File: Options.pm

package info (click to toggle)
pdl 1%3A2.019-5
  • links: PTS, VCS
  • area: main
  • in suites: buster
  • size: 12,276 kB
  • sloc: perl: 47,799; fortran: 13,113; ansic: 9,365; sh: 41; makefile: 38; sed: 6
file content (1010 lines) | stat: -rw-r--r-- 24,491 bytes parent folder | download | duplicates (3)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880
881
882
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963
964
965
966
967
968
969
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
977
978
979
980
981
982
983
984
985
986
987
988
989
990
991
992
993
994
995
996
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010

package PDL::Options;

=head1 NAME

PDL::Options - simplifies option passing by hash in PerlDL

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use PDL::Options;

  %hash = parse( \%defaults, \%user_options);

  use PDL::Options ();

  $opt = new PDL::Options;
  $opt = new PDL::Options ( \%defaults );

  $opt->defaults ( \%defaults );
  $opt->synonyms ( { 'COLOR' => 'COLOUR' } );

  $hashref = $opt->defaults;

  $opt->options ( \%user_options );

  $hashref = $opt->options;

  $opt->incremental(1);
  $opt->full_options(0);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Object to simplify option passing for PerlDL subroutines.
Allows you to merge a user defined options with defaults.
A simplified (non-OO) interface is provided.

=cut

use strict;
use Carp;

use vars qw/$VERSION %EXPORT_TAGS %DEF_SYNS @ISA/;

require Exporter;

# difference to 0.91 is that added CENTRE/CENTER as default
# synonymns (patch by Diab Jerius [ #469110 ])
our $VERSION = '0.92';
$VERSION = eval $VERSION;

@ISA = qw(Exporter);

%EXPORT_TAGS = (
		'Func' => [qw/
			   parse iparse ifhref
			   /]
	       );

Exporter::export_tags('Func');

# List of default synonyms
%DEF_SYNS = (
	     COLOR  => 'COLOUR',
	     COLOUR => 'COLOR',
	     CENTER => 'CENTRE',
	     CENTRE => 'CENTER',
	    );

my $default = {
	       WarnOnMissing => 1,
	       FullOptions => 1,
	       DEBUG => 0,
	      };

=head1 Utility functions

=head2 ifhref

  parse({Ext => 'TIF', ifhref($opt)});

just return the argument if it is a hashref otherwise return
an empty hashref. Useful in conjunction with parse to return
just the default values if argument is not a hash ref

=head1 NON-OO INTERFACE

A simplified non-object oriented interface is provided.
These routines are exported into the callers namespace by default.

=over 4

=item parse( \%defaults, \%user_options)

This will parse user options by using the defaults.  The following
settings are used for parsing: The options are case-sensitive, a
default synonym table is consulted (see L</Default Synonyms>),
minimum-matching is turned on, and translation of values is not performed.

A hash (not hash reference) containing the processed options is returned.

  %options = parse( { LINE => 1, COLOUR => 'red'}, { COLOR => 'blue'});

=item iparse( \%defaults, \%user_options)

Same as C<parse> but matching is case insensitive

=cut

sub ifhref {
  my ($href) = @_;
  return defined $href && ref $href eq 'HASH' ? $href : {};
}

sub parse { return _parse(1,@_) }
sub iparse { return _parse(0,@_) }

sub _parse {

   croak 'Usage: parse( \%defaults, \%user )' if scalar(@_) != 3;

   my $casechk = shift;
   my $defaults = shift;
   croak ("First argument is not a hash reference")
      unless ref($defaults) eq "HASH";

   my $user = shift;
   croak ("Second argument is not a hash reference")
      unless ref($user) eq "HASH";

   # Create new object
   my $opt = new PDL::Options ( $defaults );

   # Set up default behaviour
   $opt->minmatch(1);
   $opt->casesens($casechk);
   $opt->synonyms( \%DEF_SYNS );

   # Process the options
   my $optref = $opt->options( $user );

   return %$optref;
}


=back

=head2 Default Synonyms

The following default synonyms are available in the non-OO interface:

  COLOR  => COLOUR
  COLOUR => COLOR
  CENTER => CENTRE
  CENTRE => CENTER

=head1 METHODS

The following methods are available to PDL::Options objects.

