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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_ARGPAR_UTILS_H
+#define COMMON_ARGPAR_UTILS_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include <common/macros.hpp>
+#include <common/argpar/argpar.h>
+#include <common/string-utils/format.hpp>
+
+#define WHILE_PARSING_ARG_N_ARG_FMT "While parsing argument #%d (`%s`): "
+
+enum parse_next_item_status
+{
+ PARSE_NEXT_ITEM_STATUS_OK = 0,
+ PARSE_NEXT_ITEM_STATUS_END = 1,
+ PARSE_NEXT_ITEM_STATUS_ERROR = -1,
+ PARSE_NEXT_ITEM_STATUS_ERROR_MEMORY = -2,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Parse the next argpar item using `iter`.
+ *
+ * The item in `*item` is always freed and cleared on entry.
+ *
+ * If an item is parsed successfully, return the new item in `*item` and return
+ * PARSE_NEXT_ITEM_STATUS_OK.
+ *
+ * If the end of the argument list is reached, return
+ * PARSE_NEXT_ITEM_STATUS_END.
+ *
+ * On error, print a descriptive error message and return
+ * PARSE_NEXT_ITEM_STATUS_ERROR. If `context_fmt` is non-NULL, it is formatted
+ * using the following arguments and prepended to the error message.
+ * Add `argc_offset` to the argument index mentioned in the error message.
+ *
+ * If `unknown_opt_is_error` is true, an unknown option is considered an error.
+ * Otherwise, it is considered as the end of the argument list.
+ *
+ * If `error_out` is given and PARSE_NEXT_ITEM_STATUS_ERROR is returned, set
+ * `*error_out` to the argpar_error object corresponding to the error. The
+ * caller must free the object with `argpar_error_destroy`.
+ */
+ATTR_FORMAT_PRINTF(7, 8)
+enum parse_next_item_status parse_next_item(struct argpar_iter *iter,
+ const struct argpar_item **item, int argc_offset,
+ const char **argv, bool unknown_opt_is_error,
+ const struct argpar_error **error_out,
+ const char *context_fmt, ...);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif