diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec639a3..f9682f0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ option(PLASP_BUILD_STATIC "Build static binaries" OFF)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
diff --git a/app/include/plasp-app/Command.h b/app/include/plasp-app/Command.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96fbf87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/include/plasp-app/Command.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#ifndef __PLASP_APP__COMMAND_H
+#define __PLASP_APP__COMMAND_H
+
+#include <tuple>
+
+#include <cxxopts.hpp>
+
+#include <plasp-app/Utils.h>
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Command
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+template<class... OptionGroups>
+class Command
+{
+	protected:
+		void addOptionGroupsTo(cxxopts::Options &options)
+		{
+			forEach(m_optionGroups,
+				[&](auto &optionGroup)
+		        {
+					optionGroup.addTo(options);
+				});
+		}
+
+		void parseOptionGroups(cxxopts::Options &options)
+		{
+			forEach(m_optionGroups,
+				[&](auto &optionGroup)
+		        {
+					optionGroup.parse(options);
+				});
+		}
+
+		std::tuple<OptionGroups...> m_optionGroups;
+};
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#endif
diff --git a/app/include/plasp-app/Commands.h b/app/include/plasp-app/Commands.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1da1972..0000000
--- a/app/include/plasp-app/Commands.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __PLASP_APP__COMMANDS_H
-#define __PLASP_APP__COMMANDS_H
-
-#include <string>
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// Commands
-//
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-enum class Command
-{
-	Help,
-	Version,
-	CheckSyntax,
-	Requirements,
-	PrettyPrint,
-	Normalize,
-	Translate
-};
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-Command parseCommand(const std::string &commandString);
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#endif
diff --git a/app/include/plasp-app/CommonOptions.h b/app/include/plasp-app/OptionGroups.h
similarity index 65%
rename from app/include/plasp-app/CommonOptions.h
rename to app/include/plasp-app/OptionGroups.h
index 74d3944..d756fa1 100644
--- a/app/include/plasp-app/CommonOptions.h
+++ b/app/include/plasp-app/OptionGroups.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef __PLASP_APP__COMMON_OPTIONS_H
-#define __PLASP_APP__COMMON_OPTIONS_H
+#ifndef __PLASP_APP__OPTION_GROUPS_H
+#define __PLASP_APP__OPTION_GROUPS_H
 
