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      1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 // This class works with command lines: building and parsing.
      6 // Arguments with prefixes ('--', '-', and on Windows, '/') are switches.
      7 // Switches will precede all other arguments without switch prefixes.
      8 // Switches can optionally have values, delimited by '=', e.g., "-switch=value".
      9 // An argument of "--" will terminate switch parsing during initialization,
     10 // interpreting subsequent tokens as non-switch arguments, regardless of prefix.
     11 
     12 // There is a singleton read-only CommandLine that represents the command line
     13 // that the current process was started with.  It must be initialized in main().
     14 
     15 #ifndef BASE_COMMAND_LINE_H_
     16 #define BASE_COMMAND_LINE_H_
     17 
     18 #include <stddef.h>
     19 #include <map>
     20 #include <string>
     21 #include <vector>
     22 
     23 #include "base/base_export.h"
     24 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
     25 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
     26 #include "build/build_config.h"
     27 
     28 namespace base {
     29 
     30 class FilePath;
     31 
     32 class BASE_EXPORT CommandLine {
     33  public:
     34 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     35   // The native command line string type.
     36   typedef base::string16 StringType;
     37 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
     38   typedef std::string StringType;
     39 #endif
     40 
     41   typedef StringType::value_type CharType;
     42   typedef std::vector<StringType> StringVector;
     43   typedef std::map<std::string, StringType> SwitchMap;
     44   typedef std::map<base::StringPiece, const StringType*> StringPieceSwitchMap;
     45 
     46   // A constructor for CommandLines that only carry switches and arguments.
     47   enum NoProgram { NO_PROGRAM };
     48   explicit CommandLine(NoProgram no_program);
     49 
     50   // Construct a new command line with |program| as argv[0].
     51   explicit CommandLine(const FilePath& program);
     52 
     53   // Construct a new command line from an argument list.
     54   CommandLine(int argc, const CharType* const* argv);
     55   explicit CommandLine(const StringVector& argv);
     56 
     57   // Override copy and assign to ensure |switches_by_stringpiece_| is valid.
     58   CommandLine(const CommandLine& other);
     59   CommandLine& operator=(const CommandLine& other);
     60 
     61   ~CommandLine();
     62 
     63 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     64   // By default this class will treat command-line arguments beginning with
     65   // slashes as switches on Windows, but not other platforms.
     66   //
     67   // If this behavior is inappropriate for your application, you can call this
     68   // function BEFORE initializing the current process' global command line
     69   // object and the behavior will be the same as Posix systems (only hyphens
     70   // begin switches, everything else will be an arg).
     71   static void set_slash_is_not_a_switch();
     72 #endif
     73 
     74   // Initialize the current process CommandLine singleton. On Windows, ignores
     75   // its arguments (we instead parse GetCommandLineW() directly) because we
     76   // don't trust the CRT's parsing of the command line, but it still must be
     77   // called to set up the command line. Returns false if initialization has
     78   // already occurred, and true otherwise. Only the caller receiving a 'true'
     79   // return value should take responsibility for calling Reset.
     80   static bool Init(int argc, const char* const* argv);
     81 
     82   // Destroys the current process CommandLine singleton. This is necessary if
     83   // you want to reset the base library to its initial state (for example, in an
     84   // outer library that needs to be able to terminate, and be re-initialized).
     85   // If Init is called only once, as in main(), Reset() is not necessary.
     86   static void Reset();
     87 
     88   // Get the singleton CommandLine representing the current process's
     89   // command line. Note: returned value is mutable, but not thread safe;
     90   // only mutate if you know what you're doing!
     91   static CommandLine* ForCurrentProcess();
     92 
     93   // Returns true if the CommandLine has been initialized for the given process.
     94   static bool InitializedForCurrentProcess();
     95 
     96 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     97   static CommandLine FromString(const base::string16& command_line);
     98 #endif
     99 
    100   // Initialize from an argv vector.
    101   void InitFromArgv(int argc, const CharType* const* argv);
    102   void InitFromArgv(const StringVector& argv);
    103 
    104   // Constructs and returns the represented command line string.
    105   // CAUTION! This should be avoided on POSIX because quoting behavior is
    106   // unclear.
    107   StringType GetCommandLineString() const {
    108     return GetCommandLineStringInternal(false);
    109   }
    110 
    111 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    112   // Constructs and returns the represented command line string. Assumes the
    113   // command line contains placeholders (eg, %1) and quotes any program or
    114   // argument with a '%' in it. This should be avoided unless the placeholder is
    115   // required by an external interface (eg, the Windows registry), because it is
    116   // not generally safe to replace it with an arbitrary string. If possible,
    117   // placeholders should be replaced *before* converting the command line to a
    118   // string.
    119   StringType GetCommandLineStringWithPlaceholders() const {
    120     return GetCommandLineStringInternal(true);
    121   }
    122 #endif
    123 
    124   // Constructs and returns the represented arguments string.
    125   // CAUTION! This should be avoided on POSIX because quoting behavior is
    126   // unclear.
    127   StringType GetArgumentsString() const {
    128     return GetArgumentsStringInternal(false);
    129   }
    130 
    131 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    132   // Constructs and returns the represented arguments string. Assumes the
    133   // command line contains placeholders (eg, %1) and quotes any argument with a
    134   // '%' in it. This should be avoided unless the placeholder is required by an
    135   // external interface (eg, the Windows registry), because it is not generally
    136   // safe to replace it with an arbitrary string. If possible, placeholders
    137   // should be replaced *before* converting the arguments to a string.
