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+# Copyright (C) 2008 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+
+"""Common argument parsing."""
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+__all__ = ['Options']
+
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+from mailman.Version import MAILMAN_VERSION
+from mailman.configuration import config
+from mailman.i18n import _
+
+
+
+class Options:
+    """Common argument parser."""
+
+    # Subclasses should override.
+    usage = None
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.parser = OptionParser(version=MAILMAN_VERSION, usage=self.usage)
+        self.add_common_options()
+        self.add_options()
+        options, arguments = self.parser.parse_args()
+        self.options = options
+        self.arguments = arguments
+        # Also, for convenience, place the options in the configuration file
+        # because occasional global uses are necessary.
+        config.options = self
+        self.sanity_check()
+
+    def add_options(self):
+        """Allow the subclass to add its own specific arguments."""
+        pass
+
+    def sanity_check(self):
+        """Allow subclasses to do sanity checking of arguments."""
+        pass
+
+    def add_common_options(self):
+        """Add options common to all scripts."""
+        self.parser.add_option(
+            '-C', '--config',
+            help=_('Alternative configuration file to use'))