 #include <cxxopts.hpp>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
-// Common Options
+// Option Groups
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -25,14 +25,12 @@ class OptionException : public pddl::Exception
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-void addBasicOptions(cxxopts::Options &options);
-void addOutputOptions(cxxopts::Options &options);
-void addParserOptions(cxxopts::Options &options);
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-struct BasicOptions
+struct OptionGroupBasic
 {
+	void addTo(cxxopts::Options &options);
+	void parse(cxxopts::Options &options);
+	void printHelp(std::ostream &stream);
+
 	bool help = false;
 	bool version = false;
 	bool warningsAsErrors = false;
@@ -40,16 +38,24 @@ struct BasicOptions
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-struct OutputOptions
+struct OptionGroupOutput
 {
+	void addTo(cxxopts::Options &options);
+	void parse(cxxopts::Options &options);
+	void printHelp(std::ostream &stream);
+
 	colorlog::ColorStream::ColorPolicy colorPolicy = colorlog::ColorStream::ColorPolicy::Auto;
 	colorlog::Priority logPriority = colorlog::Priority::Info;
 };
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-struct ParserOptions
+struct OptionGroupParser
 {
+	void addTo(cxxopts::Options &options);
+	void parse(cxxopts::Options &options);
+	void printHelp(std::ostream &stream);
+
 	std::vector<std::string> inputFiles;
 	pddl::Mode parsingMode = pddl::Mode::Strict;
 	plasp::Language::Type language = plasp::Language::Type::Automatic;
@@ -57,10 +63,4 @@ struct ParserOptions
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-BasicOptions parseBasicOptions(cxxopts::Options &options);
-OutputOptions parseOutputOptions(cxxopts::Options &options);
-ParserOptions parseParserOptions(cxxopts::Options &options);
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
 #endif
diff --git a/app/include/plasp-app/Utils.h b/app/include/plasp-app/Utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..889d9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/include/plasp-app/Utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#ifndef __PLASP_APP__UTILS_H
+#define __PLASP_APP__UTILS_H
+
+#include <cxxopts.hpp>
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Command
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+template <std::size_t... Index>
+auto makeIndexDispatcher(std::index_sequence<Index...>)
+{
+	return
+		[](auto &&f)
+		{
+			(f(std::integral_constant<std::size_t, Index>{}), ...);
+		};
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+template <std::size_t N>
+auto makeIndexDispatcher()
+{
+	return makeIndexDispatcher(std::make_index_sequence<N>{});
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+template <typename Tuple, typename Functor>
+void forEach(Tuple &&tuple, Functor &&functor)
+{
+	constexpr auto n = std::tuple_size<std::decay_t<Tuple>>::value;
+	auto dispatcher = makeIndexDispatcher<n>();
+	dispatcher(
+		[&functor, &tuple](auto index)
+		{
+			functor(std::get<index>(std::forward<Tuple>(tuple)));
+		});
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#endif
diff --git a/app/include/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.h b/app/include/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b791785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/include/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef __PLASP_APP__COMMANDS__TRANSLATE_H
+#define __PLASP_APP__COMMANDS__TRANSLATE_H
+
+#include <plasp-app/Command.h>
+#include <plasp-app/OptionGroups.h>
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Command Translate
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+class CommandTranslate : public Command<OptionGroupBasic, OptionGroupOutput, OptionGroupParser>
+{
+	public:
+		int run(int argc, char **argv);
+};
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#endif
diff --git a/app/include/plasp-app/commands/Translate.h b/app/include/plasp-app/commands/Translate.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 23461c4..0000000
--- a/app/include/plasp-app/commands/Translate.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __PLASP_APP__COMMANDS__TRANSLATE_H
-#define __PLASP_APP__COMMANDS__TRANSLATE_H
-
-int translate(int argc, char **argv);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/app/src/plasp-app/Commands.cpp b/app/src/plasp-app/Commands.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index db3a3ee..0000000
--- a/app/src/plasp-app/Commands.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#include <plasp-app/Commands.h>
-
-#include <map>
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// Commands
-//
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-static const std::map<std::string, Command> commandNames =
-	{
-		{"help", Command::Help},
-		{"-h", Command::Help},
-		{"--help", Command::Help},
-		{"version", Command::Version},
-		{"-v", Command::Version},
-		{"--version", Command::Version},
-		{"check-syntax", Command::CheckSyntax},
-		{"requirements", Command::Requirements},
-		{"pretty-print", Command::PrettyPrint},
-		{"normalize", Command::Normalize},
-		{"translate", Command::Translate},
-	};
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-Command parseCommand(const std::string &commandString)
-{
-	const auto matchingCommand = commandNames.find(commandString);
-
-	if (matchingCommand == commandNames.cend())
-		throw std::runtime_error(std::string("“") + commandString + "” is not a plasp command");
-
-	return matchingCommand->second;
-}
diff --git a/app/src/plasp-app/CommonOptions.cpp b/app/src/plasp-app/OptionGroups.cpp
similarity index 56%
rename from app/src/plasp-app/CommonOptions.cpp
rename to app/src/plasp-app/OptionGroups.cpp
index f849d6d..aea6dc7 100644
--- a/app/src/plasp-app/CommonOptions.cpp
+++ b/app/src/plasp-app/OptionGroups.cpp
@@ -1,22 +1,31 @@
-#include <plasp-app/CommonOptions.h>
+#include <plasp-app/OptionGroups.h>
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
-// Common Options
+// Option Groups
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-void addBasicOptions(cxxopts::Options &options)
+void OptionGroupBasic::addTo(cxxopts::Options &options)
 {
 	options.add_options("basic")
-		("h,help", "Display this help message")
-		("v,version", "Display version information")
-		("warnings-as-errors", "Treat warnings as errors");
+	("h,help", "Display this help message")
+	("v,version", "Display version information")
+	("warnings-as-errors", "Treat warnings as errors");
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-void addOutputOptions(cxxopts::Options &options)
+void OptionGroupBasic::parse(cxxopts::Options &options)
+{
+	help = options["help"].as<bool>();
+	version = options["version"].as<bool>();
+	warningsAsErrors = options["warnings-as-errors"].as<bool>();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+void OptionGroupOutput::addTo(cxxopts::Options &options)
 {
 	options.add_options("output")
 		("color", "Colorize output (always, never, auto)", cxxopts::value<std::string>()->default_value("auto"))
@@ -25,7 +34,34 @@ void addOutputOptions(cxxopts::Options &options)
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-void addParserOptions(cxxopts::Options &options)
+void OptionGroupOutput::parse(cxxopts::Options &options)
+{
+	const auto colorPolicyString = options["color"].as<std::string>();
+
+	if (colorPolicyString == "auto")
+		colorPolicy = colorlog::ColorStream::ColorPolicy::Auto;
+	else if (colorPolicyString == "never")
+		colorPolicy = colorlog::ColorStream::ColorPolicy::Never;
+	else if (colorPolicyString == "always")
+		colorPolicy = colorlog::ColorStream::ColorPolicy::Always;
+	else
+		throw OptionException("unknown color policy “" + colorPolicyString + "”");
+
+	const auto logPriorityString = options["log-priority"].as<std::string>();
+
+	try
+	{
+		logPriority = colorlog::priorityFromName(logPriorityString.c_str());
+	}
+	catch (const std::exception &e)
+	{
+		throw OptionException(e.what());
+	}
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+void OptionGroupParser::addTo(cxxopts::Options &options)
 {
 	options.add_options("parser")
 		("i,input", "Input files (in PDDL or SAS format)", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>())
@@ -36,69 +72,21 @@ void addParserOptions(cxxopts::Options &options)
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-BasicOptions parseBasicOptions(cxxopts::Options &options)
+void OptionGroupParser::parse(cxxopts::Options &options)
 {
-	BasicOptions basicOptions;
-
-	basicOptions.help = options["help"].as<bool>();
-	basicOptions.version = options["version"].as<bool>();
-	basicOptions.warningsAsErrors = options["warnings-as-errors"].as<bool>();
-
-	return basicOptions;
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-OutputOptions parseOutputOptions(cxxopts::Options &options)
-{
-	OutputOptions outputOptions;
-
-	const auto colorPolicy = options["color"].as<std::string>();
-
-	if (colorPolicy == "auto")
-		outputOptions.colorPolicy = colorlog::ColorStream::ColorPolicy::Auto;
-	else if (colorPolicy == "never")
-		outputOptions.colorPolicy = colorlog::ColorStream::ColorPolicy::Never;
-	else if (colorPolicy == "always")
-		outputOptions.colorPolicy = colorlog::ColorStream::ColorPolicy::Always;
-	else
-		throw OptionException("unknown color policy “" + colorPolicy + "”");
-
-	const auto logPriorityString = options["log-priority"].as<std::string>();
-
-	try
-	{
-		outputOptions.logPriority = colorlog::priorityFromName(logPriorityString.c_str());
-	}
-	catch (const std::exception &e)
-	{
-		throw OptionException(e.what());
-	}
-
-	return outputOptions;
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-ParserOptions parseParserOptions(cxxopts::Options &options)
-{
-	ParserOptions parserOptions;
-
 	const auto parsingModeString = options["parsing-mode"].as<std::string>();
 
