Rewrite LightOptionParser to support multiple parameter arguments.

* LightOptionParser will only make one pass through the arguments array.
* Make LOP support multiple instances of an option (-i in1 -i in2)
* Make LOP support indeterminate option argument lengths
  (using arguments: "variable" in the definition).
* Add unit tests for LightOptionParser and a testing phase during the `package`
  build target.
This commit is contained in:
Jonathan Bernard 2014-10-28 01:58:51 -05:00
parent 8ab35b27bd
commit 4ab4e5876b
4 changed files with 146 additions and 51 deletions

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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<import file="jdb-build-1.10.xml"/>
<target name="package" depends="-build-modular">
<target name="package" depends="run-tests,-build-modular">
<copy
file="${build.dir}/${name}-${version}.${build.number}.jar"
tofile="${build.dir}/${name}-${version}.jar"/>

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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#Thu, 25 Sep 2014 02:29:18 -0500
#Tue, 28 Oct 2014 01:58:09 -0500
name=jdb-util
version=2.4
version=3.0
lib.local=true
build.number=1

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@ -11,77 +11,107 @@ public class LightOptionParser {
public static def parseOptions(def optionDefinitions, List args) {
def returnOpts = [:]
def foundOpts = [:]
def optionArgIndices = []
def returnOpts = [args:[]]
/// Find all the options.
args.eachWithIndex { arg, idx ->
if (arg.startsWith('--')) foundOpts[arg.substring(2)] = [idx: idx]
else if (arg.startsWith('-')) foundOpts[arg.substring(1)] = [idx: idx] }
/// Look through each of the arguments to see if it is an option.
/// Note that we are manually advancing the index in the loop.
for (int i = 0; i < args.size();) {
/// Look for option arguments.
foundOpts.each { foundName, optInfo ->
def retVal = false
def optName = false
def retVal
if (args[i].startsWith('--')) optName = args[i].substring(2)
else if (args[i].startsWith('-')) optName = args[i].substring(1)
/// This was recognized as an option, try to find the definition
/// and read in any arguments.
if (optName) {
/// Find the definition for this option.
def optDef = optionDefinitions.find {
it.key == foundName || it.value.longName == foundName }
it.key == optName || it.value.longName == optName }
if (!optDef) throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Unrecognized option: '${args[optInfo.idx]}.")
"Unrecognized option: '${args[i]}'.")
def optName = optDef.key
optName = optDef.key
optDef = optDef.value
/// Remember the option index for later.
optionArgIndices << optInfo.idx
/// If there are no arguments, this is a flag. Set the value
/// and advance the index.
if ((optDef.arguments ?: 0) == 0) { retVal = true; i++ }
/// If there are no arguments, this is a flag.
if ((optDef.arguments ?: 0) == 0) retVal = true
/// If there are a pre-determined number of arguments, read them
/// in.
else if (optDef.arguments &&
optDef.arguments instanceof Number &&
optDef.arguments > 0) {
/// Otherwise, read in the arguments
if (optDef.arguments && optDef.arguments > 0) {
retVal = []
/// Not enough arguments left
if ((optInfo.idx + optDef.arguments) >= args.size()) {
throw new Exception("Option '${args[optInfo.idx]}' " +
if ((i + optDef.arguments) >= args.size()) {
throw new Exception("Option '${args[i]}' " +
"expects ${optDef.arguments} arguments.") }
int firstArgIdx = optInfo.idx + 1
/// Advance past the option onto the first argument.
i++
/// Case of only one argument
if (optDef.arguments == 1)
retVal = args[firstArgIdx]
/// Case of multiple arguments
else retVal = args[firstArgIdx..<(firstArgIdx + optDef.arguments)]
/// Copy the arguments
retVal += args[i..<(i + optDef.arguments)]
/// Remember all the option argument indices for later.
(firstArgIdx..<(firstArgIdx + optDef.arguments)).each {
optionArgIndices << it }}
/// Advance the index past end of the arguements
i += optDef.arguments }
/// Store the value in the returnOpts map
/// If there are a variable number of arguments, treat all
/// arguments until the next argument or the end of options as
/// arguments for this option
else if (optDef.arguments == 'variable') {
retVal = []
/// Advance past the option to the first argument
i++
/// As long as we have not hit another option or the end of
/// arguments, keep adding arguments to the list for this
/// option.
for(;i < args.size() && !args[i].startsWith('-'); i++)
retVal << args[i] }
else {
throw new Exception("Invalid number of arguments " +
"defined for option ${optName}. The number of " +
"arguments must be either an integer or the value " +
"'variable'") }
/// Set the value on the option.
if (retVal instanceof Boolean) {
returnOpts[optName] = retVal
if (optDef.longName) returnOpts[optDef.longName] = retVal }
else {
if (!returnOpts.containsKey(optName))
returnOpts[optName] = []
returnOpts[optName] += retVal
if (optDef.longName) {
if (!returnOpts.containsKey(optDef.longName))
returnOpts[optDef.longName] = []
returnOpts[optDef.longName] += retVal } } }
/// This was not as option, it is an unclaomed argument.
else { returnOpts.args << args[i]; i++ } }
/// Check that all required options have been found.
optionDefinitions.each { optName, optDef ->
/// If this is a required field
if (optDef.required &&
/// and it has not been found, by either it's short or long name.
!(returnOpts[optName] ||
(optDef.longName && returnOpts[longName])))
(optDef.longName && returnOpts[optDef.longName])))
throw new Exception("Missing required option: '-${optName}'.") }
/// Remove all the option arguments from the args list and return just
/// the non-option arguments.
optionArgIndices.sort().reverse().each { args.remove(it) }
//optionArgIndices = optionArgIndices.collect { args[it] }
//args.removeAll(optionArgIndices)
returnOpts.args = args
return returnOpts }
}

