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+/**
+ * Copyright © 2018 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * 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
+ *
+ *     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.
+ */
+
+#include "argument.hpp"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iterator>
+
+const std::string ArgumentParser::true_string = "true";
+const std::string ArgumentParser::empty_string = "";
+
+const char* ArgumentParser::optionstr = "s:b:i:?h";
+const option ArgumentParser::options[] = {
+    {"service-namespaces", required_argument, nullptr, 's'},
+    {"service-blacklists", required_argument, nullptr, 'b'},
+    {"interface-namespaces", required_argument, nullptr, 'i'},
+    {"help", no_argument, nullptr, 'h'},
+    {0, 0, 0, 0},
+};
+
+ArgumentParser::ArgumentParser(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    int option = 0;
+    while (-1 !=
+           (option = getopt_long(argc, argv, optionstr, options, nullptr)))
+    {
+        if ((option == '?') || (option == 'h'))
+        {
+            usage(argv);
+            exit(-1);
+        }
+
+        auto i = &options[0];
+        while ((i->val != option) && (i->val != 0))
+            ++i;
+
+        if (i->val)
+            arguments[i->name] = (i->has_arg ? optarg : true_string);
+    }
+}
+
+const std::string& ArgumentParser::operator[](const std::string& opt)
+{
+    auto i = arguments.find(opt);
+    if (i == arguments.end())
+    {
+        return empty_string;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return i->second;
+    }
+}
+
+void ArgumentParser::usage(char** argv)
+{
+    std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " [options]" << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "Options:" << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "    --help               Print this menu" << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "    --service-namespaces=<services> Space separated list of ";
+    std::cerr << "service namespaces to whitelist\n";
+    std::cerr << "    --service-blacklists=<services> Space separated list of ";
+    std::cerr << "service names to blacklist\n";
+    std::cerr << "    --interface-namespaces=<ifaces> Space separated list of ";
+    std::cerr << "interface namespaces to whitelist\n";
+}