Parameter.cpp

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/* Frobby: Software for monomial ideal computations.
   Copyright (C) 2007 Bjarke Hammersholt Roune (www.broune.com)
 
   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.
 
   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
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*/
#include "stdinc.h"
#include "Parameter.h"
#include "error.h"
#include "FrobbyStringStream.h"
 
Parameter::Parameter(const string& name,
                     const string& description):
  _name(name),
  _description(description) {
}
 
Parameter::~Parameter() {
}
 
void Parameter::appendToDescription(const char* str) {
  _description += str;
}
 
void Parameter::processArguments(const char** args, size_t argCount) {
  ASSERT(args != 0);
  pair<size_t, size_t> range = doGetArgumentCountRange();
  checkCorrectParameterCount(range.first, range.second, args, argCount);
 
  doProcessArguments(args, argCount);
}
 
void Parameter::checkCorrectParameterCount(unsigned int from,
                                           unsigned int to,
                                           const char** params,
                                           unsigned int paramCount) {
  if (from <= paramCount && paramCount <= to)
    return;
 
  FrobbyStringStream errorMsg;
 
  errorMsg << "Option -" << getName() << " takes ";
  if (from == to) {
    if (from == 1)
      errorMsg << "one parameter, ";
    else
      errorMsg << from << " parameters, ";
  } else
    errorMsg << "from " << from << " to " << to << " parameters, ";
 
  if (paramCount == 0)
    errorMsg << "but no parameters were provided.\n";
  else {
    if (paramCount == 1)
      errorMsg << "but one parameter was provided.";
    else
      errorMsg << "but " << paramCount << " parameters were provided.";
    errorMsg << '\n';
 
    errorMsg << "The provided parameters were: ";
    const char* prefix = "";
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < paramCount; ++i) {
      errorMsg << prefix << params[i];
      prefix = ", ";
    }
    errorMsg << ".\n";
 
    if (paramCount > to)
      errorMsg <<
        "(Did you forget to put a - in front of one of the options?)\n";
  }
 
  errorMsg << "The option -"
           << getName()
           << " has the following description:\n "
           << getDescription();
 
  reportError(errorMsg);
}