function die(error_msg) {

console.error('Error: ' + error_msg);

process.exit(1);
}

function normalize_cli_key(cli_key) {
return cli_key.replace(/^-*/, '');
}

function show_help(scheme, description, epilog) {

if (description)
console.log(description);
console.log('Options:');
for (var k in scheme) {
if (scheme[k].hasOwnProperty('hidden')) {
continue;
}
let metavar = '';
if (scheme[k].hasOwnProperty('metavar'))
metavar = ' ' + scheme[k]['metavar'];
console.log(' ' + k + metavar);
if (scheme[k].hasOwnProperty('default')) {
console.log(' Default: "' + scheme[k]['default'] + '"');
}
console.log(' ' + scheme[k]['help']);
console.log();
}
if (epilog)
console.log(epilog);
}

function parse_cmd_args(cmd_args, scheme, description=null, epilog=null) {

var result = {};
for (var arg_key in scheme) {
var arg_info = scheme[arg_key];
if (arg_info.hasOwnProperty('default'))
result[normalize_cli_key(arg_key)] = arg_info['default'];
if (arg_info.hasOwnProperty('boolean'))
result[normalize_cli_key(arg_key)] = false;
}
cmd_args = cmd_args.slice(2);
var i = 0;
while(i < cmd_args.length) {
var arg_key = cmd_args[i];
if (arg_key == '--help' || arg_key == '-h') {
show_help(scheme, description, epilog);
process.exit(0);
}
i += 1;
if (!scheme.hasOwnProperty(arg_key)) {
die(`unknown argument: ${arg_key}`);
}
var arg_info = scheme[arg_key];
var normalized_key = normalize_cli_key(arg_key);
if (arg_info['boolean']) {
result[normalized_key] = true;
 continue;
}
if (i >= cmd_args.length) {
die(`no CLI value for key: ${arg_key}`);
}
var arg_value = cmd_args[i];
i += 1;
result[normalized_key] = arg_value;
}
return result;
}

module.exports.parse_cmd_args = parse_cmd_args;