--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/commons/pyRepetUnit/components/AbstractProgramLauncher.py	Mon Apr 29 03:20:15 2013 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+##@file
+# Abstract class to launch a program.
+
+import getopt
+import sys
+import os
+import pyRepet.launcher.AbstractProgramLauncher
+
+class AbstractProgramLauncher( pyRepet.launcher.AbstractProgramLauncher.AbstractProgramLauncher ):  #( IProgramLauncher )
+    
+    def getHelpAsString( self ):
+        """
+        Return the generic help as a string.
+        """
+        string = ""
+        string += "usage: %s.py [options]" % ( type(self).__name__ )
+        string += "\ngeneric options:"
+        string += "\n     -h: this help"
+        string += "\n     -i: name of the input file (format='%s')" % ( self.getFormatInputFile() )
+        string += "\n     -c: clean"
+        string += "\n     -v: verbosity level (default=0/1)"
+        return string
+    
+    def setAttributesFromCmdLine( self, o, a="" ):
+        """
+        Set a generic attribute from the command-line arguments.
+        """
+        if o == "-h":
+            print self.getHelpAsString()
+            sys.exit(0)
+        elif o == "-i":
+            self.setInputFile( a )
+        elif o == "-c":
+            self.setClean()
+        elif o == "-v":
+            self.setVerbosityLevel( a )
+    
+    def checkAttributesFromCmdLine( self ):
+        """
+        Set the attributes from the command-line arguments.
+        """
+        try:
+            opts, args = getopt.getopt( sys.argv[1:], "%s" % (self.getCmdLineOptions()) )
+        except getopt.GetoptError, err:
+            print str(err);
+            print self.getHelpAsString()
+            sys.exit(1)
+        for o, a in opts:
+            self.setAttributesFromCmdLine( o, a )
+    
+    def getCmdLineOptions(self):
+        return self._cmdLineGenericOptions
+            
+    def check( self ):
+        """
+        Check the generic attributes before running the program.
+        """
+        self._checkProgramName()
+        self.checkInput()
+
+    def checkInput(self):
+        if self.getInputFile() == "":
+            string = "ERROR: missing input file"
+            print string
+            print self.getHelpAsString()
+            sys.exit(1)
+        
+        if not os.path.exists(self.getInputFile()):
+            string = "ERROR: input file '%s' doesn't exist" % (self.getInputFile())
+            print string
+            print self.getHelpAsString()
+            sys.exit(1)