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C++11 Command Line Interface Parser
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1// Copyright (c) 2017-2024, University of Cincinnati, developed by Henry Schreiner
2// under NSF AWARD 1414736 and by the respective contributors.
3// All rights reserved.
4//
5// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
6
7#pragma once
8
9// IWYU pragma: private, include "CLI/CLI.hpp"
10
11// [CLI11:public_includes:set]
12#include <exception>
13#include <stdexcept>
14#include <string>
15#include <utility>
16#include <vector>
17// [CLI11:public_includes:end]
18
19// CLI library includes
20#include "Macros.hpp"
21#include "StringTools.hpp"
22
23namespace CLI {
24// [CLI11:error_hpp:verbatim]
25
26// Use one of these on all error classes.
27// These are temporary and are undef'd at the end of this file.
28#define CLI11_ERROR_DEF(parent, name) \
29 protected: \
30 name(std::string ename, std::string msg, int exit_code) : parent(std::move(ename), std::move(msg), exit_code) {} \
31 name(std::string ename, std::string msg, ExitCodes exit_code) \
32 : parent(std::move(ename), std::move(msg), exit_code) {} \
33 \
34 public: \
35 name(std::string msg, ExitCodes exit_code) : parent(#name, std::move(msg), exit_code) {} \
36 name(std::string msg, int exit_code) : parent(#name, std::move(msg), exit_code) {}
37
38// This is added after the one above if a class is used directly and builds its own message
39#define CLI11_ERROR_SIMPLE(name) \
40 explicit name(std::string msg) : name(#name, msg, ExitCodes::name) {}
41
44enum class ExitCodes {
45 Success = 0,
46 IncorrectConstruction = 100,
47 BadNameString,
48 OptionAlreadyAdded,
49 FileError,
50 ConversionError,
51 ValidationError,
52 RequiredError,
53 RequiresError,
54 ExcludesError,
55 ExtrasError,
56 ConfigError,
57 InvalidError,
58 HorribleError,
59 OptionNotFound,
60 ArgumentMismatch,
61 BaseClass = 127
62};
63
64// Error definitions
65
71
73class Error : public std::runtime_error {
74 int actual_exit_code;
75 std::string error_name{"Error"};
76
77 public:
78 CLI11_NODISCARD int get_exit_code() const { return actual_exit_code; }
79
80 CLI11_NODISCARD std::string get_name() const { return error_name; }
81
82 Error(std::string name, std::string msg, int exit_code = static_cast<int>(ExitCodes::BaseClass))
83 : runtime_error(msg), actual_exit_code(exit_code), error_name(std::move(name)) {}
84
85 Error(std::string name, std::string msg, ExitCodes exit_code) : Error(name, msg, static_cast<int>(exit_code)) {}
86};
87
88// Note: Using Error::Error constructors does not work on GCC 4.7
89
91class ConstructionError : public Error {
92 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(Error, ConstructionError)
93};
94
98 CLI11_ERROR_SIMPLE(IncorrectConstruction)
99 static IncorrectConstruction PositionalFlag(std::string name) {
100 return IncorrectConstruction(name + ": Flags cannot be positional");
101 }
102 static IncorrectConstruction Set0Opt(std::string name) {
103 return IncorrectConstruction(name + ": Cannot set 0 expected, use a flag instead");
104 }
105 static IncorrectConstruction SetFlag(std::string name) {
106 return IncorrectConstruction(name + ": Cannot set an expected number for flags");
107 }
108 static IncorrectConstruction ChangeNotVector(std::string name) {
109 return IncorrectConstruction(name + ": You can only change the expected arguments for vectors");
110 }
111 static IncorrectConstruction AfterMultiOpt(std::string name) {
113 name + ": You can't change expected arguments after you've changed the multi option policy!");
114 }
115 static IncorrectConstruction MissingOption(std::string name) {
116 return IncorrectConstruction("Option " + name + " is not defined");
117 }
118 static IncorrectConstruction MultiOptionPolicy(std::string name) {
119 return IncorrectConstruction(name + ": multi_option_policy only works for flags and exact value options");
120 }
121};
122
125 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ConstructionError, BadNameString)
126 CLI11_ERROR_SIMPLE(BadNameString)
127 static BadNameString OneCharName(std::string name) { return BadNameString("Invalid one char name: " + name); }
128 static BadNameString MissingDash(std::string name) {
129 return BadNameString("Long names strings require 2 dashes " + name);
130 }
131 static BadNameString BadLongName(std::string name) { return BadNameString("Bad long name: " + name); }
132 static BadNameString BadPositionalName(std::string name) {
133 return BadNameString("Invalid positional Name: " + name);
134 }
135 static BadNameString ReservedName(std::string name) {
136 return BadNameString("Names '-','--','++' are reserved and not allowed as option names " + name);
137 }
138 static BadNameString MultiPositionalNames(std::string name) {
139 return BadNameString("Only one positional name allowed, remove: " + name);
140 }
141};
142
145 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ConstructionError, OptionAlreadyAdded)
146 explicit OptionAlreadyAdded(std::string name)
147 : OptionAlreadyAdded(name + " is already added", ExitCodes::OptionAlreadyAdded) {}
