/*
 * ProcessArgs.hpp
 *
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 */

#ifndef CORE_SYSTEM_PROCESS_ARGS_HPP
#define CORE_SYSTEM_PROCESS_ARGS_HPP

#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include <boost/utility.hpp>

namespace rstudio {
namespace core {
namespace system {

// helper class used to manage argument memory during child spawn
class ProcessArgs : boost::noncopyable
{
public:
   ProcessArgs() : argCount_(0), args_(NULL) {}

   ProcessArgs(const std::vector<std::string>& args)
      : argCount_(0), args_(NULL)
   {
      setArgs(args);
   }

   virtual ~ProcessArgs()
   {
      try
      {
         freeArgs();
      }
      catch(...)
      {
      }
   }

   bool empty() const { return argCount_ == 0; }
   std::size_t argCount() const { return argCount_; }
   char** args() const { return !empty() ? args_ : NULL; }
   
private:
   void setArgs(const std::vector<std::string>& args)
   {
      // free existing
      freeArgs();

      // allocate args
      argCount_ = args.size()  ;
      args_ = new char*[argCount_+1] ;

      // copy each arg to a buffer
      for (unsigned int i=0; i<argCount_; i++)
      {
         const std::string& arg = args[i];
         args_[i] = new char[arg.size() + 1];
         arg.copy(args_[i], arg.size());
         args_[i][arg.size()] = '\0';
      }

      // null terminate the list of args
      args_[argCount_] = NULL;
   }

   void freeArgs()
   {
      if (argCount_ > 0)
      {
         for (std::size_t i = 0; i<argCount_; ++i)
            delete [] args_[i] ;
         delete [] args_ ;
      }
   }
   
private:
   std::size_t argCount_ ;
   char** args_ ;
};

} // namespace system 
} // namespace core
} // namespace rstudio

#endif // CORE_SYSTEM_PROCESS_ARGS_HPP

