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// Original code borrowed from Ray Hayes and downloaded from 
// http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/commandlineparser.asp.

// Revisions
// 1. Updates were made to support double quotes.
//
// Note, this should probably be moved to it's own GDN workspace and then the
// DLL be referenced in this workspace.  However, there is a similar workspace
// called Eas.Console that serves a similar purpose and should be investigated
// before another command line parser workspace is created.

using System;

namespace RJH.CommandLineHelper{
  /// <summary>Implements a basic command-line switch by taking the
  /// switching name and the associated description.</summary>
  /// <remark>Only currently is implemented for properties, so all
  /// auto-switching variables should have a get/set method supplied.</remark>
  [AttributeUsage( AttributeTargets.Property )]
  public class CommandLineSwitchAttribute : System.Attribute
  {
    #region Private Variables
    private string m_name = "";
    private string m_description = "";
    #endregion

    #region Public Properties
    /// <summary>Accessor for retrieving the switch-name for an associated
    /// property.</summary>
    public string Name       { get { return m_name; } }

    /// <summary>Accessor for retrieving the description for a switch of
    /// an associated property.</summary>
    public string Description  { get { return m_description; } }

    #endregion

    #region Constructors
    /// <summary>Attribute constructor.</summary>
    public CommandLineSwitchAttribute( string name,
                            string description )
    {
      m_name = name;
      m_description = description;
    }
    #endregion
  }

  /// <summary>
  /// This class implements an alias attribute to work in conjunction
  /// with the <see cref="CommandLineSwitchAttribute">CommandLineSwitchAttribute</see>
  /// attribute.  If the CommandLineSwitchAttribute exists, then this attribute
  /// defines an alias for it.
  /// </summary>
  [AttributeUsage( AttributeTargets.Property )]
  public class CommandLineAliasAttribute : System.Attribute
  {
    #region Private Variables
    protected string m_Alias = "";
    #endregion

    #region Public Properties
    public string Alias 
    {
      get { return m_Alias; }
    }

    #endregion

    #region Constructors
    public CommandLineAliasAttribute( string alias ) 
    {
      m_Alias = alias;
    }
    #endregion
  }

}