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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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
+ *
+ *   http://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.
+ */
+
+package;
+
+import org.apache.thrift.*;
+import org.apache.thrift.protocol.*;
+import org.apache.thrift.transport.*;
+import org.apache.thrift.server.*;
+import org.apache.thrift.meta_data.*;
+
+using StringTools;
+
+
+enum Prot {
+	binary;
+	json;
+}
+
+enum Trns {
+	socket;
+	http;
+}
+
+
+class Arguments
+{
+	public var server(default,null) : Bool = false;
+	public var framed(default,null) : Bool = false;
+	public var buffered(default,null) : Bool = false;
+	public var protocol(default,null) : Prot = binary;
+	public var transport(default,null) : Trns = socket;
+	
+	public var host(default,null) : String = "localhost";
+	public var port(default,null) : Int = 9090;
+
+	public var numIterations(default,null) : Int = 1;
+	public var numThreads(default,null) : Int = 1;
+	
+	
+	public function new() {
+		#if sys
+		try {
+  			ParseArgs();
+		} catch (e : String) {
+			trace(GetHelp());
+			throw e;
+		}
+		#else
+		trace("WN: Platform does not support program arguments, using defaults.");
+		#end
+	}
+	
+	#if sys
+		
+	private static function GetHelp() : String {
+		return "\n"
+			+Sys.executablePath()+"  [client|server]  [options]\n"
+			+"Modus: Either client or server, the default is client.\n"
+			+"\n"
+			+"Options:\n"
+			+"  -f, --framed         framed transport (supersedes buffered)\n"
+			+"  -b, --buffered       buffered transport\n"
+			+"  --json               JSON protocol\n"
+			+"  --protocol=<prot>    Choose protocol: json, binary (default binary).\n"
+			+"  --port=<port>        Port number for socket transport, default 9090\n"
+			+"\n"
+			+"Client only options:\n"
+			+"  --host=<host>        Host name, IP or URL, default localhost\n"
+			+"  -n=<iterations>      Number of test iterations\n"
+			+"  -t=<threads>         Number of test threads\n"
+			+"  -u=<url>             Target Host/URL (same as --host)\n"
+			+"\n"
+			+"All arguments are optional.\n";
+	}
+	
+
+	private function ParseArgs() : Void {
+		var step = 0;
+		for (arg in Sys.args()) {
+			
+			// server|client
+			switch(step) {
+			case 0:
+				++step;
+				if ( arg == "client") 
+					server = false;
+				else if ( arg == "server") 
+					server = true;
+				else
+					throw "First argument must be 'server' or 'client'";
+					
+			case 1:					
+				if ( (arg == "-f") || (arg == "--framed")) {
+					framed = true;
+				} else if (( arg == "-b") || ( arg == "--buffered")) {
+					buffered = true;
+				} else if (( arg == "--json") || (arg == "--protocol=json")){
+					protocol = json;
+				} else if (( arg == "--protocol=binary")){
+					protocol = binary;
+				} else if (arg.startsWith("--host=")) {
+					ClientOnlyOption(arg);
+					host = arg.substr(arg.indexOf("=") + 1);
+				} else if (arg.startsWith("--port=")) {
+					var tmp = Std.parseInt(arg.substr(arg.indexOf("=")+1));
+					if( tmp != null)
+						port = tmp;
+					else
+						throw "Invalid port number "+arg;
+				} else if (arg == "-n") {
+					ClientOnlyOption(arg);
+					step = 2;
+				} else if (arg == "-t") {
+					ClientOnlyOption(arg);
+					step = 3;
+				} else if (arg == "-u") {
+					ClientOnlyOption(arg);
+					step = 4;
+				} else {
+					throw "Unexpected argument "+arg;
+				}					
+					
+			case 2:  // num iterations
+				step = 1;
+				var tmp = Std.parseInt(arg);
+				if( tmp != null)
+					numIterations = tmp;
+				else
+					throw "Invalid numeric value "+arg;
+					
+			case 3: // num threads
+				step = 1;
+				var tmp = Std.parseInt(arg);
+				if( tmp != null)
+					numThreads = tmp;
+				else
+					throw "Invalid numeric value "+arg;
+					
+			case 4:  // url
+				step = 1;
+				host = arg;
+					
+			default:
+				throw "Unexpected state";
+			}
+
+			
+			if ( framed && buffered)
+			{
+				trace("WN: framed supersedes buffered transport");
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	#end
+		
+		
+	private function ClientOnlyOption( arg : String) {
+		if( server) {
+			throw "Unexpected argument in client mode: "+arg;
+		}
+	}
+}