[GUSDEV] Re: standardizing plugin cmd line args

[Jonathan S. <js...@pc...>]

Note, by the way that I implemented just such a thing at least 6  
months ago. There are support functions for external database  
specifications as follows:

GUS::PluginMgr::PluginUtilities::ConstraintFunction::CfIsXdbSpec
-- checks to see that the value is in the proper format.  I had  
chosen name/version or +ddddd for the external_database_release_id

GUS::PluginMgr::PluginUtilities::ConstraintFunction::ParseXdbSpec
-- parses the value

GUS::PluginMgr::PluginUtilities::getXdbrIdFromSpec
-- takes a parsed spec and returns the external_database_release_id

I don't think the name of the flag matters so much, because as  
Elisabetta points out, the semantics are not always the same.

Jonathan




Jonathan Schug, Ph.D.

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