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/*
Copyright (c) 2003, Dennis M. Sosnoski
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
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*/

package org.jargp;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Command line string list parameter definition. This defines a command line
 * flag with an associated string value which may be used repeatedly. The
 * argument giving the parameter value must be the next unused argument from the
 * command line following each occurrance of the flag, and must not begin with
 * the '-' character used to indicate control argument flags.
 *
 * @author Dennis M. Sosnoski
 * @version 1.0
 */

public class StringListDef extends ParameterDef
{
	/**
	 * Constructor with description.
	 *
	 * @param chr parameter flag character
	 * @param name field name for parameter
	 * @param desc discription text for parameter
	 */
	
	public StringListDef(char chr, String name, String desc) {
		super(chr, name, desc);
	}

	/**
	 * Constructor without description.
	 *
	 * @param chr parameter flag character
	 * @param name field name for parameter
	 */
	
	public StringListDef(char chr, String name) {
		this(chr, name, null);
	}

	/**
	 * Bind parameter to target class field.
	 *
	 * @param clas target class for saving parameter values
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the field is not a List
	 */

	protected void bindToClass(Class clas) {
		super.bindToClass(clas);
		Class type = m_field.getType();
		if (!List.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Field '" + m_name + "'in " +
				clas.getName() + " is not a List type");
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Handle argument. This implementation of the abstract base class method
	 * makes sure that we have another command line argument available, and
	 * checks that the argument does not begin with the '-' character used to
	 * indicate control argument flags. If these conditions are met the
	 * string value of the argument is added to the field list.
	 *
	 * @param proc argument processor making call to handler
	 * @throws ArgumentErrorException if argument value missing or malformed
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException on error in processing
	 */

	public void handle(ArgumentProcessor proc) {
		StringTracker args = proc.getArgs();
		if (args.hasNext()) {
			String arg = args.next();
			if (arg.length() > 0 && arg.charAt(0) == '-') {
				proc.reportArgumentError(m_char, 
					"Argument value starts with '-'");
			} else {
				proc.addValue(arg, m_field);
			}
		} else {
			proc.reportArgumentError(m_char, "Argument value missing");
		}
	}
}