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_TERMINAL_SOURCE

inherit
	ARGUMENT_SOURCE

feature -- Access

	arguments: ARRAYED_LIST [IMMUTABLE_STRING_32]
			-- <Precursor>
		local
			l_args: ARRAY [IMMUTABLE_STRING_32]
			l_count: INTEGER
			i: INTEGER
		once
			l_args := terminal_arguments.argument_array
			l_count := l_args.upper
			create Result.make (l_count)
			from i := 1 until i > l_count
			loop
				Result.extend (l_args [i])
				i := i + 1
			end
		end

feature {NONE} -- Access

	terminal_arguments: ARGUMENTS_32
			-- Command line arguments from the terminal/console.
		once
			create Result
		end

feature -- Status report

	is_empty: BOOLEAN
			-- <Precursor>
		do
			Result := terminal_arguments.argument_count = 0
		end

;note
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	licensing_options: "http://www.eiffel.com/licensing"
	copying: "[
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			software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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			Environment; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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		]"
	source: "[
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		]"

end