plugeth/cmd/utils/customflags.go

package utils
import (
    "path/filepath"
    "os"
    "strings"
    "os/user"
    "github.com/codegangsta/cli"
    "flag"
    "fmt"
)

// Custom type which is registered in the flags library which cli uses for
// argument parsing. This allows us to expand Value to an absolute path when
// the argument is parsed
type DirectoryString struct {
    Value string
}

func (self DirectoryString) String() string {
    return self.Value
}

func (self DirectoryString) Set(value string) error {
    self.Value = expandPath(value)
    return nil
}

// Custom cli.Flag type which expand the received string to an absolute path.
// e.g. ~/.ethereum -> /home/username/.ethereum
type DirectoryFlag struct {
    cli.GenericFlag
    Name   string
    Value  DirectoryString
    Usage  string
    EnvVar string
}

func (self DirectoryFlag) String() string {
    var fmtString string
    fmtString = "%s %v\t%v"

    if len(self.Value.Value) > 0 {
        fmtString = "%s \"%v\"\t%v"
    } else {
        fmtString = "%s %v\t%v"
    }

    return withEnvHint(self.EnvVar, fmt.Sprintf(fmtString, prefixedNames(self.Name), self.Value.Value, self.Usage))
}

func eachName(longName string, fn func(string)) {
    parts := strings.Split(longName, ",")
    for _, name := range parts {
        name = strings.Trim(name, " ")
        fn(name)
    }
}
// called by cli library, grabs variable from environment (if in env)
// and adds variable to flag set for parsing.
func (self DirectoryFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) {
    if self.EnvVar != "" {
        for _, envVar := range strings.Split(self.EnvVar, ",") {
            envVar = strings.TrimSpace(envVar)
            if envVal := os.Getenv(envVar); envVal != "" {
                self.Value.Value = envVal
                break
            }
        }
    }

    eachName(self.Name, func(name string) {
        set.Var(self.Value, self.Name, "a: " + self.Usage)
    })

}

func prefixFor(name string) (prefix string) {
    if len(name) == 1 {
        prefix = "-"
    } else {
        prefix = "--"
    }

    return
}

func prefixedNames(fullName string) (prefixed string) {
    parts := strings.Split(fullName, ",")
    for i, name := range parts {
        name = strings.Trim(name, " ")
        prefixed += prefixFor(name) + name
        if i < len(parts)-1 {
            prefixed += ", "
        }
    }
    return
}

func withEnvHint(envVar, str string) string {
    envText := ""
    if envVar != "" {
        envText = fmt.Sprintf(" [$%s]", strings.Join(strings.Split(envVar, ","), ", $"))
    }
    return str + envText
}

func (self DirectoryFlag) getName() string {
    return self.Name
}

func (self *DirectoryFlag) Set(value string) {
    self.Value.Value = value
}

// Expands a file path
// 1. replace tilde with users home dir
// 2. expands embedded environment variables
// 3. cleans the path, e.g. /a/b/../c -> /a/c
// Note, it has limitations, e.g. ~someuser/tmp will not be expanded
func expandPath(p string) string {
    if strings.HasPrefix(p, "~/") || strings.HasPrefix(p, "~\\") {
        if user, err := user.Current(); err == nil {
            if err == nil {
                p = strings.Replace(p, "~", user.HomeDir, 1)
            }
        }
    }

    return filepath.Clean(os.ExpandEnv(p))
}