=over 4

=item new()

Constructor. Creates the object. With an optional argument can also
set the default options.

=cut

sub new {

  my $proto = shift;
  my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;

  my $opt = {};

  # Set up object structure
  $opt->{DEFAULTS} = {};   # Default options
  $opt->{CURRENT}  = {};   # Current options
  $opt->{CurrKeys} = [];   # list of selected keys if full_options(0)
  $opt->{SYNONYMS} = {};   # List of synonyms
  $opt->{INC}      = 0;    # Flag to decide whether we are incremental on cur
  $opt->{CaseSens} = 0;    # Are options case sensitive
  $opt->{MinMatch} = 1;    # Minimum matching on keys
  $opt->{Translation} = {};# Translation from eg 'RED' to 1
  $opt->{AutoTranslate}= 1;# Automatically translate options when processing
  $opt->{MinMatchTrans} = 0; # Min matching during translation
  $opt->{CaseSensTrans} = 0; # Case sensitive during translation
  # Return full options list
  $opt->{FullOptions} = $default->{FullOptions};
  # Whether to warn for options that are invalid or not
  $opt->{WarnOnMissing}= $default->{WarnOnMissing};
  $opt->{DEBUG}    = $default->{DEBUG};    # Turn on debug messages

  # Bless into class
  bless ( $opt, $class);

  # If we were passed arguments, pass to defaults method
  if (@_) { $opt->defaults( @_ ); }

  return $opt;
}

=item extend (\%options)

This will copy the existing options object and extend it with the
requested extra options.

=cut

sub extend {

  my ($self, $opt)=@_;

  my $class = ref($self);
  my $h = {%{$self}};
  croak ("Argument is not reference to hash!\n") unless ref($opt) eq 'HASH';
  #
  # The next step is to perform a deep copy of the hash
  # references since we might want to change these without
  # changing the originals.
  #
  $h->{SYNONYMS}={%{$self->{SYNONYMS}}};
  $h->{Translation}={%{$self->{Translation}}};
  $h->{CurrKeys}=[@{$self->{CurrKeys}}];
  #
  # Create the extended option list.
  #
  my %all_options = (%{$opt}, %{$self->{DEFAULTS}});

  # Bless it
  bless ($h, $class);

  # And parse the default options
  $h->defaults(\%all_options);

  return $h;

}

# =item change_defaults (\%options)

# This will merge the options given with the defaults hash and hence change
# the default hash. This is not normally a good idea, but in certain dynamic
# situations you might want to adjust a default parameter for future calls
# to the routine.

# =cut

# sub change_defaults {

#   my $self=shift;

#   my $arg = shift;
#   croak("Argument is not a hash reference!\n") unless ref($arg) eq 'HASH';

#   my $defs = $self->defaults($arg);

#   $self->defaults($)


# }


=item defaults( \%defaults )

Method to set or return the current defaults. The argument should be
a reference to a hash. The hash reference is returned if no arguments
are supplied.

The current values are reset whenever the defaults are changed.

=cut

sub defaults {
  my $self = shift;

  if (@_) {
    my $arg = shift;
    croak("Argument is not a hash reference") unless ref($arg) eq "HASH";
    $self->{DEFAULTS} = $arg;

    # Reset the current state (making sure that I disconnect the
    # hashes
    my %hash = %$arg;
    $self->curr_full(\%hash);

  }

  # Decouple the hash to protect it from being modified outside the
  # object
  my %hash = %{$self->{DEFAULTS}};
  return \%hash;

}

=item add_synonym (\%synonyms)

Method to add another synonym to an option set
The argument should be a reference to a hash.

=cut

sub add_synonym {
  my $self=shift;
  return unless @_;
  my $arg = shift;
  croak("Synonym argument is not a hash reference") unless ref($arg) eq "HASH";

  foreach (keys %$arg) {
    $self->{SYNONYMS}{$_}=$arg->{$_};
  }
  my %hash = %{$self->{SYNONYMS}};
  return \%hash;

}

=item add_translation (\%translation)

Method to add another translation rule to an option set.
The argument should be a reference to a hash.

