/*
  CMDLINE.hpp  -  abstraction of the usual commandline, a sequence of strings 
 
  Copyright (C)         CinelerraCV
    2007,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
 
  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
  License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.
 
  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
*/


#ifndef UTIL_CMDLINE_H
#define UTIL_CMDLINE_H

#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>



namespace util
  {
  using std::string;
  using std::vector;
  using std::ostream;
  
  typedef vector<string> VectS;


  /**
   * Abstraction of the usual "int argc, int** argv"-Commandline,
   * to be able to treat it as a vector of strings. Inherits from
   * vector<std::string>, but provides convienient conversions to
   * string (joining delimited by space)... 
   */
  class Cmdline : public VectS
    {
    public:
      Cmdline (int argc, char* argv[]);
      explicit Cmdline (const string cmdline);
      
      operator string () const;
      VectS& operator= (const VectS& source) { return VectS::operator= (source); }

      // inherited ctors
      template <class In>
      Cmdline (In first, In last) : VectS (first,last) {}
      Cmdline () : VectS () {} 
      
    };
   
   /** for outputting Cmdline objects */
   inline ostream& operator<< (ostream& os, const Cmdline& cmdL) { return os << (string (cmdL)); }
   
   
   
} // namespace util
#endif