    138   StringType GetArgumentsStringWithPlaceholders() const {
    139     return GetArgumentsStringInternal(true);
    140   }
    141 #endif
    142 
    143   // Returns the original command line string as a vector of strings.
    144   const StringVector& argv() const { return argv_; }
    145 
    146   // Get and Set the program part of the command line string (the first item).
    147   FilePath GetProgram() const;
    148   void SetProgram(const FilePath& program);
    149 
    150   // Returns true if this command line contains the given switch.
    151   // Switch names must be lowercase.
    152   // The second override provides an optimized version to avoid inlining codegen
    153   // at every callsite to find the length of the constant and construct a
    154   // StringPiece.
    155   bool HasSwitch(const base::StringPiece& switch_string) const;
    156   bool HasSwitch(const char switch_constant[]) const;
    157 
    158   // Returns the value associated with the given switch. If the switch has no
    159   // value or isn't present, this method returns the empty string.
    160   // Switch names must be lowercase.
    161   std::string GetSwitchValueASCII(const base::StringPiece& switch_string) const;
    162   FilePath GetSwitchValuePath(const base::StringPiece& switch_string) const;
    163   StringType GetSwitchValueNative(const base::StringPiece& switch_string) const;
    164 
    165   // Get a copy of all switches, along with their values.
    166   const SwitchMap& GetSwitches() const { return switches_; }
    167 
    168   // Append a switch [with optional value] to the command line.
    169   // Note: Switches will precede arguments regardless of appending order.
    170   void AppendSwitch(const std::string& switch_string);
    171   void AppendSwitchPath(const std::string& switch_string,
    172                         const FilePath& path);
    173   void AppendSwitchNative(const std::string& switch_string,
    174                           const StringType& value);
    175   void AppendSwitchASCII(const std::string& switch_string,
    176                          const std::string& value);
    177 
    178   // Copy a set of switches (and any values) from another command line.
    179   // Commonly used when launching a subprocess.
    180   void CopySwitchesFrom(const CommandLine& source,
    181                         const char* const switches[],
    182                         size_t count);
    183 
    184   // Get the remaining arguments to the command.
    185   StringVector GetArgs() const;
    186 
    187   // Append an argument to the command line. Note that the argument is quoted
    188   // properly such that it is interpreted as one argument to the target command.
    189   // AppendArg is primarily for ASCII; non-ASCII input is interpreted as UTF-8.
    190   // Note: Switches will precede arguments regardless of appending order.
    191   void AppendArg(const std::string& value);
    192   void AppendArgPath(const FilePath& value);
    193   void AppendArgNative(const StringType& value);
    194 
    195   // Append the switches and arguments from another command line to this one.
    196   // If |include_program| is true, include |other|'s program as well.
    197   void AppendArguments(const CommandLine& other, bool include_program);
    198 
    199   // Insert a command before the current command.
    200   // Common for debuggers, like "valgrind" or "gdb --args".
    201   void PrependWrapper(const StringType& wrapper);
    202 
    203 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    204   // Initialize by parsing the given command line string.
    205   // The program name is assumed to be the first item in the string.
    206   void ParseFromString(const base::string16& command_line);
    207 #endif
    208 
    209  private:
    210   // Disallow default constructor; a program name must be explicitly specified.
    211   CommandLine();
    212   // Allow the copy constructor. A common pattern is to copy of the current
    213   // process's command line and then add some flags to it. For example:
    214   //   CommandLine cl(*CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess());
    215   //   cl.AppendSwitch(...);
    216 
    217   // Internal version of GetCommandLineString. If |quote_placeholders| is true,
    218   // also quotes parts with '%' in them.
    219   StringType GetCommandLineStringInternal(bool quote_placeholders) const;
    220 
    221   // Internal version of GetArgumentsString. If |quote_placeholders| is true,
    222   // also quotes parts with '%' in them.
    223   StringType GetArgumentsStringInternal(bool quote_placeholders) const;
    224 
    225   // Reconstruct |switches_by_stringpiece| to be a mirror of |switches|.
    226   // |switches_by_stringpiece| only contains pointers to objects owned by
    227   // |switches|.
    228   void ResetStringPieces();
    229 
    230   // The singleton CommandLine representing the current process's command line.
    231   static CommandLine* current_process_commandline_;
    232 
    233   // The argv array: { program, [(--|-|/)switch[=value]]*, [--], [argument]* }
    234   StringVector argv_;
    235 
    236   // Parsed-out switch keys and values.
    237   SwitchMap switches_;
    238 
    239   // A mirror of |switches_| with only references to the actual strings.
    240   // The StringPiece internally holds a pointer to a key in |switches_| while
    241   // the mapped_type points to a value in |switches_|.
    242   // Used for allocation-free lookups.
    243   StringPieceSwitchMap switches_by_stringpiece_;
    244 
    245   // The index after the program and switches, any arguments start here.
    246   size_t begin_args_;
    247 };
    248 
    249 }  // namespace base
    250 
    251 #endif  // BASE_COMMAND_LINE_H_
    252