
     */
    PropertyUserList getPropertyUsers(ArmarXDummyManagerPtr dummyManager);
}