Ookii.CommandLine for C++ comes with several samples that demonstrate various aspects of its functionality.
Two samples demonstrate how to use Ookii.CommandLine for C++ manually, without code generation:
- The parser sample demonstrates the basic functionality of defining, parsing and using arguments.
- The subcommand sample demonstrates how to create a simple application that has multiple subcommands.
The remaining samples all utilize the code generation scripts, though their concepts can also be utilized with manually written code, of course.
- The generated parser sample is identical to the parser sample, but uses code generation.
- The generated subcommand sample is identical to the subcommand sample, but uses code generation.
- The long/short mode sample demonstrates the POSIX-like long/short parsing mode,
where arguments can have both a long name with
--and a short name with-. - The custom usage sample demonstrates the flexibility of Ookii.CommandLine's usage help generation, by customizing it to use completely different formatting.
- The nested commands sample demonstrates how to create an application where commands can contain other commands. It also demonstrates how to create common arguments for multiple commands using a common base class, and how to combine generated commands with manually written commands.