#include "cli_utils.h" nlohmann::json parse_common_flags(int argc, char *argv[], std::map> strong_types) { nlohmann::json parameters; if (argc > 0) { for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) { if (i != argc) { std::string flag = argv[i]; if (flag[0] == '-' && flag[1] == '-') // Detect a flag { flag = flag.substr(2, flag.length()); // Remove the "--" if (i + 1 == argc) // Check if there is a next element, if not, consider this is a switch { parameters[flag] = true; continue; } std::string value = argv[i + 1]; // Get value // Check if the next value is a flag as well. If so, treat as a switch and set it to true if (value[0] == '-' && value[1] == '-') { parameters[flag] = true; continue; } // Force specified flags to be parsed as the specified type if (strong_types.count(flag) > 0) { if (strong_types[flag] == typeid(std::string)) { parameters[flag] = value; i++; continue; } } // Is this a boolean? if (value == "false" || value == "true") { parameters[flag] = (value == "true"); continue; } try // Attempt to parse it as a number { for (char &c : std::string(argv[i + 1])) if (c < '0' || '9' < c) if (c != '.' && c != 'e') if (c != '-') throw std::runtime_error(""); int points_cnt = 0; for (char &c : std::string(argv[i + 1])) if (c == '.') points_cnt++; if (points_cnt > 1) throw std::runtime_error(""); // Numbers should not have more than one dot! If it does, probably an IP address double val = std::stod(argv[i + 1]); double integral, fractional = modf(val, &integral); // Split to fractional & integral parts if (fractional != 0) // If this is not an integer, put it as a double parameters[flag] = val; else // Otherwse, cast to an integer parameters[flag] = (long long)integral; } catch (std::exception &) // If it fails, parse to a string { parameters[flag] = value; } i++; // Skip the value } } } } return parameters; }