=cut


sub add_translation {
  my $self = shift;
  return unless @_;
  my $arg = shift;
  croak("Translation argument is not a hash reference") unless ref($arg) eq 'HASH';

  foreach (keys %$arg) {
    $self->{Translation}{$_}=$arg->{$_};
  }
  my %hash = %{$self->{Translation}};

  return \%hash;

}

=item synonyms( \%synonyms )

Method to set or return the current synonyms. The argument should be
a reference to a hash. The hash reference is returned if no arguments
are supplied.

This allows you to provide alternate keywords (such as allowing
'COLOR' as an option when your defaults uses 'COLOUR').

=cut

sub synonyms {
  my $self = shift;

  if (@_) {
    my $arg = shift;
    croak("Argument is not a hash reference") unless ref($arg) eq "HASH";
    $self->{SYNONYMS} = $arg;
  }

  # Decouple the hash to protect it from being modified outside the
  # object
  my %hash = %{$self->{SYNONYMS}};
  return \%hash;

}


=item current

Returns the current state of the options. This is returned
as a hash reference (although it is not a reference to the
actual hash stored in the object). If full_options() is true
the full options hash is returned, if full_options() is false
only the modified options are returned (as set by the last call
to options()).

=cut

sub current {
  my $self = shift;

  if ($self->full_options) {
    return $self->curr_full;
  } else {
    my @keys = $self->curr_keys;
    my %hash = ();
    my $curr = $self->curr_full;

    foreach my $key (@keys) {
      $hash{$key} = $$curr{$key} if exists $$curr{$key};
    }
    return \%hash;
  }
}

=item clear_current

This routine clears the 'state' of the C<PDL::Options> object so that
the next call to current will return an empty list

=cut

sub clear_current {
  my $self = shift;
  @{$self->{CurrKeys}}=();
}


# Method to set the 'mini' state of the object
# This is just a list of the keys in %defaults that were selected
# by the user. current() returns the hash with these keys if
# called with full_options(0).
# Not publicising this

sub curr_keys {
  my $self = shift;
  if (@_) { @{$self->{CurrKeys}} = @_; }
  return @{$self->{CurrKeys}};
}

# Method to set the full state of the object
# Not publicising this

sub curr_full {
  my $self = shift;

  if (@_) {
    my $arg = shift;
    croak("Argument is not a hash reference") unless ref($arg) eq "HASH";
    $self->{CURRENT} = $arg;
  }

  # Decouple the hash
  my %hash = %{$self->{CURRENT}};
  return \%hash;

}


=item translation

Provide translation of options to more specific values that are
recognised by the program. This allows, for example, the automatic
translation of the string 'red' to '#ff0000'.

This method can be used to setup the dictionary and is hash reference
with the following structure:

    OPTIONA => {
	        'string1' => decode1,
                'string2' => decode2
		},
    OPTIONB => {
                's4' => decodeb1,
	       }
    etc....

Where OPTION? corresponds to the top level option name as stored in
the defaults array (eg LINECOLOR) and the anonymous hashes provide
the translation from string1 ('red') to decode1 ('#ff0000').

An options string will be translated automatically during the main options()
processing if autotrans() is set to true. Else translation can be
initiated by the user using the translate() method.

=cut

sub translation {
  my $self = shift;

  if (@_) {
    my $arg = shift;
    croak("Argument is not a hash reference") unless ref($arg) eq "HASH";
    $self->{Translation} = $arg;
  }

  # Decouple the hash to protect it from being modified outside the
  # object
  my %hash = %{$self->{Translation}};
  return \%hash;

}


=item incremental

Specifies whether the user defined options will be treated as additions
to the current state of the object (1) or modifications to the default
values only (0).

Can be used to set or return this value.
Default is false.

=cut

sub incremental {
  my $self = shift;
  if (@_) { $self->{INC} = shift; }
  return $self->{INC};
}

=item full_options

Governs whether a complete set of options is returned (ie defaults
+ expanded user options), true, or if just the expanded user
options are returned, false (ie the values specified by the user).

