// License: AGPLv3 or later. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html

#ifndef _AUXILIARY_H_
#define _AUXILIARY_H_

#include <string>

class processArguments
{
    public:
        processArguments(int theArgc, const char* const theArgv[]);
        std::string codewordType() const;
        short codewordInt() const;
        int randomGeneratorSeed() const;
        int codewordLength() const;
        int codebookSize() const;
        int modulus() const;
    private:
        short mint = 0;
        short melt = 1;
        short mintOrMelt;
        int seed;
        int length;
        int size;
        int mod;
        int argc;
        const char* const *argv;
        // if any of the checks fail, program exits immediately w/
        // error code 1
        void checkIfArgcWithinRange();
        void checkIfArg2Is0Or1Only();
        void checkIfArg2Is0Or1OnlyAndSetMintOrMelt();
        void checkIfCorrectNumberOfArgumentsForMintOrMelt();
        void checkIf3rdOnwardArgsAreNotPositveInt();
        void checkIfArgumentIsNotPositiveInt(
            const char* argument, std::string itsIndex);
        void setRemainingDataMemberValues();
        void printProcessedArguments() const;
};

#endif