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+{   BePascal - A pascal wrapper around the BeOS API                             
+    Copyright (C) 2003 Olivier Coursiere                                        
+                                                                                
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or               
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public                 
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either                
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.            
+                                                                                
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU           
+    Library General Public License for more details.                            
+                                                                                
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public           
+    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free                  
+    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA   
+} 
+unit optionreader;
+
+interface
+
+{$H+} // use AnsiStrings
+
+uses
+  Classes, SysUtils, GetOpts;
+  
+type
+  TAnOption = class(TObject)
+  private
+    FName    : String;
+    FHas_arg : Integer;
+    FFlag    : PChar;
+    FValue   : Char;
+    FArg : string;
+  public
+    constructor Create(Option : TOption; aArg : string); virtual;
+    property Name    : String  read FName;
+    property Has_arg : Integer read FHas_arg;
+    property Flag    : PChar   read FFlag;
+    property Value   : Char    read FValue;
+    property Arg     : string  read FArg; 
+  end; 
+  TOptions = class(TObject)
+  private
+    FStringList : TStringList;
+    function GetOptions(OptionName : string) : TAnOption;
+  public
+    constructor Create(OptionList : string; LongOpts : POption); virtual;
+    destructor Destroy; override;
+    property Options[OptionName : string] : TAnOption read GetOptions;
+  end;
+
+implementation
+
+constructor TAnOption.Create(Option : TOption; aArg : string);
+begin
+  inherited Create;
+  FName := Option.Name;
+  FHas_arg := Option.Has_arg;
+  FFlag := Option.Flag;
+  FValue := Option.Value;
+  FArg := aArg;
+end;
+
+constructor TOptions.Create(OptionList : string; LongOpts : POption);
+var
+  OptionIndex : Longint;
+  c : Char;
+  i : integer;
+  aOption : TOption;
+begin
+  inherited Create;
+  OptionIndex := 0;
+  FStringList := TStringList.Create;
+  FStringList.Sorted := True;
+  c := GetLongOpts(OptionList, LongOpts, OptionIndex);
+  while c <> EndOfOptions do
+  begin
+    case c of 
+      'a',
+      'b' : 
+        begin
+          FillChar(aOption, SizeOf(aOption), #0);
+          aOption.Name := c;          
+          FStringList.AddObject(c, TAnOption.Create(aOption, OptArg));
+        end;
+      #0 : 
+        begin
+          FStringList.AddObject(LongOpts[OptionIndex - 1].Name, TAnOption.Create(LongOpts[OptionIndex - 1], OptArg));
+        end;  
+      '?' : WriteLn('Error');  
+    end;
+    c := GetLongOpts(OptionList, LongOpts, OptionIndex);
+  end;
+  WriteLn(FStringList.Text);
+  for i := 0 to FStringList.Count - 1 do
+  begin
+    WriteLn(FStringList[i] + ' : ' + (FStringList.Objects[i] as TAnOption).Arg);
+  end;
+end;
+
+destructor TOptions.Destroy;
+var
+  i : integer;
+begin
+  for i := 0 to FStringList.Count - 1 do
+  begin
+    FStringList.Objects[i].Free;
+  end;
+  FStringList.Free;
+  inherited;
+end;
+
+function TOptions.GetOptions(OptionName : string) : TAnOption;
+var
+  index : integer;
+begin
+  if FStringList.Find(OptionName, index) then
+  begin
+    Result := FStringList.Objects[index] as TAnOption;
+  end
+  else
+    Result := nil;
+end;
+
+end.