BaseOptionsParser.java

/* 
 *
 * SchemaCrawler
 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/schemacrawler
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2011, Sualeh Fatehi.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
 * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
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 *
 */

package schemacrawler.tools.commandline;


import schemacrawler.schemacrawler.Options;
import schemacrawler.schemacrawler.SchemaCrawlerException;
import sf.util.CommandLineParser;
import sf.util.CommandLineParser.Option;

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

  private final String[] args;
  private String[] unparsedArgs;

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

  public String[] getUnparsedArgs()
  {
    return unparsedArgs;
  }

  protected abstract O getOptions()
    throws SchemaCrawlerException;

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

}