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package com.google.devtools.common.options;

import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.base.Functions;
import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
import com.google.devtools.common.options.OptionsParser.OptionValueDescription;
import com.google.devtools.common.options.OptionsParser.UnparsedOptionValueDescription;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * The implementation of the options parser. This is intentionally package
 * private for full flexibility. Use {@link OptionsParser} or {@link Options}
 * if you're a consumer.
 */
class OptionsParserImpl {

  /**
   * A bunch of default converters in case the user doesn't specify a
   * different one in the field annotation.
   */
  static final Map<Class<?>, Converter<?>> DEFAULT_CONVERTERS = Maps.newHashMap();

  static {
    DEFAULT_CONVERTERS.put(String.class, new Converter<String>() {
      @Override
      public String convert(String input) {
        return input;
      }
      @Override
      public String getTypeDescription() {
        return "a string";
      }});
    DEFAULT_CONVERTERS.put(int.class, new Converter<Integer>() {
      @Override
      public Integer convert(String input) throws OptionsParsingException {
        try {
          return Integer.decode(input);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
          throw new OptionsParsingException("'" + input + "' is not an int");
        }
      }
      @Override
      public String getTypeDescription() {
        return "an integer";
      }});
    DEFAULT_CONVERTERS.put(double.class, new Converter<Double>() {
      @Override
      public Double convert(String input) throws OptionsParsingException {
        try {
          return Double.parseDouble(input);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
          throw new OptionsParsingException("'" + input + "' is not a double");
        }
      }
      @Override
      public String getTypeDescription() {
        return "a double";
      }});
    DEFAULT_CONVERTERS.put(boolean.class, new Converters.BooleanConverter());
    DEFAULT_CONVERTERS.put(TriState.class, new Converter<TriState>() {
      @Override
      public TriState convert(String input) throws OptionsParsingException {
        if (input == null) {
          return TriState.AUTO;
        }
        input = input.toLowerCase();
        if (input.equals("auto")) {
          return TriState.AUTO;
        }
        if (input.equals("true") || input.equals("1") || input.equals("yes") ||
            input.equals("t") || input.equals("y")) {
          return TriState.YES;
        }
        if (input.equals("false") || input.equals("0") || input.equals("no") ||
            input.equals("f") || input.equals("n")) {
          return TriState.NO;
        }
        throw new OptionsParsingException("'" + input + "' is not a boolean");
      }
      @Override
      public String getTypeDescription() {
        return "a tri-state (auto, yes, no)";
      }});
    DEFAULT_CONVERTERS.put(Void.class, new Converter<Void>() {
      @Override
      public Void convert(String input) throws OptionsParsingException {
        if (input == null) {
          return null;  // expected input, return is unused so null is fine.
        }
        throw new OptionsParsingException("'" + input + "' unexpected");
      }
      @Override
      public String getTypeDescription() {
        return "";
      }});
    DEFAULT_CONVERTERS.put(long.class, new Converter<Long>() {
      @Override
      public Long convert(String input) throws OptionsParsingException {
        try {
          return Long.decode(input);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
          throw new OptionsParsingException("'" + input + "' is not a long");
        }
      }
      @Override
      public String getTypeDescription() {
        return "a long integer";
      }});
  }

  /**
   * For every value, this class keeps track of its priority, its free-form source
   * description, whether it was set as an implicit dependency, and the value.
   */
  private static final class ParsedOptionEntry {
    private final Object value;
    private final OptionPriority priority;
    private final String source;
    private final String implicitDependant;
    private final String expandedFrom;
    private final boolean allowMultiple;

    ParsedOptionEntry(Object value,
        OptionPriority priority, String source, String implicitDependant, String expandedFrom,
        boolean allowMultiple) {
      this.value = value;
      this.priority = priority;
      this.source = source;
      this.implicitDependant = implicitDependant;
      this.expandedFrom = expandedFrom;
      this.allowMultiple = allowMultiple;
    }

