From 1b514b3dfeba13f531edfe17fd05388bd0a25ac8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:27:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add Debbugs::Command tool

---
 Debbugs/Command.pm | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Debbugs/Command.pm

diff --git a/Debbugs/Command.pm b/Debbugs/Command.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a180316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Debbugs/Command.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# This module is part of debbugs, and is released under the terms of
+# the GPL version 3, or any later version (at your option). See the
+# file README and COPYING for more information.
+# Copyright 2017 by Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>.
+
+package Debbugs::Command;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Debbugs::Command -- Handle multiple subcommand-style commands
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ use Debbugs::Command;
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+None known.
+
+=cut
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use vars qw($VERSION $DEBUG %EXPORT_TAGS @EXPORT_OK @EXPORT);
+use base qw(Exporter);
+
+BEGIN{
+     $VERSION = '0.1';
+     $DEBUG = 0 unless defined $DEBUG;
+
+     @EXPORT = ();
+     %EXPORT_TAGS = (commands    => [qw(handle_main_arguments),
+                                     qw(handle_subcommand_arguments)
+                                    ],
+		    );
+     @EXPORT_OK = ();
+     Exporter::export_ok_tags(keys %EXPORT_TAGS);
+     $EXPORT_TAGS{all} = [@EXPORT_OK];
+
+}
+
+use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_ignore_case);
+
+=head1 Command processing (:commands)
+
+Functions which parse arguments for commands (exportable with
+C<:commands>)
+
+=over
+
+=item handle_main_arguments(
+
+=cut 
+
+sub handle_main_arguments {
+    my ($options,@args) = @_;
+    Getopt::Long::Configure('pass_through');
+    GetOptions($options,@args);
+    Getopt::Long::Configure('default');
+    return $options;
+}
+
+
+
+sub handle_subcommand_arguments {
+    my ($argv,$args,$subopt) = @_;
+    $subopt //= {};
+    Getopt::Long::GetOptionsFromArray($argv,
+                                      $subopt,
+                                      keys %{$args},
+                                     );
+    my @usage_errors;
+    for my $arg  (keys %{$args}) {
+        next unless $args->{$arg};
+        my $r_arg = $arg; # real argument name
+        $r_arg =~ s/[=\|].+//g;
+        if (not defined $subopt->{$r_arg}) {
+            push @usage_errors, "You must give a $r_arg option";
+        }
+    }
+    pod2usage(join("\n",@usage_errors)) if @usage_errors;
+    return $subopt;
+}
+
+
+1;
+
+
+__END__
+# Local Variables:
+# indent-tabs-mode: nil
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
+# End:
-- 
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