source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure/3.3/ArgumentHandling/ArgumentHandling.cs @ 8695

#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 *
 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure {
  public static class ArgumentHandling {
    public static IArgument[] GetArguments(string[] args) {
      var arguments = new HashSet<IArgument>();
      var exceptions = new List<Exception>();

      foreach (var entry in args) {
        var argument = ParseArgument(entry);
        if (argument != null && argument.Valid) arguments.Add(argument);
        else exceptions.Add(new ArgumentException(string.Format("The argument \"{0}\" is invalid.", entry)));
      }

      if (exceptions.Any()) throw new AggregateException("One or more arguments are invalid.", exceptions);
      return arguments.ToArray();
    }

    private static Argument ParseArgument(string entry) {
      var regex = new Regex(@"^/[a-z]+(:[A-Za-z0-9\s]+)?$");
      if (!regex.IsMatch(entry)) return null;
      entry = entry.Remove(0, 1);
      var parts = entry.Split(':');
      string key = parts[0];
      string value = parts.Length == 2 ? parts[1].Trim() : string.Empty;
      return new Argument(key.ToLower(), value);
    }
  }
}