    // Need to suppress unchecked warnings, because the "multiple occurrence"
    // options use unchecked ListMultimaps due to limitations of Java generics.
    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
    Object getValue() {
      if (allowMultiple) {
        // Sort the results by option priority and return them in a new list.
        // The generic type of the list is not known at runtime, so we can't
        // use it here. It was already checked in the constructor, so this is
        // type-safe.
        List result = Lists.newArrayList();
        ListMultimap realValue = (ListMultimap) value;
        for (OptionPriority priority : OptionPriority.values()) {
          // If there is no mapping for this key, this check avoids object creation (because
          // ListMultimap has to return a new object on get) and also an unnecessary addAll call.
          if (realValue.containsKey(priority)) {
            result.addAll(realValue.get(priority));
          }
        }
        return result;
      }
      return value;
    }

    // Need to suppress unchecked warnings, because the "multiple occurrence"
    // options use unchecked ListMultimaps due to limitations of Java generics.
    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
    void addValue(OptionPriority addedPriority, Object addedValue) {
      Preconditions.checkState(allowMultiple);
      ListMultimap optionValueList = (ListMultimap) value;
      if (addedValue instanceof List<?>) {
        for (Object element : (List<?>) addedValue) {
          optionValueList.put(addedPriority, element);
        }
      } else {
        optionValueList.put(addedPriority, addedValue);
      }
    }

    OptionValueDescription asOptionValueDescription(String fieldName) {
      return new OptionValueDescription(fieldName, getValue(), priority,
          source, implicitDependant, expandedFrom);
    }
  }

  private final OptionsData optionsData;

  /**
   * We store the results of parsing the arguments in here. It'll look like
   * <pre>
   *   Field("--host") -> "www.google.com"
   *   Field("--port") -> 80
   * </pre>
   * This map is modified by repeated calls to
   * {@link #parse(OptionPriority,Function,List)}.
   */
  private final Map<Field, ParsedOptionEntry> parsedValues = Maps.newHashMap();

  /**
   * We store the pre-parsed, explicit options for each priority in here.
   * We use partially preparsed options, which can be different from the original
   * representation, e.g. "--nofoo" becomes "--foo=0".
   */
  private final List<UnparsedOptionValueDescription> unparsedValues =
      Lists.newArrayList();

  private final List<String> warnings = Lists.newArrayList();
  
  private boolean allowSingleDashLongOptions = false;

  /**
   * Create a new parser object
   */
  OptionsParserImpl(OptionsData optionsData) {
    this.optionsData = optionsData;
  }

  /**
   * Indicates whether or not the parser will allow long options with a
   * single-dash, instead of the usual double-dash, too, eg. -example instead of just --example.
   */
  void setAllowSingleDashLongOptions(boolean allowSingleDashLongOptions) {
    this.allowSingleDashLongOptions = allowSingleDashLongOptions;
  }
  
  /**
   * The implementation of {@link OptionsBase#asMap}.
   */
  static Map<String, Object> optionsAsMap(OptionsBase optionsInstance) {
    Map<String, Object> map = Maps.newHashMap();
    for (Field field : OptionsParser.getAllAnnotatedFields(optionsInstance.getClass())) {
      try {
        String name = field.getAnnotation(Option.class).name();
        Object value = field.get(optionsInstance);
        map.put(name, value);
      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
        throw new IllegalStateException(e); // unreachable
      }
    }
    return map;
  }

  List<Field> getAnnotatedFieldsFor(Class<? extends OptionsBase> clazz) {
    return optionsData.getFieldsForClass(clazz);
  }