 	if (parsingModeString == "compatibility")
-		parserOptions.parsingMode = pddl::Mode::Compatibility;
+		parsingMode = pddl::Mode::Compatibility;
 	else if (parsingModeString != "strict")
 		throw OptionException("unknown parsing mode “" + parsingModeString + "”");
 
 	if (options.count("input"))
-		parserOptions.inputFiles = options["input"].as<std::vector<std::string>>();
+		inputFiles = options["input"].as<std::vector<std::string>>();
 
 	const auto languageName = options["language"].as<std::string>();
-	parserOptions.language = plasp::Language::fromString(languageName);
+	language = plasp::Language::fromString(languageName);
 
-	if (parserOptions.language == plasp::Language::Type::Unknown)
+	if (language == plasp::Language::Type::Unknown)
 		throw OptionException("unknown input language “" + languageName + "”");
-
-	return parserOptions;
 }
diff --git a/app/src/plasp-app/commands/Translate.cpp b/app/src/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.cpp
similarity index 86%
rename from app/src/plasp-app/commands/Translate.cpp
rename to app/src/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.cpp
index 966462c..2b243ac 100644
--- a/app/src/plasp-app/commands/Translate.cpp
+++ b/app/src/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include <plasp-app/commands/Translate.h>
+#include <plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.h>
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -23,18 +24,19 @@
 #include <plasp/sas/Description.h>
 #include <plasp/sas/TranslatorASP.h>
 
