-- The CommandLine module handles parsing of the command-line options. -- It should more or less be a black box, providing Main with only the -- information it requires. module CommandLine ( help_set, help_text, input_function, parse_errors ) where import System.Console.GetOpt import System.Environment (getArgs) -- A record containing values for all available options. data Options = Options { opt_help :: Bool, opt_input :: IO String } -- This constructs an instance of Options, with each of its members -- set to default values. default_options :: Options default_options = Options { opt_help = False, opt_input = getContents } -- The options list that we construct associates a function with each -- option. This function is responsible for updating an Options record -- with the appropriate value. -- -- For more information and an example of this idiom, see, -- -- http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/High-level_option_handling_with_GetOpt -- options :: [OptDescr (Options -> IO Options)] options = [ Option ['h'][] (NoArg set_help) "Prints this help message.", Option ['i'][] (ReqArg set_input "FILE") "Read FILE instead of stdin." ] -- Takes an Options as an argument, and sets its opt_help member to -- True. set_help :: Options -> IO Options set_help opts = do return opts { opt_help = True } -- If the input file option is set, this function will update the -- passed Options record with a new function for opt_input. The -- default opt_input is to read from stdin, but if this option is set, -- we replace that with readFile. set_input :: String -> Options -> IO Options set_input arg opts = do return opts { opt_input = readFile arg } -- The usage header usage :: String usage = "Usage: hath [-h] [-i FILE]" -- The usage header, and all available flags (as generated by GetOpt) help_text :: String help_text = usageInfo usage options -- Return a tuple of options and errors. parse_options :: IO (Options, [String]) parse_options = do argv <- getArgs let (actions, _, errors) = getOpt Permute options argv -- This will execute each of the functions contained in our options -- list, one after another, on a default_options record. The end -- result should be an Options instance with all of its members set -- correctly. opts <- foldl (>>=) (return default_options) actions return (opts, errors) -- Return just the errors from parse_options. parse_errors :: IO [String] parse_errors = do (_, errors) <- parse_options return errors -- Is the help option set? help_set :: IO Bool help_set = do (opts, _) <- parse_options return (opt_help opts) -- Return our input function, getContents by default, or readFile if -- the input file option was set. input_function :: IO (IO String) input_function = do (opts, _) <- parse_options return (opt_input opts)