This can be useful when you are only interested in the changes to
the options rather than knowing the full state. (For example, if
defaults contains keys for COLOUR and LINESTYLE and the user supplied
a key of COL, you may simply be interested in the modification to
COLOUR rather than the state of LINESTYLE and COLOUR.)

Default is true.

=cut

sub full_options {
  my $self = shift;
  if (@_) { $self->{FullOptions} = shift; }
  return $self->{FullOptions};

}

=item casesens

Specifies whether the user defined options will be processed independent
of case (0) or not (1). Default is to be case insensitive.

Can be used to set or return this value.

=cut

sub casesens {
  my $self = shift;
  if (@_) { $self->{CaseSens} = shift; }
  return $self->{CaseSens};
}

=item minmatch

Specifies whether the user defined options will be minimum matched
with the defaults (1) or whether the user defined options should match
the default keys exactly. Defaults is true (1).

If a particular key matches exactly (within the constraints imposed
bby case sensitivity) this key will always be taken as correct even
if others are similar. For example COL would match COL and COLOUR but
this implementation will always return COL in this case (note that
for CO it will return both COL and COLOUR and pick one at random.

Can be used to set or return this value.

=cut

sub minmatch {
  my $self = shift;
  if (@_) { $self->{MinMatch} = shift; }
  return $self->{MinMatch};
}


=item autotrans

Specifies whether the user defined options will be processed via
the translate() method immediately following the main options
parsing. Default is to autotranslate (1).

Can be used to set or return this value.

=cut

sub autotrans {
  my $self = shift;
  if (@_) { $self->{AutoTranslate} = shift; }
  return $self->{AutoTranslate};
}


=item casesenstrans

Specifies whether the keys in the options hash will be matched insensitive
of case (0) during translation() or not (1). Default is to be case insensitive.

Can be used to set or return this value.

=cut

sub casesenstrans {
  my $self = shift;
  if (@_) { $self->{CaseSensTrans} = shift; }
  return $self->{CaseSensTrans};
}

=item minmatchtrans

Specifies whether the keys in the options hash  will be minimum matched
during translation(). Default is false (0).

If a particular key matches exactly (within the constraints imposed
bby case sensitivity) this key will always be taken as correct even
if others are similar. For example COL would match COL and COLOUR but
this implementation will always return COL in this case (note that
for CO it will return both COL and COLOUR and pick one at random.

Can be used to set or return this value.

=cut

sub minmatchtrans {
  my $self = shift;
  if (@_) { $self->{MinMatchTrans} = shift; }
  return $self->{MinMatchTrans};
}


=item warnonmissing

Turn on or off the warning message printed when an options is not in
the options hash. This can be convenient when a user passes a set of
options that has to be parsed by several different option objects down
the line.

=cut

sub warnonmissing {
  my $self = shift;
  if (ref $self) {
    if (@_) { $self->{WarnOnMissing}=shift;}
    return $self->{WarnOnMissing};
  } else {
    $default->{WarnOnMissing} = shift if @_;
    return $default->{WarnOnMissing};
  }
}


=item debug

Turn on or off debug messages. Default is off (0).
Can be used to set or return this value.

=cut

sub debug {
  my $self = shift;
  if (ref $self) {
    if (@_) { $self->{DEBUG} = shift; }
    return $self->{DEBUG};
  } else {
    $default->{DEBUG} = shift if @_;
    return $default->{DEBUG};
  }
}


=item options

Takes a set of user-defined options (as a reference to a hash)
and merges them with the current state (or the defaults; depends
on the state of incremental()).

The user-supplied keys will be compared with the defaults.
Case sensitivity and minimum matching can be configured using
the mimatch() and casesens() methods.

A warning is raised if keys present in the user options are not
present in the defaults unless warnonmissing is set.

A reference to a hash containing the merged options is returned.

  $merged = $opt->options( { COL => 'red', Width => 1});

The state of the object can be retrieved after this by using the
current() method or by using the options() method with no arguments.
If full_options() is true, all options are returned (options plus
overrides), if full_options() is false then only the modified
options are returned.

