Command Line Parser

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Common class for parsing command line options
    /// </summary>
    public static class CommandLineParser
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Reads a list of command line arguments, and removes the options passed,
        /// and returns them in a dictionary. Options are expected to be in the format
        /// --name=value or --name, both value and name may be enclosed in double quotes
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The parsed list of commandline options</returns>
        /// <param name='args'>The commandline arguments</param>
        public static Dictionary<string, string> ExtractOptions(List<string> args, Func<string, string, bool> parserCallback = null)
        {
            Dictionary<string, string> options = new Dictionary<string, string>();

            for (int i = 0; i < args.Count; i++)
            {
                if (args[i].StartsWith("--", StringComparison.Ordinal))
                {
                    string key = null;
                    string value = null;
                    if (args[i].IndexOf("=", StringComparison.Ordinal) > 0)
                    {
                        key = args[i].Substring(0, args[i].IndexOf("=", StringComparison.Ordinal));
                        value = args[i].Substring(args[i].IndexOf("=", StringComparison.Ordinal) + 1);
                    }
                    else
                        key = args[i];

                    //Skip the leading --
                    key = key.Substring(2).ToLower();
                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) && value.Length > 1 && value.StartsWith("\"", StringComparison.Ordinal) && value.EndsWith("\"", StringComparison.Ordinal))
                        value = value.Substring(1, value.Length - 2);

                    //Last argument overwrites the current
                    if (parserCallback == null || parserCallback(key, value))
                        options[key] = value;

                    args.RemoveAt(i);
                    i--;
                }
            }

            return options;
        }
    }
}