  /**
   * Implements {@link OptionsParser#asListOfUnparsedOptions()}.
   */
  List<UnparsedOptionValueDescription> asListOfUnparsedOptions() {
    List<UnparsedOptionValueDescription> result = Lists.newArrayList(unparsedValues);
    // It is vital that this sort is stable so that options on the same priority are not reordered.
    Collections.sort(result, new Comparator<UnparsedOptionValueDescription>() {
      @Override
      public int compare(UnparsedOptionValueDescription o1,
          UnparsedOptionValueDescription o2) {
        return o1.getPriority().compareTo(o2.getPriority());
      }
    });
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Implements {@link OptionsParser#asListOfExplicitOptions()}.
   */
  List<UnparsedOptionValueDescription> asListOfExplicitOptions() {
    List<UnparsedOptionValueDescription> result = Lists.newArrayList(Iterables.filter(
      unparsedValues,
      new Predicate<UnparsedOptionValueDescription>() {
        @Override
        public boolean apply(UnparsedOptionValueDescription input) {
          return input.isExplicit();
        }
    }));
    // It is vital that this sort is stable so that options on the same priority are not reordered.
    Collections.sort(result, new Comparator<UnparsedOptionValueDescription>() {
      @Override
      public int compare(UnparsedOptionValueDescription o1,
          UnparsedOptionValueDescription o2) {
        return o1.getPriority().compareTo(o2.getPriority());
      }
    });
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Implements {@link OptionsParser#canonicalize}.
   */
  List<String> asCanonicalizedList() {
    List<UnparsedOptionValueDescription> processed = Lists.newArrayList(unparsedValues);
    Collections.sort(processed, new Comparator<UnparsedOptionValueDescription>() {
      // This Comparator sorts implicit requirement options to the end, keeping their existing
      // order, and sorts the other options alphabetically.
      @Override
      public int compare(UnparsedOptionValueDescription o1,
          UnparsedOptionValueDescription o2) {
        if (o1.isImplicitRequirement()) {
          return o2.isImplicitRequirement() ? 0 : 1;
        }
        if (o2.isImplicitRequirement()) {
          return -1;
        }
        return o1.getName().compareTo(o2.getName());
      }
    });

    List<String> result = Lists.newArrayList();
    for (int i = 0; i < processed.size(); i++) {
      UnparsedOptionValueDescription value = processed.get(i);
      // Skip an option if the next option is the same, but only if the option does not allow
      // multiple values.
      if (!value.allowMultiple()) {
        if ((i < processed.size() - 1) && value.getName().equals(processed.get(i + 1).getName())) {
          continue;
        }
      }

      // Ignore expansion options.
      if (value.isExpansion()) {
        continue;
      }

      result.add("--" + value.getName() + "=" + value.getUnparsedValue());
    }
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Implements {@link OptionsParser#asListOfEffectiveOptions()}.
   */
  List<OptionValueDescription> asListOfEffectiveOptions() {
    List<OptionValueDescription> result = Lists.newArrayList();
    for (Map.Entry<String,Field> mapEntry : optionsData.getAllNamedFields()) {
      String fieldName = mapEntry.getKey();
      Field field = mapEntry.getValue();
      ParsedOptionEntry entry = parsedValues.get(field);
      if (entry == null) {
        Object value = optionsData.getDefaultValue(field);
        result.add(new OptionValueDescription(fieldName, value, OptionPriority.DEFAULT,
            null, null, null));
      } else {
        result.add(entry.asOptionValueDescription(fieldName));
      }
    }
    return result;
  }

  Collection<Class<?  extends OptionsBase>> getOptionsClasses() {
    return optionsData.getOptionsClasses();
  }

  private void maybeAddDeprecationWarning(Field field) {
    Option option = field.getAnnotation(Option.class);
    // Continue to support the old behavior for @Deprecated options.
    String warning = option.deprecationWarning();
    if (!warning.equals("") || (field.getAnnotation(Deprecated.class) != null)) {
      warnings.add("Option '" + option.name() + "' is deprecated"
          + (warning.equals("") ? "" : ": " + warning));
    }
  }

