Getting started on options parsing.

tools/testing/dart/test_options.dart

+// Copyright (c) 2011, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#library("test_options_parser");
+
+/**
+ * Specification of a single test option.
+ *
+ * The name of the specification is used as the key for the option in
+ * the Map returned from the [TestOptionParser] parse method.
+ */
+class _TestOptionSpecification {
+  _TestOptionSpecification(this.name,
+                           this.description,
+                           this.keys,
+                           this.values,
+                           this.defaultValue,
+                           [this.type = 'string']);
+  String name;
+  String description;
+  List<String> keys;
+  List<String> values;
+  String defaultValue;
+  String type;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Parser of test options.
+ */
+class TestOptionsParser {
+  /**
+   * Creates a test options parser initialized with the known options.
+   */
+  TestOptionsParser() {
+    _options =
+        [ new _TestOptionSpecification(
+              'mode',
+              'Mode in which to run the tests',
+              ['-m', '--mode'],
+              ['all', 'debug', 'release'],
+              'debug'),
+          new _TestOptionSpecification(
+              'component',
+              'The component to test against',
+              ['-c', '--component'],
+              ['most', 'vm', 'dartc', 'chromium', 'dartium'],
+              'vm'),
+          new _TestOptionSpecification(
+              'architecture',
+              'The architecture to run tests for',
+              ['-a', '--arch'],
+              ['all', 'ia32', 'x64', 'simarm', 'arm'],
+              'ia32'),
+          new _TestOptionSpecification(
+              'os',
+              'The operating system to run tests on',
+              ['-o', '--os'],
+              ['linux', 'macos', 'windows'],
+              new Platform().operatingSystem()),
+          new _TestOptionSpecification(
+              'checked',
+              'Run tests in checked mode',
+              ['--checked'],
+              [],
+              false,
+              'bool'),
+          new _TestOptionSpecification(
+              'tasks',
+              'The number of parallel tasks to run',
+              ['-j', '--tasks'],
+              [],
+              new Platform().numberOfProcessors(),
+              'int'),
+          new _TestOptionSpecification(
+              'help',
+              'Print list of options',
+              ['-h', '--help'],
+              [],
+              false,
+              'bool')];
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Parse a list of strings as test options.
+   *
+   * Returns a Map mapping from option keys to values. When
+   * encountering the first non-option string, the rest of the
+   * arguments are stored in the returned Map under the 'rest' key.
+   */
+  Map parse(List<String> arguments) {
+    var configuration = new Map();
+    // Build configuration of default values.
+    for (var option in _options) {
+      configuration[option.name] = option.defaultValue;
+    }
+    // Overwrite with the arguments passed to the test script.
+    var numArguments = arguments.length;
+    for (var i = 0; i < numArguments; i++) {
+      // Extract name and value for options.
+      var arg = arguments[i];
+      var name = '';
+      var value = '';
+      if (arg.startsWith('--')) {
+        if (arg == '--help') {
+          _printHelp();
+          return null;
+        }
+        var split = arg.lastIndexOf('=');
+        name = arg;
+        value = '';
+        if (split != -1) {
+          name = arg.substring(0, split);
+          value = arg.substring(split + 1, arg.length);
+        }
+      } else if (arg.startsWith('-')) {
+        if (arg == '-h') {
+          _printHelp();
+          return null;
+        }
+        name = arg;
+        if ((i + 1) >= arguments.length) {
+          print('No value supplied for option $name');
+          return null;
+        }
+        value = arguments[++i];
+      } else {
+        // The option name does not start with '-' or '--' so we
+        // assume that the rest of the arguments specify tests or test
+        // suites to run.
+        configuration['rest'] = arguments.getRange(i, numArguments - i);
+        return configuration;
+      }
+      // Find the option specification for the name.
+      var spec = _getSpecification(name);
+      if (spec == null) {
+        print('Unknown test option $name');
+        return null;
+      }
+      // Parse the value for the option.
+      if (spec.type == 'bool') {
+        if (!value.isEmpty()) {
+          print('No value expected for bool option $name');
+          return null;
+        }
+        configuration[spec.name] = true;
+      } else if (spec.type == 'int') {
+        try {
+          configuration[spec.name] = Math.parseInt(value);
+        } catch (var e) {
+          print('Integer value expected for int option $name');
+          return null;
+        }
+      } else {
+        assert(spec.type == 'string');
+        if (spec.values.lastIndexOf(value) == -1) {
+          print('Unknown value ($value) for option $name');
+          return null;
+        }
+        configuration[spec.name] = value;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return configuration;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Print out usage information.
+   */
+  void _printHelp() {
+    print('usage: dart_bin test.dart [options]\n');
+    print('Options:\n');
+    for (var option in _options) {
+      print('${option.name}: ${option.description}.');
+      for (var name in option.keys) {
+        assert(name.startsWith('-'));
+        var buffer = new StringBuffer();;
+        buffer.add(name);
+        if (option.type == 'bool') {
+          assert(option.values.empty());
+        } else {
+          name.startsWith('--') ? buffer.add('=') : buffer.add(' ');

[Bill Hesse, 2011/11/10 14:59:38]

Factor the buffer.ȧdd() outside the conditional expression?

[Mads Ager (google), 2011/11/10 15:42:46]

Yes. Done!

+          if (option.type == 'int') {
+            assert(option.values.empty());
+            buffer.add('n (default: ${option.defaultValue})');
+          } else {
+            buffer.add('[');
+            bool first = true;
+            for (var value in option.values) {
+              if (!first) buffer.add(", ");
+              if (value == option.defaultValue) buffer.add('*');
+              buffer.add(value);
+              first = false;
+            }
+            buffer.add(']');
+          }
+        }
+        print(buffer.toString());
+      }
+      print('');
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Find the test option specification for a given option key.
+   */
+  _TestOptionSpecification _getSpecification(String name) {
+    for (var option in _options) {
+      if (option.keys.lastIndexOf(name) != -1) {

[Bill Hesse, 2011/11/10 14:59:38]

or option.keys.some((key)-> key == name)

[Mads Ager (google), 2011/11/10 15:42:46]

Yeah, or indexOf. Really didn't mean lastIndexOf here. I'll use some for now.
Thanks. :)

+        return option;
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+
+  List<_TestOptionSpecification> _options;
+}
+