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data/Changelog

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+ctioga2 (0.0)
+
+  * New version of ctioga, rewritten from scratch, with a whole new structure.
+
+ -- Vincent Fourmond <vincent.fourmond@9online.fr>  Sat Apr 18 13:16:34 CEST 2009
+

data/bin/ctioga2

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+=begin rdoc
+
+This program is copyright 2006,2009 by Vincent Fourmond.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+=end
+
+require 'ctioga2/plotmaker'
+
+plot_maker = CTioga2::PlotMaker.new
+plot_maker.run(ARGV)
+

data/lib/ctioga2/commands/arguments.rb

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+# arguments.rb: arguments to commands
+# copyright (c) 2009 by Vincent Fourmond
+  
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+  
+# This program 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 General Public License for more details (in the COPYING file).
+
+require 'ctioga2/utils'
+require 'ctioga2/commands/type'
+
+module CTioga2
+
+  Version::register_svn_info('$Revision: 18 $', '$Date: 2009-04-28 23:43:54 +0200 (Tue, 28 Apr 2009) $')
+
+  module Commands
+
+    # An argument to a Command
+    class CommandArgument
+
+      # The type of the argument, a CTioga2::MetaBuilder::Type object.
+      attr_accessor :type
+
+      # The name of the argument. Uniquely for display in the help
+      # documentation.
+      attr_accessor :name
+
+      # A small description of the argument
+      attr_accessor :description
+
+      # _type_ is a named CommandType
+      def initialize(type, name = nil, desc = nil)
+        @type = CommandType.get_type(type)
+        @name = name
+        @description = desc
+      end
+      
+      # Returns a name suitable for display in a documentation, such
+      # as the command-line help.
+      def displayed_name
+        if @name
+          return @name
+        else
+          return @type.name
+        end
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
+