  // Warnings should not end with a '.' because the internal reporter adds one automatically.
  private void setValue(Field field, String name, Object value,
      OptionPriority priority, String source, String implicitDependant, String expandedFrom) {
    ParsedOptionEntry entry = parsedValues.get(field);
    if (entry != null) {
      // Override existing option if the new value has higher or equal priority.
      if (priority.compareTo(entry.priority) >= 0) {
        // Output warnings:
        if ((implicitDependant != null) && (entry.implicitDependant != null)) {
          if (!implicitDependant.equals(entry.implicitDependant)) {
            warnings.add("Option '" + name + "' is implicitly defined by both option '" +
                entry.implicitDependant + "' and option '" + implicitDependant + "'");
          }
        } else if ((implicitDependant != null) && priority.equals(entry.priority)) {
          warnings.add("Option '" + name + "' is implicitly defined by option '" +
              implicitDependant + "'; the implicitly set value overrides the previous one");
        } else if (entry.implicitDependant != null) {
          warnings.add("A new value for option '" + name + "' overrides a previous " +
              "implicit setting of that option by option '" + entry.implicitDependant + "'");
        } else if ((priority == entry.priority) &&
            ((entry.expandedFrom == null) && (expandedFrom != null))) {
          // Create a warning if an expansion option overrides an explicit option:
          warnings.add("The option '" + expandedFrom + "' was expanded and now overrides a "
              + "previous explicitly specified option '" + name + "'");
        }

        // Record the new value:
        parsedValues.put(field,
            new ParsedOptionEntry(value, priority, source, implicitDependant, expandedFrom, false));
      }
    } else {
      parsedValues.put(field,
          new ParsedOptionEntry(value, priority, source, implicitDependant, expandedFrom, false));
      maybeAddDeprecationWarning(field);
    }
  }

  private void addListValue(Field field, String name, Object value,
      OptionPriority priority, String source, String implicitDependant, String expandedFrom) {
    ParsedOptionEntry entry = parsedValues.get(field);
    if (entry == null) {
      entry = new ParsedOptionEntry(ArrayListMultimap.create(), priority, source,
          implicitDependant, expandedFrom, true);
      parsedValues.put(field, entry);
      maybeAddDeprecationWarning(field);
    }
    entry.addValue(priority, value);
  }

  private Object getValue(Field field) {
    ParsedOptionEntry entry = parsedValues.get(field);
    return entry == null ? null : entry.getValue();
  }

  OptionValueDescription getOptionValueDescription(String name) {
    Field field = optionsData.getFieldFromName(name);
    if (field == null) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("No such option '" + name + "'");
    }
    ParsedOptionEntry entry = parsedValues.get(field);
    if (entry == null) {
      return null;
    }
    return entry.asOptionValueDescription(name);
  }

  boolean containsExplicitOption(String name) {
    Field field = optionsData.getFieldFromName(name);
    if (field == null) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("No such option '" + name + "'");
    }
    return parsedValues.get(field) != null;
  }

  /**
   * Parses the args, and returns what it doesn't parse. May be called multiple
   * times, and may be called recursively. In each call, there may be no
   * duplicates, but separate calls may contain intersecting sets of options; in
   * that case, the arg seen last takes precedence.
   */
  List<String> parse(OptionPriority priority, Function<? super String, String> sourceFunction,
      List<String> args) throws OptionsParsingException {
    return parse(priority, sourceFunction, null, null, args);
  }

  /**
   * Parses the args, and returns what it doesn't parse. May be called multiple
   * times, and may be called recursively. Calls may contain intersecting sets
   * of options; in that case, the arg seen last takes precedence.
   *
   * <p>The method uses the invariant that if an option has neither an implicit
   * dependant nor an expanded from value, then it must have been explicitly
   * set.
   */
  private List<String> parse(OptionPriority priority,
      final Function<? super String, String> sourceFunction, String implicitDependant,
      String expandedFrom, List<String> args) throws OptionsParsingException {
    List<String> unparsedArgs = Lists.newArrayList();
    LinkedHashMap<String,List<String>> implicitRequirements = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
    for (int pos = 0; pos < args.size(); pos++) {
      String arg = args.get(pos);
      if (!arg.startsWith("-")) {
        unparsedArgs.add(arg);
        continue;  // not an option arg
      }
      if (arg.equals("--")) {  // "--" means all remaining args aren't options
        while (++pos < args.size()) {
          unparsedArgs.add(args.get(pos));
        }
        break;
      }

