option_t Class Reference
[Run-Time Options]

Inherits w_base_t.

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Detailed Description

A single run-time option (e.g., from a .rc file). See Run-Time Options.

Information about an option is stored in a option_t object. All options have:

• a string name,
• a description of the purpose of this option,
• a string of possible values to print when giving for usage messages,
• a Boolean indicating if the user is required to give a value for this,
• a Boolean indicating whether this option was given a non-default value
• a default value, used if this is not a "required" option.

Examples:

create_rec.cpp, and log_exceed.cpp.

Definition at line 122 of file option.h.

Public Member Functions
bool	match (const char *matchName, bool exact=false)
	Returns true if the option name matches matchName.
w_rc_t	set_value (const char *value, bool overRide, ostream *err_stream)
	Set the value of an option if it is not already set or if overRide is true.
const char *	value ()
	Get current assigned value.
bool	is_set ()
	Has this option been given a non-default value?
bool	is_required ()
	Is this option required to be given a non-default value?
const char *	name ()
	Return the string name of the option.
const char *	possible_values ()
	Return a string of the permissible values, for printing usage info.
const char *	default_value ()
	Return a string of the default value.
const char *	description ()
	Return a string describing the meaning of the option.
w_rc_t	copyValue (const char *value)
w_rc_t	concatValue (const char *value)
Static Public Member Functions
static w_rc_t	set_value_bool (option_t *opt, const char *value, ostream *err_stream)
static w_rc_t	set_value_int4 (option_t *opt, const char *value, ostream *err_stream)
static w_rc_t	set_value_int8 (option_t *opt, const char *value, ostream *err_stream)
static w_rc_t	set_value_charstr (option_t *opt, const char *value, ostream *err_stream)
static w_rc_t	set_value_long (option_t *opt, const char *value, ostream *err_stream)
static w_rc_t	set_value_long_long (option_t *opt, const char *value, ostream *err_stream)
static bool	str_to_bool (const char *str, bool &bad_str)

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Member Function Documentation

w_rc_t option_t::set_value	(	const char *	value,
		bool	overRide,
		ostream *	err_stream
	)

Set the value of an option if it is not already set or if overRide is true.

Error messages will be "printed" to err_stream if the given pointer to err_stream is non-null.

A value of NULL indicates "please un-set the value".

Definition at line 154 of file option.cpp.

References name(), RCOK, and W_DO.

Referenced by option_group_t::parse_command_line(), option_stream_scan_t::scan(), and option_group_t::set_value().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• src/common/option.h
• src/common/option.cpp

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