optionalargument

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Building method arguments checker with DSL

Usage

Require Ruby 3.1 or later

Add this line to your application/library's Gemfile is needed in basic use-case

gem 'optionalargument', '~> 0.6.0'

You can mix following features :) Clean up DEFAULT_OPTIONS.merge(options) and annoying validations!

Parser for arguments

require 'optionalargument'

class Foo
  def func(options={})
    opts = OptionalArgument.parse(options) do
      opt :a, must: true
      opt :b
    end

    p opts.a
    p opts.b?
    p opts.b
  end
end

foo = Foo.new
foo.func({a: 1})           #=> opts.a => 1, opts.b? => false, opts.b => nil
foo.func({a: 1, 'b' => 2 })#=> opts.a => 1, opts.b? => true, opts.b => 2
foo.func({'b' => 2})       #=> Error (`a` is must, but not passed)
foo.func({a: 1, c: 3})      #=> Error (`c` is not defined)

Key combinations

OptArg = OptionalArgument.define {
  opt :a
  opt :b
  conflict :a, :b
  opt :c, requirements: [:b, :d]
  opt :d, aliases: [:d2, :d3]
  opt :e, deprecateds: [:e2, :e3]
}

OptArg.parse({a: 1, b: 1}) #=> Error: conflict combination thrown: a, b'
OptArg.parse({c: 1})       #=> Error: `c` requires  `b` and `d`
OptArg.parse({d2: 1}).d3   #=> 1
OptArg.parse({e2: 1}).e3   #=> 1 with warning "`e2` is deprecated, use `e`"

Validate and coerce value

OptArg = OptionalArgument.define {
  opt :x, condition: 3..5
  opt :y, condition: AND(Float, 3..5)
  opt :z, adjuster: ->arg{Float arg}
}

OptArg.parse({x: 5})       #=> pass : 5 is sufficient for 3..5
OptArg.parse({x: 6})       #=> Error: 6 is deficient for 3..5
OptArg.parse({y: 5})       #=> Error: 5 is deficient for Float
OptArg.parse({y: 5.0 })    #=> pass : 5.0 is sufficient for 3..5 and Float
OptArg.parse({z: '1'}).z  #=> 1.0  : casted under adjuster

Handle default values

OptArg = OptionalArgument.define {
  opt :a
  opt :b, default: 'This is a default value'
}

OptArg.parse({a: 1}).b  #=> 'This is a default value'

Switch error

OptArg = OptionalArgument.define {
  opt :a
}

OptArg.parse({b: 1}, exception: ArgumentError) #=> ArgumentError
OptArg.parse({b: 1}, exception: KeyError)      #=> KeyError

This library helps you the building checkers for arguments. But normally behaves so relax. Because Builtin features are designed by relax parsing for unknown options.

OptArg = OptionalArgument.define {
  opt :known, must: true
}

OptArg.parse({known: 1, unknown: 2}, defined_only: false) #=> pass

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