Synonyms are supported if they have been configured via the synonyms()
method.

=cut

sub options {

  my $self = shift;

  # If there is an argument do something clever
  if (@_) {

    # check that the arg is a hash
    my $arg = shift;
    croak("Argument is not a hash reference") unless ref($arg) eq "HASH";

    # Turn the options into a real hash
    my %user = %$arg;

    # Now read in the base options
    my $base;
    if ($self->incremental) {
      $base = $self->curr_full;
    } else {
      $base = $self->defaults;
    }

    # Turn into a real hash for convenience
    my %base = %$base;

    # Store a list of all the expanded user keys
    my @list = ();

    # Read in synonyms
    my %syn = %{$self->synonyms};

    # Now go through the keys in the user hash and compare with
    # the defaults
    foreach my $userkey (sort keys %user) {

      # Check for matches in the default set
      my @matched = $self->compare_with_list(0, $userkey, keys %base);

      # If we had no matches, check the synonyms list
      if ($#matched == -1) {
	@matched = $self->compare_with_list(0, $userkey, keys %syn);

	# If we have matched then convert the key to the actual
	# value stored in the object
	for (my $i =0; $i <= $#matched; $i++) {
	  $matched[$i] = $syn{$matched[$i]};
	}
      }

      # At this point we have matched the userkey to a key in the
      # defaults list (or if not say so)
      if ($#matched == -1) {
	print "Warning: $userkey is not a valid option\n" if $self->{WarnOnMissing};
      } else {
	if ( $#matched > 0 ) {
	  print "Warning: Multiple matches for option $userkey\n";
	  print "Warning: Could be any of the following:\n";
	  print join("\n",@matched) . "\n";
	  print "Accepting the first match ($matched[0])\n";
	}
	# Modify the value in %base and keep track of a separate
        # array containing only the matched keys
	$base{$matched[0]} = $user{$userkey};
	push(@list, $matched[0]);
	print "Matched: $userkey for $matched[0]\n" if $self->debug;
      }
    }

    # Finished matching so set this as the current state of the
    # object
    $self->curr_keys(@list);
    $self->curr_full(\%base);

    # Now process the values via the provided translation
    # if required. Note that the current design means that
    # We have to run this after we have set the current state.
    # Otherwise the translation() method would not work directly
    # and we would have to provide a public version and a private one.
    # Note that translate updates the current state of the object
    # So we don't need to catch the return value
    $self->translate if $self->autotrans;

  }

  # Current state should now be in current.
  # Simply return it
  return $self->current;

}

=item translate

Translate the current option values (eg those set via the options()
method) using the provided translation().

This method updates the current state of the object and returns the
updated options hash as a reference.

    $ref = $opt->translate;

=cut

sub translate {
  my $self = shift;

  my %trans = %{$self->translation};
  my %opt   = %{$self->curr_full}; # Process all options

  # Now need to go through each of the keys
  # and if the corresponding key exists in the translation
  # hash we need to check that a valid translation exists
  foreach my $key ( keys %opt ) {
    if (exists $trans{$key}) {
      # Okay so a translation might exist
      # Now compare keys in the hash in the hash
      my %subhash = %{$trans{$key}};

      my @matched =
	$self->compare_with_list(1, $opt{$key}, keys %subhash);

      # At this point we have matched the userkey to a key in the
      # dictionary. If there is no translation dont say anything
      # since it may be a 'REAL' answer (ie 1 instead of 'red')

      if ($#matched > -1) {
	if ( $#matched > 0 ) {
	  print "Warning: Multiple matches for $opt{$key} in option $key\n";
	  print "Warning: Could be any of the following:\n";
	  print join("\n",@matched) . "\n";
	  print "Accepting the first match ($matched[0])\n";

	}
	# Modify the value in the options set
	print "Translation: $opt{$key} translated to $subhash{$matched[0]}\n"
	  if $self->debug;
	$opt{$key} = $subhash{$matched[0]};

