7 files changed, 213 insertions, 106 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c556b9..0555a0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ A simple and easy to use command line argument parser library for Zig.
 
 ## Examples
 
-### `StreamingClap`
+### `clap.parse`
 
-The `StreamingClap` is the base of all the other parsers. It's a streaming parser that uses an
-`args.Iterator` to provide it with arguments lazily.
+The simplest way to use this library is to just call the `clap.parse` function.
 
 ```zig
 const std = @import("std");
@@ -27,58 +26,69 @@ const clap = @import("clap");
 const debug = std.debug;
 
 pub fn main() !void {
-    const allocator = std.heap.direct_allocator;
-
     // First we specify what parameters our program can take.
-    const params = [_]clap.Param(u8){
-        clap.Param(u8){
-            .id = 'h',
-            .names = clap.Names{ .short = 'h', .long = "help" },
-        },
-        clap.Param(u8){
-            .id = 'n',
-            .names = clap.Names{ .short = 'n', .long = "number" },
-            .takes_value = true,
-        },
-        clap.Param(u8){
-            .id = 'f',
+    // We can use `parseParam` to parse a string to a `Param(Help)`
+    const params = comptime [_]clap.Param(clap.Help){
+        clap.parseParam("-h, --help          Display this help and exit.              ") catch unreachable,
+        clap.parseParam("-n, --number <NUM>  An option parameter, which takes a value.") catch unreachable,
+        clap.Param(clap.Help){
             .takes_value = true,
         },
     };
 
-    // We then initialize an argument iterator. We will use the OsIterator as it nicely
-    // wraps iterating over arguments the most efficient way on each os.
-    var iter = try clap.args.OsIterator.init(allocator);
-    defer iter.deinit();
+    var args = try clap.parse(clap.Help, params, std.heap.direct_allocator);
+    defer args.deinit();
 
-    // Initialize our streaming parser.
-    var parser = clap.StreamingClap(u8, clap.args.OsIterator){
-        .params = params,
-        .iter = &iter,
+    if (args.flag("--help"))
+        debug.warn("--help\n");
+    if (args.option("--number")) |n|
+        debug.warn("--number = {}\n", n);
+    for (args.positionals()) |pos|
+        debug.warn("{}\n", pos);
+}
+
+```
+
+The data structure returned has lookup speed on par with array access (`arr[i]`) and validates
+that the strings you pass to `option` and `flag` are actually parameters that the program can take:
+
+```zig
+const std = @import("std");
+const clap = @import("clap");
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    // First we specify what parameters our program can take.
+    // We can use `parseParam` to parse a string to a `Param(Help)`
+    const params = comptime [_]clap.Param(clap.Help){
+        clap.parseParam("-h, --help  Display this help and exit.") catch unreachable,
     };
 
-    // Because we use a streaming parser, we have to consume each argument parsed individually.
-    while (try parser.next()) |arg| {
-        // arg.param will point to the parameter which matched the argument.
-        switch (arg.param.id) {
-            'h' => debug.warn("Help!\n"),
-            'n' => debug.warn("--number = {}\n", arg.value.?),
+    var args = try clap.parse(clap.Help, params, std.heap.direct_allocator);
+    defer args.deinit();
 
-            // arg.value == null, if arg.param.takes_value == false.
-            // Otherwise, arg.value is the value passed with the argument, such as "-a=10"
-            // or "-a 10".
-            'f' => debug.warn("{}\n", arg.value.?),
-            else => unreachable,
-        }
-    }
+    _ = args.flag("--helps");
 }
 
 ```
 
+```
+zig-clap/clap/comptime.zig:109:17: error: --helps is not a parameter.
+                @compileError(name ++ " is not a parameter.");
+                ^
+zig-clap/clap/comptime.zig:77:45: note: called from here
+            const param = comptime findParam(name);
+                                            ^
+zig-clap/clap.zig:238:31: note: called from here
+            return a.clap.flag(name);
+                              ^
+zig-clap/example/simple-error.zig:16:18: note: called from here
+    _ = args.flag("--helps");
+```
+
 ### `ComptimeClap`
 
-The `ComptimeClap` is a wrapper for `StreamingClap`, which parses all the arguments and makes
-them available through three functions (`flag`, `option`, `positionals`).
+The `ComptimeClap` is the parser used by `clap.parse`. It allows the user to use a custom argument
+iterator.
 
 ```zig
 const std = @import("std");
@@ -118,46 +128,68 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
 ```
 
