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+//
+// Copyright 2019 The Abseil Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "absl/flags/internal/usage.h"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "absl/flags/flag.h"
+#include "absl/flags/internal/path_util.h"
+#include "absl/flags/internal/program_name.h"
+#include "absl/flags/usage_config.h"
+#include "absl/strings/ascii.h"
+#include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
+#include "absl/strings/str_split.h"
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
+#include "absl/synchronization/mutex.h"
+
+ABSL_FLAG(bool, help, false,
+          "show help on important flags for this binary [tip: all flags can "
+          "have two dashes]");
+ABSL_FLAG(bool, helpfull, false, "show help on all flags");
+ABSL_FLAG(bool, helpshort, false,
+          "show help on only the main module for this program");
+ABSL_FLAG(bool, helppackage, false,
+          "show help on all modules in the main package");
+ABSL_FLAG(bool, version, false, "show version and build info and exit");
+ABSL_FLAG(bool, only_check_args, false, "exit after checking all flags");
+ABSL_FLAG(std::string, helpon, "",
+          "show help on the modules named by this flag value");
+ABSL_FLAG(std::string, helpmatch, "",
+          "show help on modules whose name contains the specified substr");
+
+namespace absl {
+namespace flags_internal {
+namespace {
+
+// This class is used to emit an XML element with `tag` and `text`.
+// It adds opening and closing tags and escapes special characters in the text.
+// For example:
+// std::cout << XMLElement("title", "Milk & Cookies");
+// prints "<title>Milk &amp; Cookies</title>"
+class XMLElement {
+ public:
+  XMLElement(absl::string_view tag, absl::string_view txt)
+      : tag_(tag), txt_(txt) {}
+
+  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out,
+                                  const XMLElement& xml_elem) {
+    out << "<" << xml_elem.tag_ << ">";
+
+    for (auto c : xml_elem.txt_) {
+      switch (c) {
+        case '"':
+          out << "&quot;";
+          break;
+        case '\'':
+          out << "&apos;";
+          break;
+        case '&':
+          out << "&amp;";
+          break;
+        case '<':
+          out << "&lt;";
+          break;
+        case '>':
+          out << "&gt;";
+          break;
+        default:
+          out << c;
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return out << "</" << xml_elem.tag_ << ">";
+  }
+
+ private:
+  absl::string_view tag_;
+  absl::string_view txt_;
+};
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Helper class to pretty-print info about a flag.
+
+class FlagHelpPrettyPrinter {
+ public:
+  // Pretty printer holds on to the std::ostream& reference to direct an output
+  // to that stream.
+  FlagHelpPrettyPrinter(int max_line_len, std::ostream* out)
+      : out_(*out),
+        max_line_len_(max_line_len),
+        line_len_(0),
+        first_line_(true) {}
+
+  void Write(absl::string_view str, bool wrap_line = false) {
+    // Empty std::string - do nothing.
+    if (str.empty()) return;
+
+    std::vector<absl::string_view> tokens;
+    if (wrap_line) {
+      for (auto line : absl::StrSplit(str, absl::ByAnyChar("\n\r"))) {
+        if (!tokens.empty()) {
+          // Keep line separators in the input std::string.
+          tokens.push_back("\n");
+        }
+        for (auto token :
+             absl::StrSplit(line, absl::ByAnyChar(" \t"), absl::SkipEmpty())) {
+          tokens.push_back(token);
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      tokens.push_back(str);
+    }
+
+    for (auto token : tokens) {
+      bool new_line = (line_len_ == 0);
+
+      // Respect line separators in the input std::string.
+      if (token == "\n") {
+        EndLine();
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      // Write the token, ending the std::string first if necessary/possible.
+      if (!new_line && (line_len_ + token.size() >= max_line_len_)) {
+        EndLine();
+        new_line = true;
+      }
+
+      if (new_line) {
+        StartLine();
+      } else {
+        out_ << ' ';
+        ++line_len_;
+      }
+
+      out_ << token;
+      line_len_ += token.size();
+    }
+  }
+
+  void StartLine() {
+    if (first_line_) {
+      out_ << "    ";
+      line_len_ = 4;
+      first_line_ = false;
+    } else {
+      out_ << "      ";
+      line_len_ = 6;
+    }
+  }
+  void EndLine() {
+    out_ << '\n';
+    line_len_ = 0;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  std::ostream& out_;
+  const int max_line_len_;
+  int line_len_;
+  bool first_line_;
+};
+
+void FlagHelpHumanReadable(const flags_internal::CommandLineFlag& flag,
+                           std::ostream* out) {
+  FlagHelpPrettyPrinter printer(80, out);  // Max line length is 80.
+
+  // Flag name.
+  printer.Write(absl::StrCat("-", flag.Name()));
+
+  // Flag help.
+  printer.Write(absl::StrCat("(", flag.Help(), ");"), /*wrap_line=*/true);
+
+  // Flag data type (for V1 flags only).
+  if (!flag.IsAbseilFlag() && !flag.IsRetired()) {
+    printer.Write(absl::StrCat("type: ", flag.Typename(), ";"));
+  }
+
+  // The listed default value will be the actual default from the flag
+  // definition in the originating source file, unless the value has
+  // subsequently been modified using SetCommandLineOption() with mode
+  // SET_FLAGS_DEFAULT.
+  std::string dflt_val = flag.DefaultValue();
+  if (flag.IsOfType<std::string>()) {
+    dflt_val = absl::StrCat("\"", dflt_val, "\"");
+  }
+  printer.Write(absl::StrCat("default: ", dflt_val, ";"));
+
+  if (flag.IsModified()) {
+    std::string curr_val = flag.CurrentValue();
+    if (flag.IsOfType<std::string>()) {
+      curr_val = absl::StrCat("\"", curr_val, "\"");
+    }
+    printer.Write(absl::StrCat("currently: ", curr_val, ";"));
+  }
+
+  printer.EndLine();
+}
+
+// Shows help for every filename which matches any of the filters
+// If filters are empty, shows help for every file.