      String value = null;
      Field field;
      boolean booleanValue = true;

      if (arg.length() == 2) { // -l  (may be nullary or unary)
        field = optionsData.getFieldForAbbrev(arg.charAt(1));
        booleanValue = true;

      } else if (arg.length() == 3 && arg.charAt(2) == '-') { // -l-  (boolean)
        field = optionsData.getFieldForAbbrev(arg.charAt(1));
        booleanValue = false;

      } else if (allowSingleDashLongOptions // -long_option
          || arg.startsWith("--")) { // or --long_option
        int equalsAt = arg.indexOf('=');
        int nameStartsAt = arg.startsWith("--") ? 2 : 1;
        String name =
            equalsAt == -1 ? arg.substring(nameStartsAt) : arg.substring(nameStartsAt, equalsAt);
        if (name.trim().equals("")) {
          throw new OptionsParsingException("Invalid options syntax: " + arg, arg);
        }
        value = equalsAt == -1 ? null : arg.substring(equalsAt + 1);
        field = optionsData.getFieldFromName(name);

        // look for a "no"-prefixed option name: "no<optionname>";
        // (Undocumented: we also allow --no_foo.  We're generous like that.)
        if (field == null && name.startsWith("no")) {
          String realname = name.substring(name.startsWith("no_") ? 3 : 2);
          field = optionsData.getFieldFromName(realname);
          booleanValue = false;
          if (field != null) {
            // TODO(bazel-team): Add tests for these cases.
            if (!OptionsParserImpl.isBooleanField(field)) {
              throw new OptionsParsingException(
                  "Illegal use of 'no' prefix on non-boolean option: " + arg, arg);
            }
            if (value != null) {
              throw new OptionsParsingException(
                  "Unexpected value after boolean option: " + arg, arg);
            }
            // "no<optionname>" signifies a boolean option w/ false value
            value = "0";
          }
        }

      } else {
        throw new OptionsParsingException("Invalid options syntax: " + arg, arg);
      }

      if (field == null) {
        throw new OptionsParsingException("Unrecognized option: " + arg, arg);
      }
      
      if (value == null) {
        // special case boolean to supply value based on presence of "no" prefix
        if (OptionsParserImpl.isBooleanField(field)) {
          value = booleanValue ? "1" : "0";
        } else if (field.getType().equals(Void.class)) {
          // this is expected, Void type options have no args
        } else if (pos != args.size() - 1) {
          value = args.get(++pos);  // "--flag value" form
        } else {
          throw new OptionsParsingException("Expected value after " + arg);
        }
      }

      Option option = field.getAnnotation(Option.class);
      final String originalName = option.name();
      if (implicitDependant == null) {
        // Log explicit options and expanded options in the order they are parsed (can be sorted
        // later). Also remember whether they were expanded or not. This information is needed to
        // correctly canonicalize flags.
        unparsedValues.add(new UnparsedOptionValueDescription(originalName, field, value,
            priority, sourceFunction.apply(originalName), expandedFrom == null));
      }

      // Handle expansion options.
      if (option.expansion().length > 0) {
        Function<Object, String> expansionSourceFunction = Functions.<String>constant(
            "expanded from option --" + originalName + " from " +
            sourceFunction.apply(originalName));
        maybeAddDeprecationWarning(field);
        List<String> unparsed = parse(priority, expansionSourceFunction, null, originalName,
            ImmutableList.copyOf(option.expansion()));
        if (!unparsed.isEmpty()) {
          // Throw an assertion, because this indicates an error in the code that specified the
          // expansion for the current option.
          throw new AssertionError("Unparsed options remain after parsing expansion of " +
            arg + ":" + Joiner.on(' ').join(unparsed));
        }
      } else {
        Converter<?> converter = optionsData.getConverter(field);
        Object convertedValue;
        try {
          convertedValue = converter.convert(value);
        } catch (OptionsParsingException e) {
          // The converter doesn't know the option name, so we supply it here by
          // re-throwing:
          throw new OptionsParsingException("While parsing option " + arg
                                            + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
        }