148 static OptionAlreadyAdded Requires(std::string name, std::string other) {
149 return {name + " requires " + other, ExitCodes::OptionAlreadyAdded};
150 }
151 static OptionAlreadyAdded Excludes(std::string name, std::string other) {
152 return {name + " excludes " + other, ExitCodes::OptionAlreadyAdded};
153 }
154};
155
156// Parsing errors
157
159class ParseError : public Error {
160 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(Error, ParseError)
161};
162
163// Not really "errors"
164
166class Success : public ParseError {
167 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, Success)
168 Success() : Success("Successfully completed, should be caught and quit", ExitCodes::Success) {}
169};
170
172class CallForHelp : public Success {
173 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(Success, CallForHelp)
174 CallForHelp() : CallForHelp("This should be caught in your main function, see examples", ExitCodes::Success) {}
175};
176
178class CallForAllHelp : public Success {
179 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(Success, CallForAllHelp)
181 : CallForAllHelp("This should be caught in your main function, see examples", ExitCodes::Success) {}
182};
183
185class CallForVersion : public Success {
186 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(Success, CallForVersion)
188 : CallForVersion("This should be caught in your main function, see examples", ExitCodes::Success) {}
189};
190
192class RuntimeError : public ParseError {
193 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, RuntimeError)
194 explicit RuntimeError(int exit_code = 1) : RuntimeError("Runtime error", exit_code) {}
195};
196
198class FileError : public ParseError {
199 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, FileError)
200 CLI11_ERROR_SIMPLE(FileError)
201 static FileError Missing(std::string name) { return FileError(name + " was not readable (missing?)"); }
202};
203
206 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, ConversionError)
207 CLI11_ERROR_SIMPLE(ConversionError)
208 ConversionError(std::string member, std::string name)
209 : ConversionError("The value " + member + " is not an allowed value for " + name) {}
210 ConversionError(std::string name, std::vector<std::string> results)
211 : ConversionError("Could not convert: " + name + " = " + detail::join(results)) {}
212 static ConversionError TooManyInputsFlag(std::string name) {
213 return ConversionError(name + ": too many inputs for a flag");
214 }
215 static ConversionError TrueFalse(std::string name) {
216 return ConversionError(name + ": Should be true/false or a number");
217 }
218};
219
222 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, ValidationError)
223 CLI11_ERROR_SIMPLE(ValidationError)
224 explicit ValidationError(std::string name, std::string msg) : ValidationError(name + ": " + msg) {}
225};
226
228class RequiredError : public ParseError {
229 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, RequiredError)
230 explicit RequiredError(std::string name) : RequiredError(name + " is required", ExitCodes::RequiredError) {}
231 static RequiredError Subcommand(std::size_t min_subcom) {
232 if(min_subcom == 1) {
233 return RequiredError("A subcommand");
234 }
235 return {"Requires at least " + std::to_string(min_subcom) + " subcommands", ExitCodes::RequiredError};
236 }
237 static RequiredError
238 Option(std::size_t min_option, std::size_t max_option, std::size_t used, const std::string &option_list) {
239 if((min_option == 1) && (max_option == 1) && (used == 0))
240 return RequiredError("Exactly 1 option from [" + option_list + "]");
241 if((min_option == 1) && (max_option == 1) && (used > 1)) {
242 return {"Exactly 1 option from [" + option_list + "] is required but " + std::to_string(used) +
243 " were given",
244 ExitCodes::RequiredError};
245 }
246 if((min_option == 1) && (used == 0))
247 return RequiredError("At least 1 option from [" + option_list + "]");
248 if(used < min_option) {
249 return {"Requires at least " + std::to_string(min_option) + " options used but only " +
250 std::to_string(used) + " were given from [" + option_list + "]",
251 ExitCodes::RequiredError};
252 }
253 if(max_option == 1)
254 return {"Requires at most 1 options be given from [" + option_list + "]", ExitCodes::RequiredError};
255
256 return {"Requires at most " + std::to_string(max_option) + " options be used but " + std::to_string(used) +
257 " were given from [" + option_list + "]",
258 ExitCodes::RequiredError};
259 }
260};
261
264 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, ArgumentMismatch)
265 CLI11_ERROR_SIMPLE(ArgumentMismatch)
266 ArgumentMismatch(std::string name, int expected, std::size_t received)
267 : ArgumentMismatch(expected > 0 ? ("Expected exactly " + std::to_string(expected) + " arguments to " + name +
268 ", got " + std::to_string(received))
269 : ("Expected at least " + std::to_string(-expected) + " arguments to " + name +
270 ", got " + std::to_string(received)),
271 ExitCodes::ArgumentMismatch) {}
272
273 static ArgumentMismatch AtLeast(std::string name, int num, std::size_t received) {
