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+{
+    This file is part of the Free Component Library
+    Copyright (c) 2022 by Michael Van Canneyt, michael@freepascal.org
+
+    Display unit/program dependencies.
+    
+    See the file COPYING.FPC, included in this distribution,
+    for details about the copyright.
+
+    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.
+
+ **********************************************************************}
+program showdeps;
+
+{$mode objfpc}
+{$H+}
+ 
+uses SysUtils, Classes, PParser, PasTree;
+
+ 
+type
+  { We have to override abstract TPasTreeContainer methods.
+    See utils/fpdoc/dglobals.pp for an implementation of TFPDocEngine,
+    a "real" engine. }
+  TSimpleEngine = class(TPasTreeContainer)
+  public
+    function CreateElement(AClass: TPTreeElement; const AName: String;
+      AParent: TPasElement; AVisibility: TPasMemberVisibility;
+      const ASourceFilename: String; ASourceLinenumber: Integer): TPasElement;
+      override;
+    function FindElement(const AName: String): TPasElement; override;
+  end;
+ 
+function TSimpleEngine.CreateElement(AClass: TPTreeElement; const AName: String;
+  AParent: TPasElement; AVisibility: TPasMemberVisibility;
+  const ASourceFilename: String; ASourceLinenumber: Integer): TPasElement;
+begin
+//  Writeln(AName,' : ',AClass.ClassName,' at ',ASourceFilename,':',ASourceLinenumber);
+  Result := AClass.Create(AName, AParent);
+  Result.Visibility := AVisibility;
+  Result.SourceFilename := ASourceFilename;
+  Result.SourceLinenumber := ASourceLinenumber; 
+end;
+ 
+function TSimpleEngine.FindElement(const AName: String): TPasElement;
+begin
+  { dummy implementation, see TFPDocEngine.FindElement for a real example }
+  Result := nil;
+end;
+
+Procedure PrintUses(aSection : TPasSection; aShowFileName : Boolean = false);
+
+Var
+  i : integer;
+  aUses : TPasUsesUnit;
+  aName : string;
+  
+begin
+  if aSection=Nil then 
+    exit;  
+  for aUses in aSection.UsesClause do
+    begin
+    aName:='';
+    if aShowFileName and assigned(aUses.InFileName) then
+      aName:=AnsiDequotedStr(aUses.InFileName.Value,'''');
+    if (aName='') and assigned(aUses.Expr) then
+      aName:=aUses.Expr.GetDeclaration(False);  
+    if aName='' then
+      aName:=aUses.Name;
+    Writeln(aName);  
+    end;
+end;
+ 
+Procedure Usage;
+
+begin
+  Writeln('Usage : ',ExtractFileName(Paramstr(0)),' [OPTIONS] options ');
+  Writeln('Where options is exactly one of');
+  Writeln('-h or --help                 shows this help');
+  Writeln('-f or --filename             show actual unit filename, if available'); 
+  Writeln('-s or --skip-implementation  Do not show implementation dependencies'); 
+  Writeln('All other options are passed as-is to the parser');
+  Halt(0);
+end;
+ 
+var
+  M: TPasModule;
+  P : TPasProgram absolute M;
+  E: TPasTreeContainer;
+  First : String;
+  Offset,I: Integer;
+  Decls: TFPList;
+  cmdline : String;
+  SkipImplementation,
+  ShowFileName : Boolean;
+  
+begin
+  cmdline:='';
+  SkipImplementation:=False;
+  ShowFileName:=False;
+  First:=ParamStr(1);
+  if (ParamCount=0) or (First='-h') or (First='--help') then
+    Usage;
+  Offset:=1;  
+  Case first of
+  '-f',
+  '--filename':
+    ShowFileName:=True;
+  '-s',
+  '--skip-implementation':
+    SkipImplementation:=True;
+  else
+    Offset:=0;  
+  end;
+  For I:=1+Offset to ParamCount do
+    CmdLine:=CmdLine+' '+Paramstr(i);
+  E := TSimpleEngine.Create;
+  M := nil;
+  try
+    M := ParseSource(E, cmdline, 'linux', 'i386');
+    PrintUses(M.InterfaceSection);
+    if not SkipImplementation then
+      PrintUses(M.ImplementationSection);
+    if M is TPasProgram then
+      PrintUses(P.ProgramSection,ShowFilename);
+  finally
+    FreeAndNil(M);
+    FreeAndNil(E)
+  end;
+end.