mapstring2function.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <map>

void something(){
    std::cout<<"something called \n";
}

void somethingElse(){
    std::cout<<"somethingElse called \n";
}

class Console {
    public:
        typedef void strfunc_t();
        typedef std::map<std::string, strfunc_t*> CommandStringMap;
        

        static CommandStringMap getCommandStringMap() {
            CommandStringMap commandStringMap;
        
            commandStringMap["something"] = something;
            commandStringMap["somethingElse"] = somethingElse;
        
            return commandStringMap;
        }

        static void executeConsoleCommands(std::string str) {
        
            std::string delimiter = " ";
            size_t position;
            CommandStringMap commandStringMap = getCommandStringMap();
            if((position = str.find(delimiter)) != std::string::npos) {
                std::string token = str.substr(0, position); // token is "scott"
                str = str.erase(0, position + delimiter.length());
        
                commandStringMap.find(token)->second();
                executeConsoleCommands(str);
            } else {
        
                commandStringMap.find(str)->second();
            }
        }


};


int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {


    Console::executeConsoleCommands("something somethingElse something");

    return 0;
}