data/lib/ctioga2/commands/commands.rb

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+# commands.rb: implementation of command-driven approach
+# copyright (c) 2009 by Vincent Fourmond
+  
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+  
+# This program 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 General Public License for more details (in the COPYING file).
+
+require 'ctioga2/utils'
+require 'ctioga2/commands/arguments'
+require 'ctioga2/commands/groups'
+
+module CTioga2
+
+  Version::register_svn_info('$Revision: 16 $', '$Date: 2009-04-28 00:50:08 +0200 (Tue, 28 Apr 2009) $')
+
+  module Commands
+
+    # An exception raised when the command is called with an insufficient
+    # number of arguments.
+    class ArgumentNumberMismatch < Exception
+    end
+
+    # An exception raised when an optional argument is encountered
+    # that does not match an entry in Command#optional_arguments
+    class CommandOptionUnkown < Exception
+    end
+
+    # One of the commands that can be used.
+    class Command
+
+      # The name of the command, ie how to call it in a commands file
+      attr_accessor :name
+
+      # Its short command-line option, or _nil_ if none
+      attr_accessor :short_option
+
+      # Its long command-line option, or _nil_ if it should not be
+      # called from the command-line (but you *really* don't want that).
+      attr_accessor :long_option
+      
+      # The compulsory arguments it can take, in the form of an
+      # array of CommandArgument
+      attr_accessor :arguments
+
+      # Optional arguments to a command, in the form of a Hash
+      # 'option name' => CommandArgument
+      attr_accessor :optional_arguments
+
+      # A short one-line description of the command
+      attr_accessor :short_description
+      
+      # A longer description. Typically input using a here-document.
+      attr_accessor :long_description
+      
+      # The code that will be called. It must be a Proc object, or any
+      # objects that answers a #call method.
+      #
+      # The corresponding block will be called with the following arguments:
+      # * first, the PlotMaker instance where the command will be running
+      # * second, as many arguments as there are #arguments.
+      # * third, if #optional_arguments is non-empty, a hash
+      #   containing the values of the optional arguments. It will be
+      #   an empty hash if no optional arguments are given in the
+      #   command). It *will* be empty if the command is called as
+      #   an option in the command-line.
+      #
+      # *Few* *rules* *for* *writing* *the* *code*:
+      # * code should avoid as much as possible to rely on closures.
+      # * the CommandArgument framework will make sure the arguments
+      #   are given with the appropriate type or raise an
+      #   exception. Don't bother.
+      attr_accessor :code
+
+      # The CommandGroup to which the command belongs
+      attr_accessor :group
+
+      # The context of definition [file, line]
+      attr_accessor :context
+
+      # Creates a Command, with all attributes set up. The code can be
+      # set using #set_code.
+      #
+      # Single and double dashes are stripped from the beginning of the
+      # short and long options respectively.
+      def initialize(n, short, long, args = [], opts = {}, 
+                     d_short = nil, d_long = nil, group = nil,
+                     register = true, &code)
+        @name = n
+        @short_option = short && short.gsub(/^-/,'')
+        @long_option = long && long.gsub(/^--/,'')
+        @arguments = args
+        @optional_arguments = opts
+        if(@short_option and ! @long_option)
+          raise "A long option must always be present if a short one is"
+        end
+        @code = code
+        self.describe(d_short, d_long, group)
+
+        caller[1].gsub(/.*\/ctioga2\//, 'lib/ctioga2/') =~ /(.*):(\d+)/
+        @context = [$1, $2.to_i]
+
+        # Registers automatically the command
+        if register
+          Commands::Interpreter.register_command(self)
+        end
+
+      end
+
+      # Sets the code to the block given.
+      def set_code(&code)
+        @code = code
+      end
+
+      # Returns the number of compulsory arguments
+      def argument_number
+        return @arguments.size
+      end
+
+      # Sets the descriptions of the command. If the long description
+      # is ommitted, the short is reused.
+      def describe(short, long = nil, group = nil)
+        @short_description = short
+        @long_description = long || short
+        if(group)
+          @group = group
+          group.commands << self
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Returns a list of three strings:
+      # * the short option
+      # * the long option with arguments
+      # * the description string
+      #
+      # Returns _nil_ if the long option is not defined.
+      def option_strings
+        if ! @long_option
+          return nil
+        end
+        retval = []
+        # Short option
+        retval << ( @short_option ? "-#{@short_option}" : nil)
+        # Long option + arguments
+        if @arguments.size > 0
+          retval << @arguments.first.type.
+            option_parser_long_option(@long_option, 
+                                      @arguments.first.displayed_name) + 
+            if @arguments.size > 1
+              " " + 
+                @arguments[1..-1].map do |t|
+              t.displayed_name.upcase
+            end.join(" ")
+            else
+              ""
+            end
+        else
+          retval << "--#{@long_option}"
+        end
+        retval << @short_description
+        return retval
+      end
+
+      # Converts the Array of String given into an Array of the type
+      # suitable for the #code of the Command. This deals only with
+      # compulsory arguments. Returns the array.
+      #
+      # Any object which is not a String is left as is (useful for
+      # instance for the OptionParser with boolean options)
+      #
+      # As a special case, if the command takes no arguments and the
+      # arguments is [true], no exception is raised, and the correct
+      # number of arguments is returned.
+      def convert_arguments(args)
+        if args.size != @arguments.size
+          if(@arguments.size == 0 && args.size == 1 && args[0] == true)
+            return []
+          else
+            raise ArgumentNumberMismatch, "Command #{@name} was called with #{args.size} arguments, but it takes #{@arguments.size}"
+          end
+        end
+        retval = []
+        @arguments.each_index do |i|
+          if ! args[i].is_a? String
+            retval << args[i]
+          else
+            retval << @arguments[i].type.string_to_type(args[i])
+          end
+        end
+        return retval
+      end
+
+      # Converts the Hash of String given into a Hash of the type
+      # suitable for the #code of the Command. Only optional
+      # arguments are taken into account.
+      #
+      # Any object which is not a String is left as is (useful for
+      # instance for the OptionParser with boolean options)
+      def convert_options(options)
+        target_options = {}
+        for k,v in options
+          if ! @optional_arguments.key? k
+            raise CommandOptionUnkown, "Unkown option #{k} for command #{@name}"
+          end
+          if v.is_a? String
+            target_options[k] = @optional_arguments[k].type.
+              string_to_type(v)
+          else
+            target_options[k] = v
+          end
+        end
+        return target_options
+      end
+
+      # Whether the Command accepts the named _option_.
+      #
+      # TODO: maybe convert everything to lowercase ?????
+      def has_option?(option)
+        return @optional_arguments.key? option
+      end
+
+      # Whether the Command accepts any option at all ?
+      def has_options?
+        return !(@optional_arguments.empty?)
+      end
+
+
+      # Runs the command with the given _plotmaker_target_, the
+      # compulsory arguments and the optional ones. Any mismatch in
+      # the number of things will result in an Exception.
+      # 
+      # The arguments will *not* be processed further.
+      def run_command(plotmaker_target, compulsory_args, 
+                      optional_args = nil)
+        args = [plotmaker_target]
+        if compulsory_args.size != @arguments.size
+          raise ArgumentNumberMismatch, "Command #{@name} was called with #{args.size} arguments, but it takes #{@arguments.size}"
+        end
+        args += compulsory_args
+        if has_options?
+          if optional_args
+            args << optional_args
+          else
+            args << {}
+          end
+        end
+        @code.call(*args)
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
+