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+// Copyright 2017 Frank Schroeder. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package properties
+
+import "flag"
+
+// MustFlag sets flags that are skipped by dst.Parse when p contains
+// the respective key for flag.Flag.Name.
+//
+// It's use is recommended with command line arguments as in:
+// flag.Parse()
+// p.MustFlag(flag.CommandLine)
+func (p *Properties) MustFlag(dst *flag.FlagSet) {
+ m := make(map[string]*flag.Flag)
+ dst.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) {
+ m[f.Name] = f
+ })
+ dst.Visit(func(f *flag.Flag) {
+ delete(m, f.Name) // overridden
+ })
+
+ for name, f := range m {
+ v, ok := p.Get(name)
+ if !ok {
+ continue
+ }
+
+ if err := f.Value.Set(v); err != nil {
+ ErrorHandler(err)
+ }
+ }
+}