note
	description: "[
			An argument parser's arguments from the terminal.
		]"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

class
	ARGUMENT_STRING_SOURCE

inherit
	ARGUMENT_SOURCE

create
	make,
	make_from_array

feature {NONE} -- Initialization

	make (a_arguments: SEQUENCE [IMMUTABLE_STRING_32])
			-- Initialize a new argument source from a sequence of strings.
			--
			-- `a_arguments': A sequence of attached string arguments.
		require
			a_arguments_attached: a_arguments /= Void
		do
			create arguments.make_filled (a_arguments.count)
			arguments.append (a_arguments)
		ensure
			arguments_has_same_count: arguments.count = a_arguments.count
		end

	make_from_array (a_arguments: ARRAY [IMMUTABLE_STRING_32])
			-- Initialize a new argument source from a array of strings.
			--
			-- `a_arguments': An array of attached string arguments.
		require
			a_arguments_attached: a_arguments /= Void
		local
			l_args: ARRAYED_LIST [IMMUTABLE_STRING_32]
			l_upper: INTEGER
			i: INTEGER
		do
			create l_args.make (a_arguments.count)
			from
				i := a_arguments.lower
				l_upper := a_arguments.upper
			until
				i > l_upper
			loop
				l_args.extend (a_arguments [i])
				i := i + 1
			end
			arguments := l_args
		ensure
			arguments_has_same_count: arguments.count = a_arguments.count
		end

feature -- Access

	arguments: ARRAYED_LIST [IMMUTABLE_STRING_32]
			-- <Precursor>

feature -- Status report

	is_empty: BOOLEAN
			-- <Precursor>
		do
			Result := arguments.is_empty
		end

;note
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	license:   "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	licensing_options: "http://www.eiffel.com/licensing"
	copying: "[
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		]"
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end