-#include <plasp-app/Commands.h>
-#include <plasp-app/CommonOptions.h>
 #include <plasp-app/Version.h>
-#include <plasp-app/commands/Translate.h>
 
-int translate(int argc, char **argv)
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Command Translate
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+int CommandTranslate::run(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	cxxopts::Options options("plasp translate", "Translate PDDL to ASP.");
 
-	addBasicOptions(options);
-	addOutputOptions(options);
-	addParserOptions(options);
+	addOptionGroupsTo(options);
 
 	const auto printHelp =
 		[&]()
@@ -44,9 +46,11 @@ int translate(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	options.parse(argc, argv);
 
-	const auto basicOptions = parseBasicOptions(options);
-	const auto outputOptions = parseOutputOptions(options);
-	const auto parserOptions = parseParserOptions(options);
+	parseOptionGroups(options);
+
+	const auto &basicOptions = std::get<OptionGroupBasic>(m_optionGroups);
+	const auto &outputOptions = std::get<OptionGroupOutput>(m_optionGroups);
+	const auto &parserOptions = std::get<OptionGroupParser>(m_optionGroups);
 
 	if (basicOptions.help)
 	{
diff --git a/app/src/plasp-app/main.cpp b/app/src/plasp-app/main.cpp
index e073abd..bca0ed2 100644
--- a/app/src/plasp-app/main.cpp
+++ b/app/src/plasp-app/main.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,58 @@
 #include <colorlog/Logger.h>
 #include <colorlog/Priority.h>
 
-#include <plasp-app/Commands.h>
+#include <plasp-app/Command.h>
 #include <plasp-app/Version.h>
-#include <plasp-app/commands/Translate.h>
+#include <plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.h>
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Main
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+enum class CommandType
+{
+	Help,
+	Version,
+	CheckSyntax,
+	Requirements,
+	PrettyPrint,
+	Normalize,
+	Translate
+};
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+static const std::map<std::string, CommandType> commandNames =
+	{
+		{"help", CommandType::Help},
+		{"-h", CommandType::Help},
+		{"--help", CommandType::Help},
+		{"version", CommandType::Version},
+		{"-v", CommandType::Version},
+		{"--version", CommandType::Version},
+		{"check-syntax", CommandType::CheckSyntax},
+		{"requirements", CommandType::Requirements},
+		{"pretty-print", CommandType::PrettyPrint},
+		{"normalize", CommandType::Normalize},
+		{"translate", CommandType::Translate},
+	};
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+const auto parseCommandType =
+	[](const std::string &commandString)
+	{
+		const auto matchingCommand = commandNames.find(commandString);
+
+		if (matchingCommand == commandNames.cend())
+			throw std::runtime_error(std::string("“") + commandString + "” is not a plasp command");
+
+		return matchingCommand->second;
+	};
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -19,8 +68,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			// TODO: add list of available commands
 			std::cout
 				<< "ASP planning tools for PDDL." << std::endl
-				<< "Usage: plasp <command> [<arguments>]" << std::endl
-				<< "Translate PDDL to ASP." << std::endl;
+				<< "Usage: plasp <command> [<arguments>]" << std::endl;
 		};
 
 	const auto printVersion =
@@ -39,16 +87,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	try
 	{
-		switch (parseCommand(argv[1]))
+		switch (parseCommandType(argv[1]))
 		{
-			case Command::Help:
+			case CommandType::Help:
 				printHelp();
 				return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-			case Command::Version:
+			case CommandType::Version:
 				printVersion();
 				return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-			case Command::Translate:
-				return translate(argc - 1, &argv[1]);
+			case CommandType::Translate:
+				return CommandTranslate().run(argc - 1, &argv[1]);
 			default:
 				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
diff --git a/doc/building.md b/doc/building.md
index 8bc91b4..037c109 100644
--- a/doc/building.md
+++ b/doc/building.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Building
 
-`plasp` requires a C++14 compiler (preferrably GCC ≥ 6.1 or clang ≥ 3.8), the `boost` libraries (≥ 1.55), and CMake for building.
+`plasp` requires a C++17 compiler (preferrably GCC ≥ 6.1 or clang ≥ 3.8), the `boost` libraries (≥ 1.55), and CMake for building.
 
 ```bash
 $ git clone https://github.com/potassco/plasp.git