opt-parse-complete-example.rb

# This is based on code copied from https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12323
# to replace non-working example given in the rdocs for the OptionParser class

require 'optparse'
require 'optparse/time'
require 'ostruct'
require 'pp'

class OptparseExample
  Version = '1.0.1'

  CODES = %w[iso-2022-jp shift_jis euc-jp utf8 binary]
  CODE_ALIASES = { "jis" => "iso-2022-jp", "sjis" => "shift_jis" }

  class ScriptOptions
    attr_accessor :library, :inplace, :encoding, :transfer_type,
      :verbose, :extension, :delay, :time, :record_separator,
      :list

    def initialize
      self.library = []
      self.inplace = false
      self.encoding = "utf8"
      self.transfer_type = :auto
      self.verbose = false
    end
  end


  # Return a structure describing the options.
  def self.parse args
    # The options specified on the command line will be collected in
    # *options*.
    @options = ScriptOptions.new
    option_parser.parse! args
    @options
  end

  attr_reader :parser, :options

  def self.option_parser
    @parser ||= OptionParser.new do |parser|
      parser.banner = "Usage: example.rb [options]"
      parser.separator ""
      parser.separator "Specific options:"

      # add additional options
      perform_inplace_option parser
      delay_execution_option parser
      execute_at_time_option parser
      specify_record_separator_option parser
      list_example_option parser
      specify_encoding_option parser
      optional_option_argument_with_keyword_completion_option parser
      boolean_verbose_option parser

      parser.separator ""
      parser.separator "Common options:"
      # No argument, shows at tail.  This will print an options summary.
      # Try it and see!
      parser.on_tail("-h", "--help", "Show this message") do
        puts parser
        exit
      end
      # Another typical switch to print the version.
      parser.on_tail("--version", "Show version") do
        puts Version
        exit
      end
    end
  end

  def self.perform_inplace_option parser
    # Specifies an optional option argument
    parser.on("-i", "--inplace [EXTENSION]",
              "Edit ARGV files in place",
              "(make backup if EXTENSION supplied)") do |ext|
      @options.inplace = true
      @options.extension = ext || ''
      @options.extension.sub! /\A\.?(?=.)/, "."  # Ensure extension begins with dot.
              end
  end

  def self.delay_execution_option parser
    # Cast 'delay' argument to a Float.
    parser.on("--delay N", Float, "Delay N seconds before executing") do |n|
      @options.delay = n
    end
  end

  def self.execute_at_time_option parser
    # Cast 'time' argument to a Time object.
    parser.on("-t", "--time [TIME]", Time, "Begin execution at given time") do |time|
      @options.time = time
    end
  end

  def self.specify_record_separator_option parser
    # Cast to octal integer.
    parser.on("-F", "--irs [OCTAL]", OptionParser::OctalInteger,
              "Specify record separator (default \\0)") do |rs|
      @options.record_separator = rs
              end
  end

  def self.list_example_option parser
    # List of arguments.
    parser.on("--list x,y,z", Array, "Example 'list' of arguments") do |list|
      @options.list = list
    end
  end

  def self.specify_encoding_option parser
    # Keyword completion.  We are specifying a specific set of arguments (CODES
    # and CODE_ALIASES - notice the latter is a Hash), and the user may provide
    # the shortest unambiguous text.
    code_list = (CODE_ALIASES.keys + CODES).join ', '
    parser.on("--code CODE", CODES, CODE_ALIASES, "Select encoding",
              "(#{code_list})") do |encoding|
      @options.encoding = encoding
              end
  end

  def self.optional_option_argument_with_keyword_completion_option parser
    # Optional '--type' option argument with keyword completion.
    parser.on("--type [TYPE]", [:text, :binary, :auto],
              "Select transfer type (text, binary, auto)") do |t|
      @options.transfer_type = t
              end
  end

  def self.boolean_verbose_option parser
    # Boolean switch.
    parser.on("-v", "--[no-]verbose", "Run verbosely") do |v|
      @options.verbose = v
    end
  end

end  # class OptparseExample

options = OptparseExample.parse ARGV
pp options
pp ARGV

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