+// If a flag's help message has been stripped (e.g. by adding '#define
+// STRIP_FLAG_HELP 1' then this flag will not be displayed by '--help'
+// and its variants.
+void FlagsHelpImpl(std::ostream& out, flags_internal::FlagKindFilter filter_cb,
+                   HelpFormat format, absl::string_view program_usage_message) {
+  if (format == HelpFormat::kHumanReadable) {
+    out << flags_internal::ShortProgramInvocationName() << ": "
+        << program_usage_message << "\n\n";
+  } else {
+    // XML schema is not a part of our public API for now.
+    out << "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
+        // The document.
+        << "<AllFlags>\n"
+        // The program name and usage.
+        << XMLElement("program", flags_internal::ShortProgramInvocationName())
+        << '\n'
+        << XMLElement("usage", program_usage_message) << '\n';
+  }
+
+  // Map of package name to
+  //   map of file name to
+  //     vector of flags in the file.
+  // This map is used to output matching flags grouped by package and file
+  // name.
+  std::map<std::string,
+           std::map<std::string,
+                    std::vector<const flags_internal::CommandLineFlag*>>>
+      matching_flags;
+
+  flags_internal::ForEachFlag([&](flags_internal::CommandLineFlag* flag) {
+    std::string flag_filename = flag->Filename();
+
+    // Ignore retired flags.
+    if (flag->IsRetired()) return;
+
+    // If the flag has been stripped, pretend that it doesn't exist.
+    if (flag->Help() == flags_internal::kStrippedFlagHelp) return;
+
+    // Make sure flag satisfies the filter
+    if (!filter_cb || !filter_cb(flag_filename)) return;
+
+    matching_flags[std::string(flags_internal::Package(flag_filename))]
+                  [flag_filename]
+                      .push_back(flag);
+  });
+
+  absl::string_view
+      package_separator;             // controls blank lines between packages.
+  absl::string_view file_separator;  // controls blank lines between files.
+  for (const auto& package : matching_flags) {
+    if (format == HelpFormat::kHumanReadable) {
+      out << package_separator;
+      package_separator = "\n\n";
+    }
+
+    file_separator = "";
+    for (const auto& flags_in_file : package.second) {
+      if (format == HelpFormat::kHumanReadable) {
+        out << file_separator << "  Flags from " << flags_in_file.first
+            << ":\n";
+        file_separator = "\n";
+      }
+
+      for (const auto* flag : flags_in_file.second) {
+        flags_internal::FlagHelp(out, *flag, format);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (format == HelpFormat::kHumanReadable) {
+    if (filter_cb && matching_flags.empty()) {
+      out << "  No modules matched: use -helpfull\n";
+    }
+  } else {
+    // The end of the document.
+    out << "</AllFlags>\n";
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Produces the help message describing specific flag.
+void FlagHelp(std::ostream& out, const flags_internal::CommandLineFlag& flag,
+              HelpFormat format) {
+  if (format == HelpFormat::kHumanReadable)
+    flags_internal::FlagHelpHumanReadable(flag, &out);
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Produces the help messages for all flags matching the filter.
+// If filter is empty produces help messages for all flags.
+void FlagsHelp(std::ostream& out, absl::string_view filter, HelpFormat format,
+               absl::string_view program_usage_message) {
+  flags_internal::FlagKindFilter filter_cb = [&](absl::string_view filename) {
+    return filter.empty() || filename.find(filter) != absl::string_view::npos;
+  };
+  flags_internal::FlagsHelpImpl(out, filter_cb, format, program_usage_message);
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Checks all the 'usage' command line flags to see if any have been set.
+// If so, handles them appropriately.
+int HandleUsageFlags(std::ostream& out,
+                     absl::string_view program_usage_message) {
+  if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_helpshort)) {
+    flags_internal::FlagsHelpImpl(
+        out, flags_internal::GetUsageConfig().contains_helpshort_flags,
+        HelpFormat::kHumanReadable, program_usage_message);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_helpfull)) {
+    // show all options
+    flags_internal::FlagsHelp(out, "", HelpFormat::kHumanReadable,
+                              program_usage_message);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (!absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_helpon).empty()) {
+    flags_internal::FlagsHelp(
+        out, absl::StrCat("/", absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_helpon), "."),
+        HelpFormat::kHumanReadable, program_usage_message);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (!absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_helpmatch).empty()) {
+    flags_internal::FlagsHelp(out, absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_helpmatch),
+                              HelpFormat::kHumanReadable,
+                              program_usage_message);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_help)) {
+    flags_internal::FlagsHelpImpl(
+        out, flags_internal::GetUsageConfig().contains_help_flags,
+        HelpFormat::kHumanReadable, program_usage_message);
+
+    out << "\nTry --helpfull to get a list of all flags.\n";
+
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_helppackage)) {
+    flags_internal::FlagsHelpImpl(
+        out, flags_internal::GetUsageConfig().contains_helppackage_flags,
+        HelpFormat::kHumanReadable, program_usage_message);
+
+    out << "\nTry --helpfull to get a list of all flags.\n";
+
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_version)) {
+    if (flags_internal::GetUsageConfig().version_string)
+      out << flags_internal::GetUsageConfig().version_string();
+    // Unlike help, we may be asking for version in a script, so return 0
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_only_check_args)) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  return -1;
+}
+
+}  // namespace flags_internal
+}  // namespace absl