init method

Settings init(List<String> arguments)

lauchnch the process here feeding typicaly the command line arguments

Implementation

Settings init(List<String> arguments) {
  data = {};
  usage = parser.usage;
  data["error"] = false;

  try {
    var argResults = parser.parse(arguments);
    //print("applying args: lang:${argResults["lang"]} base:${argResults["base"]} out:${argResults["output"]} help:${argResults["help"]} strict:${argResults["strict"]}  rest: ${argResults.rest}");
    argResults.options.forEach((key) {
      var val = argResults[key];
      data["$key"] = (val == null) ? "null" : val;
    });
    rest = argResults.rest;
    //postprocessing
    data["type"] = "csv"; //csv is default
    if (data.containsKey("base") && data["base"].isNotEmpty) {
      //ok... we have a filled in base....
      var splitted = data["base"].split(".");
      if (splitted.length >= 2) {
        data["type"] = splitted.removeLast();
        data["base"] = splitted.join(".");
      }
      if (data["type"] == "kpl" || data["type"] == "jrl")
        data["type"] = "wbstyle";
      //print("match! splitted ${data["base"]} from ${data["type"]}");
      if (data["output"] == null) data["output"] = data["base"] + ".lst";
    }
  } catch (e) {
    //print("unknown arguments, please stick to:\n"+parser.usage);
    data["error"] = true;
  }
  if (data.containsKey("lang")) {
    if (["lang"].length == 2)
      data["lang"] =
          data["lang"].toLowerCase() + "_" + data["lang"].toUpperCase();
    if (data["lang"].length == 2)
      data["lang"] =
          data["lang"].toLowerCase() + "_" + data["lang"].toUpperCase();
    //print("default locale: ${data["lang"]}");
    Intl.defaultLocale = data["lang"];
  }
  initializeDateFormatting(Intl.defaultLocale);
  return this;
}