-The data structure returned from this parser has lookup speed on par with array access (`arr[i]`)
-and validates that the strings you pass to `option` and `flag` are actually parameters that the
-program can take:
+### `StreamingClap`
+
+The `StreamingClap` is the base of all the other parsers. It's a streaming parser that uses an
+`args.Iterator` to provide it with arguments lazily.
 
 ```zig
 const std = @import("std");
 const clap = @import("clap");
 
+const debug = std.debug;
+
 pub fn main() !void {
     const allocator = std.heap.direct_allocator;
 
-    const params = [_]clap.Param(void){clap.Param(void){
-        .names = clap.Names{ .short = 'h', .long = "help" },
-    }};
+    // First we specify what parameters our program can take.
+    const params = [_]clap.Param(u8){
+        clap.Param(u8){
+            .id = 'h',
+            .names = clap.Names{ .short = 'h', .long = "help" },
+        },
+        clap.Param(u8){
+            .id = 'n',
+            .names = clap.Names{ .short = 'n', .long = "number" },
+            .takes_value = true,
+        },
+        clap.Param(u8){
+            .id = 'f',
+            .takes_value = true,
+        },
+    };
 
-    var iter = clap.args.OsIterator.init(allocator);
+    // We then initialize an argument iterator. We will use the OsIterator as it nicely
+    // wraps iterating over arguments the most efficient way on each os.
+    var iter = try clap.args.OsIterator.init(allocator);
     defer iter.deinit();
-    const exe = try iter.next();
 
-    var args = try clap.ComptimeClap(void, params).parse(allocator, clap.args.OsIterator, &iter);
-    defer args.deinit();
+    // Initialize our streaming parser.
+    var parser = clap.StreamingClap(u8, clap.args.OsIterator){
+        .params = params,
+        .iter = &iter,
+    };
 
-    _ = args.flag("--helps");
-}
+    // Because we use a streaming parser, we have to consume each argument parsed individually.
+    while (try parser.next()) |arg| {
+        // arg.param will point to the parameter which matched the argument.
+        switch (arg.param.id) {
+            'h' => debug.warn("Help!\n"),
+            'n' => debug.warn("--number = {}\n", arg.value.?),
 
-```
+            // arg.value == null, if arg.param.takes_value == false.
+            // Otherwise, arg.value is the value passed with the argument, such as "-a=10"
+            // or "-a 10".
+            'f' => debug.warn("{}\n", arg.value.?),
+            else => unreachable,
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 ```
-zig-clap/src/comptime.zig:109:17: error: --helps is not a parameter.
-                @compileError(name ++ " is not a parameter.");
-                ^
-zig-clap/src/comptime.zig:77:45: note: called from here
-            const param = comptime findParam(name);
-                                            ^
-zig-clap/example/comptime-clap-error.zig:18:18: note: called from here
-    _ = args.flag("--helps");
-                 ^
-```
 
-Ofc, this limits you to parameters that are comptime known.
+Currently, this parse is the only parser that allow an array of `Param` that
+is generated at runtime.
 
 ### `help`
 
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 9d2ef7b..1a6fe09 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) void {
 
     const example_step = b.step("examples", "Build examples");
     inline for ([_][]const u8{
+        "simple",
+        //"simple-error",
         "comptime-clap",
-        //"comptime-clap-error",
         "streaming-clap",
         "help",
     }) |example_name| {
@@ -61,9 +62,10 @@ fn readMeStep(b: *Builder) *std.build.Step {
             const stream = &file.outStream().stream;
             try stream.print(
                 @embedFile("example/README.md.template"),
-                @embedFile("example/streaming-clap.zig"),
+                @embedFile("example/simple.zig"),
+                @embedFile("example/simple-error.zig"),
                 @embedFile("example/comptime-clap.zig"),
-                @embedFile("example/comptime-clap-error.zig"),
+                @embedFile("example/streaming-clap.zig"),
                 @embedFile("example/help.zig"),
             );
         }
diff --git a/clap.zig b/clap.zig
index 1a6a95d..e0d20e3 100644
--- a/clap.zig
+++ b/clap.zig
@@ -223,6 +223,47 @@ fn find(str: []const u8, f: []const u8) []const u8 {
     return str[i..][0..f.len];
 }
 
+pub fn Args(comptime Id: type, comptime params: []const Param(Id)) type {
+    return struct {
+        arena: std.heap.ArenaAllocator,
+        clap: ComptimeClap(Id, params),
+        exe_arg: ?[]const u8,
+
+        pub fn deinit(a: *@This()) void {
+            a.clap.deinit();
+            a.arena.deinit();
+        }
+
+        pub fn flag(a: @This(), comptime name: []const u8) bool {
+            return a.clap.flag(name);
+        }
+
+        pub fn option(a: @This(), comptime name: []const u8) ?[]const u8 {
+            return a.clap.option(name);
+        }
+
+        pub fn positionals(a: @This()) []const []const u8 {
+            return a.clap.positionals();
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+/// Parses the command line arguments passed into the program based on an
+/// array of `Param`s.
+pub fn parse(
+    comptime Id: type,
+    comptime params: []const Param(Id),
+    allocator: *mem.Allocator,
+) !Args(Id, params) {
+    var iter = try args.OsIterator.init(allocator);
+    const clap = try ComptimeClap(Id, params).parse(allocator, args.OsIterator, &iter);
+    return Args(Id, params){
+        .arena = iter.arena,
+        .clap = clap,
+        .exe_arg = iter.exe_arg,
+    };
+}
+
 /// Will print a help message in the following format:
 ///     -s, --long <value_text> help_text
 ///     -s,                     help_text
diff --git a/example/README.md.template b/example/README.md.template
index 373a037..1fd90b0 100644
--- a/example/README.md.template
+++ b/example/README.md.template
@@ -15,45 +15,55 @@ A simple and easy to use command line argument parser library for Zig.
 
 ## Examples
 
-### `StreamingClap`
+### `clap.parse`
 
-The `StreamingClap` is the base of all the other parsers. It's a streaming parser that uses an
-`args.Iterator` to provide it with arguments lazily.
+The simplest way to use this library is to just call the `clap.parse` function.
 
