def add_arguments(self, arg):
"""
has to be called whenever th script is used from within the JTShell
environment, adds the parameters, which would normally be provided directly
by the system variable.
###
arg - (string) the string passed onto the shell
###
RETURNS (void)
"""
# dividing the given string into the the list of arguments and the given
# values of these parameters, by breaking the string by every appearance
# of the '-' key and making an exception at the "" separation
# the toggle wether inside an separated string
in_separation = False
# the temporary key, value pair of the current argument
temp_argument_tuples = []
# the actual temporary string
temp_string = ""
# first step: dividing the string into strings of key/value pairs with whitespaces
for character in arg:
# toggeling the separation condition
if character == '"':
if in_separation:
in_separation = False
else:
in_separation = True
# breaking the temporary string in case the keycharacter "-" appears
if character == "-" and not (in_separation):
temp_argument_tuples.append(temp_string)
temp_string = ""
# adding the character to the temporary string
temp_string += character
temp_argument_tuples.append(temp_string)
temp_argument_tuples.remove("")
# second step: itering through the tempory list and then appending the
# argiuments to the arguments dictionary of the class
for string in temp_argument_tuples:
temp_string = jtstr.divide_by_custom(string, " ")[0]
if '"' in string:
self.args[temp_string] = string.replace(temp_string + " ", "").replace('"', "")
else:
self.args[temp_string] = string.replace(temp_string + " ", "")