        // ...but allow duplicates of single-use options across separate calls to
        // parse(); latest wins:
        if (!option.allowMultiple()) {
          setValue(field, originalName, convertedValue,
              priority, sourceFunction.apply(originalName), implicitDependant, expandedFrom);
        } else {
          // But if it's a multiple-use option, then just accumulate the
          // values, in the order in which they were seen.
          // Note: The type of the list member is not known; Java introspection
          // only makes it available in String form via the signature string
          // for the field declaration.
          addListValue(field, originalName, convertedValue,
              priority, sourceFunction.apply(originalName), implicitDependant, expandedFrom);
        }
      }

      // Collect any implicit requirements.
      if (option.implicitRequirements().length > 0) {
        implicitRequirements.put(option.name(), Arrays.asList(option.implicitRequirements()));
      }
    }

    // Now parse any implicit requirements that were collected.
    // TODO(bazel-team): this should happen when the option is encountered.
    if (!implicitRequirements.isEmpty()) {
      for (Map.Entry<String,List<String>> entry : implicitRequirements.entrySet()) {
        Function<Object, String> requirementSourceFunction = Functions.<String>constant(
            "implicit requirement of option --" + entry.getKey() + " from " +
            sourceFunction.apply(entry.getKey()));

        List<String> unparsed = parse(priority, requirementSourceFunction, entry.getKey(), null,
            entry.getValue());
        if (!unparsed.isEmpty()) {
          // Throw an assertion, because this indicates an error in the code that specified in the
          // implicit requirements for the option(s).
          throw new AssertionError("Unparsed options remain after parsing implicit options:"
              + Joiner.on(' ').join(unparsed));
        }
      }
    }

    return unparsedArgs;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the result of parsing the options.
   */
  <O extends OptionsBase> O getParsedOptions(Class<O> optionsClass) {
    // Create the instance:
    O optionsInstance;
    try {
      Constructor<O> constructor = optionsData.getConstructor(optionsClass);
      if (constructor == null) {
        return null;
      }
      optionsInstance = constructor.newInstance(new Object[0]);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      throw new IllegalStateException(e);
    }

    // Set the fields
    for (Field field : optionsData.getFieldsForClass(optionsClass)) {
      Object value = getValue(field);
      if (value == null) {
        value = optionsData.getDefaultValue(field);
      }
      try {
        field.set(optionsInstance, value);
      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
        throw new IllegalStateException(e);
      }
    }
    return optionsInstance;
  }

  List<String> getWarnings() {
    return ImmutableList.copyOf(warnings);
  }

  static String getDefaultOptionString(Field optionField) {
    Option annotation = optionField.getAnnotation(Option.class);
    return annotation.defaultValue();
  }

  static boolean isBooleanField(Field field) {
    return field.getType().equals(boolean.class) || field.getType().equals(TriState.class);
  }

  static boolean isSpecialNullDefault(String defaultValueString, Field optionField) {
    return defaultValueString.equals("null") && !optionField.getType().isPrimitive();
  }

  static Converter<?> findConverter(Field optionField) {
    Option annotation = optionField.getAnnotation(Option.class);
    if (annotation.converter() == Converter.class) {
      Type type;
      if (annotation.allowMultiple()) {
        // The OptionParserImpl already checked that the type is List<T> for some T;
        // here we extract the type T.
        type = ((ParameterizedType) optionField.getGenericType()).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
      } else {
        type = optionField.getType();
      }
      Converter<?> converter = DEFAULT_CONVERTERS.get(type);
      if (converter == null) {
        throw new AssertionError("No converter found for "
            + type + "; possible fix: add "
            + "converter=... to @Option annotation for "
            + optionField.getName());
      }
      return converter;
    }
    try {
      Class<?> converter = annotation.converter();
      Constructor<?> constructor = converter.getConstructor(new Class<?>[0]);
      return (Converter<?>) constructor.newInstance(new Object[0]);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      throw new AssertionError(e);
    }
  }

}