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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.
+
+#ifndef ABSL_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USAGE_H_
+#define ABSL_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USAGE_H_
+
+#include <iosfwd>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "absl/flags/declare.h"
+#include "absl/flags/internal/commandlineflag.h"
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Usage reporting interfaces
+
+namespace absl {
+namespace flags_internal {
+
+// The format to report the help messages in.
+enum class HelpFormat {
+  kHumanReadable,
+};
+
+// Outputs the help message describing specific flag.
+void FlagHelp(std::ostream& out, const flags_internal::CommandLineFlag& flag,
+              HelpFormat format = HelpFormat::kHumanReadable);
+
+// Produces the help messages for all flags matching the filter. A flag matches
+// the filter if it is defined in a file with a filename which includes
+// filter string as a substring. You can use '/' and '.' to restrict the
+// matching to a specific file names. For example:
+//   FlagsHelp(out, "/path/to/file.");
+// restricts help to only flags which resides in files named like:
+//  .../path/to/file.<ext>
+// for any extension 'ext'. If the filter is empty this function produces help
+// messages for all flags.
+void FlagsHelp(std::ostream& out, absl::string_view filter,
+               HelpFormat format, absl::string_view program_usage_message);
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// If any of the 'usage' related command line flags (listed on the bottom of
+// this file) has been set this routine produces corresponding help message in
+// the specified output stream and returns:
+//  0 - if "version" or "only_check_flags" flags were set and handled.
+//  1 - if some other 'usage' related flag was set and handled.
+// -1 - if no usage flags were set on a commmand line.
+// Non negative return values are expected to be used as an exit code for a
+// binary.
+int HandleUsageFlags(std::ostream& out,
+                     absl::string_view program_usage_message);
+
+}  // namespace flags_internal
+}  // namespace absl
+
+ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(bool, help);
+ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(bool, helpfull);
+ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(bool, helpshort);
+ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(bool, helppackage);
+ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(bool, version);
+ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(bool, only_check_args);
+ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(std::string, helpon);
+ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(std::string, helpmatch);
+
+#endif  // ABSL_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USAGE_H_