util: add generalization of verb parsing for command line tools

We should move loginctl, timedatectl, machinectl over to use this new
API instead of a manual one.

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/shared/verbs.h b/src/shared/verbs.h
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+/*-*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+/***
+  This file is part of systemd.
+
+  Copyright 2014 Lennart Poettering
+
+  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  systemd 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
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+***/
+
+#define VERB_ANY ((unsigned) -1)
+#define VERB_DEFAULT 1
+
+typedef struct {
+        const char *verb;
+        unsigned min_args, max_args;
+        unsigned flags;
+        int (* const dispatch)(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata);
+} Verb;
+
+int dispatch_verb(int argc, char *argv[], const Verb verbs[], void *userdata);