commandlineparser / commandlineparser/commandline

Load options dynamically by System.Type only working for verbs.

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Description

I have an architecture where first, an Options base class is parsed and based on one parameter, I need to parse specific Options. These Options are loaded dynamically and since they are loaded dynamically, I can't use the generic method overloads of ParseArguments and the overload with params System.Type[] types, works only for verbs?. This once simple and goal oriented Library, unfortunately became unnecessary complex.

In Version 1.x I could pass the specific instance e.g. MyClassOptions and it would parse just fine.

```cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using CommandLine;

namespace CmdTest
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// args = -c MyClassOptions -s mySpecificOption

//....

// First Parse base options, load specific options depending on parameter of this instance.
// Parse specific options while using type from reflection.

//....

Parser parser = new Parser(with => with.IgnoreUnknownArguments = true);
var result = parser.ParseArguments(args, typeof(MyClassOptions)).
MapResult(x => x, NotParsedFunc);

MyClassOptions options = (MyClassOptions) result;

// Not working, because the public ParserResult ParseArguments(IEnumerable args, params Type[] types);
// overload only parses verbs now...

Console.WriteLine(options.SpecificOption);
}

private static object NotParsedFunc(IEnumerable arg)
{
throw new Exception(arg.First().Tag.ToString()); // Exception is thrown
}

public class OptionsBase
{
[Option('c', "class", Required = true, HelpText = "Class that should be loaded dynamically.")]
public string Classname { get; set; }
}

public class MyClassOptions : OptionsBase
{
[Option('s', "specificoption", Required = true, HelpText = "Specific Option for my class to load.")]
public string SpecificOption { get; set; }
}
}
}
```

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Research direction

Start at Parser.ParseArguments(IEnumerable, params Type[]) and compare its handling with verb parsing. Reproduce the sample using OptionsBase and MyClassOptions, then verify whether dynamically supplied types parse inherited and specific options as intended.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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