      }

    }

  }

  # Update the current state
  return $self->curr_full( \%opt );

}

# Private method to compare a key with a list of keys.
# The object controls whether case-sensitivity of minimum matching
# are required
# Arguments: flag to determine whether I am matchin options or translations
#                this is needed since both methods are configurable with
#                regards to minimum matching and case sensitivity.
#                0 - use $self->minmatch and $self->casesens
#                1 - use $self->minmatchtrans and $self->casesenstrans
#            $key: Key to be compared
#            @keys: List of keys
# Returns: Array of all keys that match $key taking into account the
#          object state.
#
# There must be a more compact way of doing this

sub compare_with_list {
    my $self = shift;

    my $flag = shift;
    my $key = shift;
    my @list = @_;

    my @result = ();

    my ($casesens, $minmatch);
    if ($flag == 0) {
	$casesens = $self->casesens;
	$minmatch = $self->minmatch;
    } else {
	$casesens = $self->casesenstrans;
	$minmatch = $self->minmatchtrans;
    }

    # Do matches

    # Case Sensitive
    if ($casesens) {

	# Always start with the exact match before proceding to minimum
	# match.
	# We want to make sure that we will always match on the
	# exact match even if alternatives exist (eg COL will always
	# match just COL if the keys are COL and COLOUR)
	# Case insensitive
	@result = grep { /^$key$/ } @list;

	# Proceed to minimum match if we detected nothing
	# Minumum match/ Case sensitive
	if ($#result == -1 && $minmatch) {

	    @result = grep { /^$key/ } @list;

	}

    } else {

	# We want to make sure that we will always match on the
	# exact match even if alternatives exist (eg COL will always
	# match just COL if the keys are COL and COLOUR)
	# First do the exact match (case insensitive)
      {
	local $^W = undef; # To silence warnings about uninitialised values
	@result =  grep { /^$key$/i } @list;
      }
	# If this match came up with something then we will use it
	# Else we will try a minimum match (assuming flag is true)

	# Minumum match/ Case insensitive
	if ($#result == -1 && $minmatch) {

	    @result = grep { /^$key/i } @list;

	}
    }
    return @result;
}




=back

=head1 EXAMPLE

Two examples are shown. The first uses the simplified interface and
the second uses the object-oriented interface.

=head1 Non-OO

   use PDL::Options (':Func');

   %options = parse( {
		   LINE => 1,
		   COLOUR => 'red',
		  },
		  {
		   COLOR => 'blue'
		  }
		);

This will return a hash containing

    %options = (
                 LINE => 1,
                 COLOUR => 'blue'
               )


=head1 Object oriented

The following example will try to show the main points:

   use PDL::Options ();

   # Create new object and supply defaults
   $opt = new PDL::Options(   { Colour => 'red',
	   		        LineStyle => 'dashed',
			        LineWidth => 1
			      }
			   );

   # Create synonyms
   $opt->synonyms( { Color => 'Colour' } );

   # Create translation dictionary
   $opt->translation( { Colour => {
                         'blue' => '#0000ff',
			 'red'  => '#ff0000',
			 'green'=> '#00ff00'
				},
	  	        LineStyle => {
			 'solid' => 1,
			 'dashed' => 2,
			 'dotted' => 3
			 }
		      }
		    );

   # Generate and parse test hash
   $options = $opt->options( { Color => 'green',
			       lines => 'solid',
			      }
			   );

When this code is run, $options will be the reference to a hash
containing the following:

   Colour => '#00ff00',
   LineStyle => 1,
   LineWidth => 1

If full_options() was set to false (0), $options would be a reference
to a hash containing:

   Colour => '#00ff00',
   LineStyle => 1

Minimum matching and case insensitivity can be configured for both
the initial parsing and for the subsequent translating. The translation
can be turned off if not desired.

Currently synonyms are not available for the translation although this
could be added quite simply.

=head1 AUTHOR

Copyright (C) Tim Jenness 1998 (t.jenness@jach.hawaii.edu).  All
rights reserved. There is no warranty. You are allowed to redistribute
this software / documentation under certain conditions. For details,
see the file COPYING in the PDL distribution. If this file is
separated from the PDL distribution, the copyright notice should be
included in the file.

=cut


1;