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package com.jdbernard.util
import groovy.util.GroovyTestCase
import org.junit.Test
import static com.jdbernard.util.LightOptionParser.parseOptions
public class LightOptionParserTests extends GroovyTestCase {
def helpDef = ['h': [longName: 'help']]
def confDef = ['c': [longName: 'config', required: true, arguments: 1]]
def fullDef = [
h: [longName: 'help'],
c: [longName: 'config-file', required: true, arguments: 1],
i: [longName: 'input-file', arguments: 'variable'],
o: [longName: 'output-file2', arguments: 2]]
void testShortFlagPresent1() { assert parseOptions(helpDef, ["-h"]).h }
void testShortFlagPresent2() { assert parseOptions(helpDef, ["-h"]).help }
void testLongFlagPresent() { assert parseOptions(helpDef, ["--help"]).h}
void testShortFlagPresent() { assert parseOptions(helpDef, ["--help"]).help }
void testFlagAbsent1() { assert !parseOptions(helpDef, ["arg"]).h }
void testFlagAbsent2() { assert !parseOptions(helpDef, ["arg"]).help }
void testRequiredOptionMissing() {
try {
parseOptions(confDef, ["arg"])
assert false }
catch (Exception e) {} }
void testSingleArg1() {
assert parseOptions(confDef, ["-c", "confFile"]).c == ["confFile"] }
void testSingleArg2() {
assert parseOptions(confDef, ["-c", "confFile"]).config == ["confFile"] }
void testUnclaimedArgsAndFlag() {
def opts = parseOptions(helpDef, ["arg1", "-h", "arg2"])
assert opts.args == ["arg1", "arg2"] }
void testUnclaimedAndClaimedArgs() {
def opts = parseOptions(fullDef, ["-c", "confFile", "arg1"])
assert opts.args == ["arg1"]
assert opts.c == ["confFile"] }
/*void testMultipleArgs1() {
def opts = parseOptions(fullDef, ["-c", "confFile", ""])
assert .conf == ["confFile"] }*/
void testFull() {
def opts = parseOptions(fullDef,
["-c", "cfgFile", "arg1", "-i", "in1", "in2", "in3",
"-o", "out1", "out2", "arg2", "-h", "-i", "in4"])
assert opts.h
assert opts.c == ["cfgFile"]
assert opts['config-file'] == ["cfgFile"]
assert opts.args == ["arg1", "arg2"]
assert opts.i == ["in1", "in2", "in3", "in4"]
assert opts["input-file"] == ["in1", "in2", "in3", "in4"]
assert opts.o == ["out1", "out2"]
assert opts["output-file2"] == ["out1", "out2"] }
}