Options.h

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#ifndef _CONTAINER_OPTIONS_H_
#define _CONTAINER_OPTIONS_H_
 
/*forward declarations */
class Option;
#include "../../datastructures/datastructures.h"
#include "./GenericOption.h"
 
class Options: public DataSet{
 
   public:
 
      /*constructors, destructors*/
      Options();
      ~Options();
 
      /*numerics*/
      int     AddOption(Option* in_oobject);
      Option* GetOption(const char* name);
 
      template <class OptionType> void Get(OptionType* pvalue,const char* name){ /*{{{*/
 
         /*Get option*/
         GenericOption<OptionType>* genericoption=xDynamicCast<GenericOption<OptionType>*>(GetOption(name));
 
         /*If the pointer is not NULL, the option has been found*/
         if(genericoption){
            genericoption->Get(pvalue);
         }
         /*Else, the Option does not exist, no default provided*/
         else{
            _error_("option of name \"" << name << "\" not found, and no default value has been provided");
         }
      }
      /*}}}*/
      template <class OptionType> void Get(OptionType* pvalue,const char* name,OptionType default_value){ /*{{{*/
 
         /*Get option*/
         GenericOption<OptionType>* genericoption=xDynamicCast<GenericOption<OptionType>*>(GetOption(name));
 
         /*If the pointer is not NULL, the option has been found*/
         if(genericoption){
            genericoption->Get(pvalue);
         }
         else{
            if(GetOption(name)) _printf_("WARNING: option "<<name<<" found but fetched format not consistent, defaulting...\n");
            *pvalue=default_value;
         }
      }
      /*}}}*/
 
};
 
#endif //ifndef _INPUTS_H_
 
template <> inline void Options::Get(char** pvalue,const char* name,char* default_value){ /*{{{*/
 
   /*Get option*/
   GenericOption<char*>* genericoption=xDynamicCast<GenericOption<char*>*>(GetOption(name));
 
   /*If the pointer is not NULL, the option has been found*/
   if(genericoption){
      genericoption->Get(pvalue);
   }
   else{
      /*Make a copy*/
      int   stringsize=strlen(default_value)+1;
      char* outstring=xNew<char>(stringsize);
      xMemCpy<char>(outstring,default_value,stringsize);
      *pvalue=outstring;
   }
}
/*}}}*/