BaseCommandLineParser.java

/* 
 *
 * SchemaCrawler
 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/schemacrawler
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2009, Sualeh Fatehi.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
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 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 *
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 */

package schemacrawler.main;


import sf.util.CommandLineParser;
import sf.util.CommandLineParser.Option;

/**
 * Parses the command line.
 * 
 * @param <O>
 *        Object to be parsed from the command line.
 * @author Sualeh Fatehi
 */
public abstract class BaseCommandLineParser<O>
{

  private final String[] args;

  protected BaseCommandLineParser(final String[] args)
  {
    this.args = args;
  }

  protected String[] getArgs()
  {
    return args;
  }

  /**
   * Parses the command line.
   * 
   * @return Command line options
   */
  protected abstract O getValue();

  protected void parse(final CommandLineParser.Option<?>[] options)
  {
    final CommandLineParser parser = new CommandLineParser();
    for (final Option<?> option: options)
    {
      parser.addOption(option);
    }
    parser.parse(args);
  }

}