 ```zig
 {}
 ```
 
-### `ComptimeClap`
-
-The `ComptimeClap` is a wrapper for `StreamingClap`, which parses all the arguments and makes
-them available through three functions (`flag`, `option`, `positionals`).
-
-```zig
-{}
-```
-
-The data structure returned from this parser has lookup speed on par with array access (`arr[i]`)
-and validates that the strings you pass to `option` and `flag` are actually parameters that the
-program can take:
+The data structure returned has lookup speed on par with array access (`arr[i]`) and validates
+that the strings you pass to `option` and `flag` are actually parameters that the program can take:
 
 ```zig
 {}
 ```
 
 ```
-zig-clap/src/comptime.zig:109:17: error: --helps is not a parameter.
+zig-clap/clap/comptime.zig:109:17: error: --helps is not a parameter.
                 @compileError(name ++ " is not a parameter.");
                 ^
-zig-clap/src/comptime.zig:77:45: note: called from here
+zig-clap/clap/comptime.zig:77:45: note: called from here
             const param = comptime findParam(name);
                                             ^
-zig-clap/example/comptime-clap-error.zig:18:18: note: called from here
+zig-clap/clap.zig:238:31: note: called from here
+            return a.clap.flag(name);
+                              ^
+zig-clap/example/simple-error.zig:16:18: note: called from here
     _ = args.flag("--helps");
-                 ^
 ```
 
-Ofc, this limits you to parameters that are comptime known.
+### `ComptimeClap`
+
+The `ComptimeClap` is the parser used by `clap.parse`. It allows the user to use a custom argument
+iterator.
+
+```zig
+{}
+```
+
+### `StreamingClap`
+
+The `StreamingClap` is the base of all the other parsers. It's a streaming parser that uses an
+`args.Iterator` to provide it with arguments lazily.
+
+```zig
+{}
+```
+
+Currently, this parse is the only parser that allow an array of `Param` that
+is generated at runtime.
 
 ### `help`
 
diff --git a/example/comptime-clap-error.zig b/example/comptime-clap-error.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 3209b74..0000000
--- a/example/comptime-clap-error.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-const clap = @import("clap");
-
-pub fn main() !void {
-    const allocator = std.heap.direct_allocator;
-
-    const params = [_]clap.Param(void){clap.Param(void){
-        .names = clap.Names{ .short = 'h', .long = "help" },
-    }};
-
-    var iter = clap.args.OsIterator.init(allocator);
-    defer iter.deinit();
-    const exe = try iter.next();
-
-    var args = try clap.ComptimeClap(void, params).parse(allocator, clap.args.OsIterator, &iter);
-    defer args.deinit();
-
-    _ = args.flag("--helps");
-}
diff --git a/example/simple-error.zig b/example/simple-error.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc72a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/simple-error.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const clap = @import("clap");
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    // First we specify what parameters our program can take.
+    // We can use `parseParam` to parse a string to a `Param(Help)`
+    const params = comptime [_]clap.Param(clap.Help){
+        clap.parseParam("-h, --help  Display this help and exit.") catch unreachable,
+    };
+
+    var args = try clap.parse(clap.Help, params, std.heap.direct_allocator);
+    defer args.deinit();
+
+    _ = args.flag("--helps");
+}
diff --git a/example/simple.zig b/example/simple.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f791447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/simple.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const clap = @import("clap");
+
+const debug = std.debug;
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    // First we specify what parameters our program can take.
+    // We can use `parseParam` to parse a string to a `Param(Help)`
+    const params = comptime [_]clap.Param(clap.Help){
+        clap.parseParam("-h, --help          Display this help and exit.              ") catch unreachable,
+        clap.parseParam("-n, --number <NUM>  An option parameter, which takes a value.") catch unreachable,
+        clap.Param(clap.Help){
+            .takes_value = true,
+        },
+    };
+
+    var args = try clap.parse(clap.Help, params, std.heap.direct_allocator);
+    defer args.deinit();
+
+    if (args.flag("--help"))
+        debug.warn("--help\n");
+    if (args.option("--number")) |n|
+        debug.warn("--number = {}\n", n);
+    for (args.positionals()) |pos|
+        debug.warn("{}\n", pos);
+}