From 38307376552b6ed427b30180cd03add5738734a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Rogers <targetdisk1394@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 21:27:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [NEW] dynamic_main: New dynamic main/argv helper!

See t/dynamic_main.bash for an early example of how to use it.
---
 dynamic_main.bash   | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 t/dynamic_main.bash | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 dynamic_main.bash
 create mode 100755 t/dynamic_main.bash

diff --git a/dynamic_main.bash b/dynamic_main.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42f2f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dynamic_main.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+command -v dedcat || \
+	source "$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})/logging.bash"
+
+[ -z "${fns[@]}" ] && dedcat 'ERROR: Empty or undefined ${fns[@]} array!'
+
+read -d '' HELPSTR <<EOH
+Usage:  $0 OPERATION
+$EXTRA_NOTE
+Operations:
+$(for fn in ${fns[@]}; do echo "  $fn:  $($fn help)"; done)
+EOH
+
+[[ " ${fns[*]} " =~ [[:space:]]${1}[[:space:]] ]] \
+	|| dedcat "$HELPSTR"
+
+op="$1"
+shift
+$op $@
diff --git a/t/dynamic_main.bash b/t/dynamic_main.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..754f05b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/dynamic_main.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+fns=( hello )
+
+hello() {
+	[ "$1" == help ] && echo -n "Say \"hello.\"" && return 0
+	echo hello.
+}
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/../dynamic_main.bash"