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+/* This file is part of the Linux Trace Toolkit viewer
+ * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Michel Dagenais
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef OPTION_H
+#define OPTION_H
+
+/* Define a new option with a long name (--long_name), a short
+ one character name (-c), a descriptive text, the argument type, and a
+ pointer to where the argument value will be stored. For an option of
+ type LTTV_OPT_NONE, the argument is a boolean value set to true when the
+ option is present. The option hook is called if non NULL. */
+
+typedef enum _LttvOptionType
+{LTTV_OPT_NONE, LTTV_OPT_STRING, LTTV_OPT_INT, LTTV_OPT_LONG }
+LttvOptionType;
+
+typedef void (*LttvOptionHook)(void *hook_data);
+
+void lttv_option_add(const char *long_name, const char char_name,
+ const char *description, const char *arg_description,
+ const LttvOptionType t, void *p,
+ const LttvOptionHook h, void *hook_data);
+
+
+/* Remove an option */
+
+void lttv_option_remove(const char *long_name);
+
+
+/* Parse command line options. It is possible to add options (through the
+ hooks being called) while the parsing is done. The new options will be
+ used for subsequent command line arguments. */
+
+void lttv_option_parse(int argc, char **argv);
+
+void lttv_option_show_help(void);
+
+#endif // OPTION_H