ApplicationTools.h

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//
// File: ApplicationTools.h
// Created by: Julien Dutheil
// Created on: Fri Oct 21 16:19 2005
// From old file created on: Sun Dec 14 09:36:26 2003
//

/*
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#ifndef _APPLICATIONTOOLS_H_
#define _APPLICATIONTOOLS_H_

#include "../Io/FileTools.h"
#include "../Io/OutputStream.h"
#include "../Text/TextTools.h"
#include "../Text/StringTokenizer.h"
#include "../Text/NestedStringTokenizer.h"

// From the STL:
#include <map>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>

namespace bpp
{

class ApplicationTools
{
  public:
    
    static OutputStream* error;
    static OutputStream* message;
    static OutputStream* warning;

    static time_t startTime;

    static size_t terminalWidth;

    static float terminalSplit;

    static bool interactive;
  
  public:
    ApplicationTools() {}
    virtual ~ApplicationTools() {}
  
  public:

    static bool parameterExists(const std::string& parameterName, std::map<std::string, std::string>& params);
  
    static double getDoubleParameter(
      const std::string& parameterName,
      std::map<std::string, std::string>& params,
      double defaultValue,
      const std::string& suffix = "",
      bool suffixIsOptional = true,
      bool warn = true);
  
    static int getIntParameter(
      const std::string& parameterName,
      std::map<std::string, std::string>& params,
      int defaultValue,
      const std::string& suffix = "",
      bool suffixIsOptional = true,
      bool warn = true);
  
    static std::string getStringParameter(
      const std::string& parameterName,
      std::map<std::string, std::string>& params,
      const std::string& defaultValue,
      const std::string& suffix = "",
      bool suffixIsOptional = true,
      bool warn = true);

    static bool getBooleanParameter(
      const std::string& parameterName,
      std::map<std::string, std::string>& params,
      bool defaultValue,
      const std::string& suffix = "",
      bool suffixIsOptional = true,
      bool warn = true);

    template<class T> static T getParameter(
      const std::string& parameterName,
      std::map<std::string, std::string>& params,
      T defaultValue,
      const std::string& suffix = "",
      bool suffixIsOptional = true,
      bool warn = true)
    {
      T tParam = defaultValue;
      if(parameterExists(parameterName + suffix, params))
      {
        tParam = TextTools::to<T>(params[parameterName + suffix]);
      }
      else if(suffixIsOptional && parameterExists(parameterName, params))
      {
        tParam = TextTools::to<T>(params[parameterName]);
      } else if(warn)
      {
        displayWarning("Parameter " + parameterName + suffix + " not specified. Default used instead: " + TextTools::toString(defaultValue));
      }
      return tParam;
    }
  

    static std::string getAFilePath(
      const std::string& parameter,
      std::map<std::string, std::string>& params,
      bool isRequired = true,
      bool mustExist = true,
      const std::string& suffix = "",
      bool suffixIsOptional = false) throw (Exception);

    template<class T> static std::vector<T> getVectorParameter(
      const std::string& parameterName,
      std::map<std::string, std::string>& params,
      char separator,
      const std::string& defaultValue,
      const std::string& suffix = "",
      bool suffixIsOptional = true,
      bool warn = true)
    {
      std::string s = getStringParameter(parameterName, params, defaultValue, suffix, suffixIsOptional, warn);
      if (TextTools::isEmpty(s)) return std::vector<T>(0);
      if (s[0] == '(' && s[s.size() - 1] == ')') {
        //This is a delimited vector:
        s = s.substr(1, s.size() - 2);
        if (TextTools::isEmpty(s)) return std::vector<T>(0);
      }
      NestedStringTokenizer st(s, "(", ")", TextTools::toString(separator));
      size_t n = st.numberOfRemainingTokens();
      std::vector<T> v(n);
      for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
      {
        v[i] = TextTools::fromString<T>(st.nextToken());
      }
      return v;
    }

    template<class T> static std::vector<T> getVectorParameter(
      const std::string& parameterName,
      std::map<std::string, std::string>& params,
      char separator,
      char rangeOperator,
      const std::string& defaultValue,
      const std::string& suffix = "",
      bool suffixIsOptional = true,
      bool warn = true)
    {
      std::string s = getStringParameter(parameterName, params, defaultValue, suffix, suffixIsOptional, warn);
      StringTokenizer st(s, TextTools::toString(separator));
      size_t n = st.numberOfRemainingTokens();
      std::vector<T> v;
      for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
      {
        std::string token = st.nextToken();
        std::string::size_type pos = token.find(rangeOperator);
        if (pos == std::string::npos)
          v.push_back(TextTools::fromString<T>(token));
        else
        {
          T d1 = TextTools::fromString<T>(token.substr(0, pos));
          T d2 = TextTools::fromString<T>(token.substr(pos + 1));
          for (T j = d1; j < d2; j++)
          {
            v.push_back(j);
          }
          v.push_back(d2);
        }
      }
      return v;
    }
   
    static void displayMessage(const std::string& text);
    
    static void displayError(const std::string& text);
    
    static void displayWarning(const std::string& text);
    
    static void displayTask(const std::string& text, bool eof = false);
    
    static void displayTaskDone();
    
    template<class T>
    static void displayResult(const std::string& text, const T& result)
    {
      displayMessage(TextTools::resizeRight(text, static_cast<size_t>(static_cast<float>(terminalWidth) * terminalSplit - 1), '.') + ": " + TextTools::toString<T>(result));
    }

    static void displayBooleanResult(const std::string& text, bool result)
    {
      displayResult(text, result ? std::string("yes") : std::string("no"));
    }

    static void displayGauge(size_t iter, size_t total, char symbol='>', const std::string& mes="");

    static void displayUnlimitedGauge(size_t iter, const std::string& mes="");


    static void startTimer()
    {
      time(&startTime);
    }

    static void displayTime(const std::string& msg);
 
    static double getTime();
};

} //end of namespace bpp.

#endif  //_APPLICATIONTOOLS_H_