274 return ArgumentMismatch(name + ": At least " + std::to_string(num) + " required but received " +
275 std::to_string(received));
276 }
277 static ArgumentMismatch AtMost(std::string name, int num, std::size_t received) {
278 return ArgumentMismatch(name + ": At Most " + std::to_string(num) + " required but received " +
279 std::to_string(received));
280 }
281 static ArgumentMismatch TypedAtLeast(std::string name, int num, std::string type) {
282 return ArgumentMismatch(name + ": " + std::to_string(num) + " required " + type + " missing");
283 }
284 static ArgumentMismatch FlagOverride(std::string name) {
285 return ArgumentMismatch(name + " was given a disallowed flag override");
286 }
287 static ArgumentMismatch PartialType(std::string name, int num, std::string type) {
288 return ArgumentMismatch(name + ": " + type + " only partially specified: " + std::to_string(num) +
289 " required for each element");
290 }
291};
292
294class RequiresError : public ParseError {
295 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, RequiresError)
296 RequiresError(std::string curname, std::string subname)
297 : RequiresError(curname + " requires " + subname, ExitCodes::RequiresError) {}
298};
299
301class ExcludesError : public ParseError {
302 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, ExcludesError)
303 ExcludesError(std::string curname, std::string subname)
304 : ExcludesError(curname + " excludes " + subname, ExitCodes::ExcludesError) {}
305};
306
308class ExtrasError : public ParseError {
309 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, ExtrasError)
310 explicit ExtrasError(std::vector<std::string> args)
311 : ExtrasError((args.size() > 1 ? "The following arguments were not expected: "
312 : "The following argument was not expected: ") +
313 detail::rjoin(args, " "),
314 ExitCodes::ExtrasError) {}
315 ExtrasError(const std::string &name, std::vector<std::string> args)
316 : ExtrasError(name,
317 (args.size() > 1 ? "The following arguments were not expected: "
318 : "The following argument was not expected: ") +
319 detail::rjoin(args, " "),
320 ExitCodes::ExtrasError) {}
321};
322
324class ConfigError : public ParseError {
325 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, ConfigError)
326 CLI11_ERROR_SIMPLE(ConfigError)
327 static ConfigError Extras(std::string item) { return ConfigError("INI was not able to parse " + item); }
328 static ConfigError NotConfigurable(std::string item) {
329 return ConfigError(item + ": This option is not allowed in a configuration file");
330 }
331};
332
334class InvalidError : public ParseError {
335 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, InvalidError)
336 explicit InvalidError(std::string name)
337 : InvalidError(name + ": Too many positional arguments with unlimited expected args", ExitCodes::InvalidError) {
338 }
339};
340
343class HorribleError : public ParseError {
344 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(ParseError, HorribleError)
345 CLI11_ERROR_SIMPLE(HorribleError)
346};
347
348// After parsing
349
351class OptionNotFound : public Error {
352 CLI11_ERROR_DEF(Error, OptionNotFound)
353 explicit OptionNotFound(std::string name) : OptionNotFound(name + " not found", ExitCodes::OptionNotFound) {}
354};
355
356#undef CLI11_ERROR_DEF
357#undef CLI11_ERROR_SIMPLE
358
360
361// [CLI11:error_hpp:end]
362} // namespace CLI
Thrown when the wrong number of arguments has been received.
Definition Error.hpp:263
Thrown on construction of a bad name.
Definition Error.hpp:124
Usually something like –help-all on command line.
Definition Error.hpp:178
-h or –help on command line
Definition Error.hpp:172
-v or –version on command line
Definition Error.hpp:185
Thrown when extra values are found in an INI file.
Definition Error.hpp:324
Construction errors (not in parsing)
Definition Error.hpp:91
Thrown when conversion call back fails, such as when an int fails to coerce to a string.
Definition Error.hpp:205
All errors derive from this one.
Definition Error.hpp:73
Thrown when an excludes option is present.
Definition Error.hpp:301
Thrown when too many positionals or options are found.
Definition Error.hpp:308
Thrown when parsing an INI file and it is missing.
Definition Error.hpp:198
Definition Error.hpp:343
Thrown when an option is set to conflicting values (non-vector and multi args, for example)
Definition Error.hpp:96
Thrown when validation fails before parsing.
Definition Error.hpp:334
Thrown when an option already exists.
Definition Error.hpp:144
Definition Option.hpp:231
Thrown when counting a non-existent option.
Definition Error.hpp:351
Anything that can error in Parse.
Definition Error.hpp:159
Thrown when a required option is missing.
Definition Error.hpp:228
Thrown when a requires option is missing.
Definition Error.hpp:294
Does not output a diagnostic in CLI11_PARSE, but allows main() to return with a specific error code.
Definition Error.hpp:192
This is a successful completion on parsing, supposed to exit.
Definition Error.hpp:166
Thrown when validation of results fails.
Definition Error.hpp:221