/*
*
* 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
* 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.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
* library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
*/
package schemacrawler.main;
import schemacrawler.schemacrawler.Options;
import sf.util.CommandLineParser;
import sf.util.CommandLineParser.Option;
/**
* Parses the command line.
*
* @param <O>
* Options to be parsed from the command line.
* @author Sualeh Fatehi
*/
public abstract class BaseOptionsParser<O extends Options>
{
private final String[] args;
protected BaseOptionsParser(final String[] args)
{
this.args = args;
}
/**
* Gets the help text.
*/
protected abstract String getHelpResource();
/**
* Parses the command line.
*
* @return Command line options
*/
protected abstract O getOptions();
protected void parse(final CommandLineParser.Option<?>[] options)
{
final CommandLineParser parser = new CommandLineParser();
for (final Option<?> option: options)
{
parser.addOption(option);
}
parser.parse(args);
}
}