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Powerful and simple command line parsing in C#

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A tutorial describing a library for a powerful, yet simple command line argument parsing in C# and .NET
/* Copyright (c) Peter Palotas 2007
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 *  $Id: OptionAlias.cs 3 2007-07-29 13:32:10Z palotas $
 */
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace Plossum.CommandLine
{
    internal class OptionAlias : IOption
    {
        public OptionAlias(string aliasName, Option definingOption)
	    {
            mAliasName = aliasName;
            mDefiningOption = definingOption;
	    }

        public object Value
        {
            set { mDefiningOption.Value = value; }
        }

        public bool RequiresValue
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.RequiresValue; }
        }

        public bool RequireExplicitAssignment
        {
            get
            {
                return mDefiningOption.RequireExplicitAssignment;
            }
            set
            {
                mDefiningOption.RequireExplicitAssignment = value;
            }
        }

        public C5.ICollection<Option> ProhibitedBy
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.ProhibitedBy; }
        }

        public OptionGroup Group
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.Group; }
        }

        public string Name
        {
            get { return mAliasName; }
        }

        public BoolFunction BoolFunction
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.BoolFunction; }
        }

        public int MaxOccurs
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.MaxOccurs; }
        }

        public int MinOccurs
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.MinOccurs; }
        }

        public string Description
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.Description; }
        }

        public int SetCount
        {
            get
            {
                return mDefiningOption.SetCount;
            }
            set
            {
                mDefiningOption.SetCount = value;
            }
        }

        public bool AcceptsValue
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.AcceptsValue; }
        }

        public bool HasDefaultValue
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.HasDefaultValue; }
        }

        public bool IsBooleanType
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.IsBooleanType; }
        }

        public bool IsAlias
        {
            get { return true; }
        }

        public Option DefiningOption
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption; }
        }

        public void SetDefaultValue()
        {
            mDefiningOption.SetDefaultValue();
        }

        public object MinValue
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.MinValue; }
        }

        public object MaxValue
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.MaxValue; }
        }

        private Option mDefiningOption;
        private string mAliasName;

        #region IOption Members


        public bool IsIntegralType
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.IsIntegralType; }
        }

        public bool IsFloatingPointType
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.IsFloatingPointType; }
        }

        public bool IsDecimalType
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.IsDecimalType; }
        }

        public bool IsNumericalType
        {
            get { return mDefiningOption.IsNumericalType; }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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I started programming BASIC on the C-64 in the late 80's and have been hooked since then. Later moved on to the PC, assembler and then C++ which became my language of choice. Have worked sporadically with many other languages as well, but none which I quite enjoyed, until I recently discovered C# which is now my language of choice. Smile | :)

I am a student of Computing Science at Göteborg University in Sweden, currently working on my master thesis project, which is a software project written in C++.

On my spare time I enjoy cycling and Shorinji Kempo (a Japanese martial arts form).

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