um/flags/flags.go

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Go

package flags
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"os"
"reflect"
"strings"
"text/tabwriter"
)
type Arg struct {
Val string
Help string
}
// type constraint
type Val interface {
string | bool
}
// with generic Val field, instantiate like Flag[string]
// NOTE: struct inheritance would be easier, but Flag[bool] is much cooler than FlagBool.
// and actually more readable for the initOpts function, which serves as documentation.
// so the complexity seems to be all paid up front here in this pkg.
type Flag[T Val] struct {
Long string
Short string
Val T
Help string
}
// generic Flag validity check
// NOTE: you cannot define a method on an instantiated type, only the generic
// https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/1n6xasx/comment/nc3dbhd/
func (f Flag[Val]) IsSet() bool {
// must do this weird dance: convert to empty interface, then cast:
switch any(f.Val).(type) {
case string:
return any(f.Val).(string) != ""
case bool:
return any(f.Val).(bool)
default:
return false
}
}
func (f Arg) IsSet() bool {
return f.Val != ""
}
func HasDashPrefix(s string) bool {
return strings.HasPrefix(s, "-")
}
// check for non-dashed value ahead in the args slice
func missingValue(args []string, i int) bool {
return i+1 == len(args) || HasDashPrefix(args[i+1])
}
// if no value ahead in the args, print error and exit
func validValueOrExit(args []string, i int) {
if missingValue(args, i) {
log.Printf("um: %s needs a value assignment\n", args[i])
log.Fatal("try: um [cmd] --help")
}
}
// 1. validate a Flag[string] by looking ahead in args, if missing, os.Exit(1)
// 2. increment the i to skip that value and return
// 3. fetch that value and return
func ValidateIncrementFetchOrExit(args []string, i int) (int, string) {
validValueOrExit(args, i)
return i + 1, args[i+1]
}
// print out help string by reflecting over fields of provided opts struct
// and os.Exit(0)
func Help(subcmd string, opts any) {
v := reflect.ValueOf(opts)
t := v.Type()
w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 3, ' ', 0)
positional := ""
for i := 0; i < v.NumField(); i++ {
field := t.Field(i)
value := v.Field(i)
switch value.Interface().(type) {
case Arg:
positional += fmt.Sprintf(" [%s]", strings.ToLower(field.Name))
fmt.Fprintf(w, "[%v]\tstring\t%v\n", strings.ToLower(field.Name), value.FieldByName("Help"))
case Flag[string], Flag[bool]:
if field.Name != "Help" {
positional += fmt.Sprintf(" [%s]", value.FieldByName("Long"))
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, "%v | %v\t%v\t%v\n",
value.FieldByName("Long"),
value.FieldByName("Short"),
value.FieldByName("Val").Type(),
value.FieldByName("Help"),
)
}
}
log.Printf("um %s%s\n", subcmd, positional)
w.Flush()
os.Exit(0)
}