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+++ b/Resources/CodeGeneration/testCppHandler/main.cpp	Sat Feb 23 10:18:13 2019 +0100
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+#include <string>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <regex>
+using namespace std;
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
+using namespace boost::program_options;
+
+#include "VsolMessages_generated.hpp"
+
+/**
+Transforms `str` by replacing occurrences of `oldStr` with `newStr`, using 
+plain text (*not* regular expressions.)
+*/
+static inline void ReplaceInString(
+  string& str,
+  const std::string& oldStr,
+  const std::string& newStr)
+{
+  std::string::size_type pos = 0u;
+  while ((pos = str.find(oldStr, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
+    str.replace(pos, oldStr.length(), newStr);
+    pos += newStr.length();
+  }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  try
+  {
+    string pattern;
+
+    options_description desc("Allowed options");
+    desc.add_options()
+      // First parameter describes option name/short name
+      // The second is parameter to option
+      // The third is description
+      ("help,h", "print usage message")
+      ("pattern,p", value(&pattern), "pattern for input")
+      ;
+
+    variables_map vm;
+    store(parse_command_line(argc, argv, desc), vm);
+
+    if (vm.count("help"))
+    {
+      cout << desc << "\n";
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    // tranform globbing pattern into regex
+    // we should deal with -, ., *...
+    string regexPatternStr = pattern;
+    regex regexPattern(regexPatternStr);
+
+    for (auto& p : fs::directory_iterator("."))
+    {
+      if (regex_match(p.path().string(), regexPattern))
+        std::cout << "\"" << p << "\" is a match\n";
+      else
+        std::cout << "\"" << p << "\" is *not* a match\n";
+    }
+    return 0;
+
+
+  }
+  catch (exception& e)
+  {
+    cerr << e.what() << "\n";
+  }
+}
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