abseil-cpp/absl/flags/internal/usage.h

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#ifndef ABSL_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USAGE_H_
#define ABSL_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USAGE_H_
 
#include <iosfwd>
#include <string>
 
#include "absl/base/config.h"
#include "absl/flags/commandlineflag.h"
#include "absl/flags/declare.h"
#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// Usage reporting interfaces
 
namespace absl {
ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
namespace flags_internal {
 
// The format to report the help messages in.
enum class HelpFormat {
  kHumanReadable,
};
 
// Streams the help message describing `flag` to `out`.
// The default value for `flag` is included in the output.
void FlagHelp(std::ostream& out, const CommandLineFlag& flag,
              HelpFormat format = HelpFormat::kHumanReadable);
 
// Produces the help messages for all flags matching the filter. A flag matches
// the filter if it is defined in a file with a filename which includes
// filter string as a substring. You can use '/' and '.' to restrict the
// matching to a specific file names. For example:
//   FlagsHelp(out, "/path/to/file.");
// restricts help to only flags which resides in files named like:
//  .../path/to/file.<ext>
// for any extension 'ext'. If the filter is empty this function produces help
// messages for all flags.
void FlagsHelp(std::ostream& out, absl::string_view filter,
               HelpFormat format, absl::string_view program_usage_message);
 
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
// If any of the 'usage' related command line flags (listed on the bottom of
// this file) has been set this routine produces corresponding help message in
// the specified output stream and returns:
//  0 - if "version" or "only_check_flags" flags were set and handled.
//  1 - if some other 'usage' related flag was set and handled.
// -1 - if no usage flags were set on a commmand line.
// Non negative return values are expected to be used as an exit code for a
// binary.
int HandleUsageFlags(std::ostream& out,
                     absl::string_view program_usage_message);
 
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// Globals representing usage reporting flags
 
enum class HelpMode {
  kNone,
  kImportant,
  kShort,
  kFull,
  kPackage,
  kMatch,
  kVersion,
  kOnlyCheckArgs
};
 
// Returns substring to filter help output (--help=substr argument)
std::string GetFlagsHelpMatchSubstr();
// Returns the requested help mode.
HelpMode GetFlagsHelpMode();
// Returns the requested help format.
HelpFormat GetFlagsHelpFormat();
 
// These are corresponding setters to the attributes above.
void SetFlagsHelpMatchSubstr(absl::string_view);
void SetFlagsHelpMode(HelpMode);
void SetFlagsHelpFormat(HelpFormat);
 
// Deduces usage flags from the input argument in a form --name=value or
// --name. argument is already split into name and value before we call this
// function.
bool DeduceUsageFlags(absl::string_view name, absl::string_view value);
 
}  // namespace flags_internal
ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
}  // namespace absl
 
#endif  // ABSL_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USAGE_H_