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| 1 | /* | |
| 2 | * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more | |
| 3 | * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with | |
| 4 | * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. | |
| 5 | * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 | |
| 6 | * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with | |
| 7 | * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
| 8 | * | |
| 9 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
| 10 | * | |
| 11 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
| 12 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
| 13 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
| 14 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
| 15 | * limitations under the License. | |
| 16 | */ | |
| 17 | package org.apache.commons.cli2; | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | import java.util.Comparator; | |
| 20 | import java.util.List; | |
| 21 | import java.util.ListIterator; | |
| 22 | import java.util.Set; | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | /** | |
| 25 | * The super type of all options representing a particular element of the | |
| 26 | * command line interface. | |
| 27 | */ | |
| 28 | public interface Option { | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | /** | |
| 31 | * Processes String arguments into a CommandLine. | |
| 32 | * | |
| 33 | * The iterator will initially point at the first argument to be processed | |
| 34 | * and at the end of the method should point to the first argument not | |
| 35 | * processed. This method MUST process at least one argument from the | |
| 36 | * ListIterator. | |
| 37 | * | |
| 38 | * @param commandLine | |
| 39 | * The CommandLine object to store results in | |
| 40 | * @param args | |
| 41 | * The arguments to process | |
| 42 | * @throws OptionException | |
| 43 | * if any problems occur | |
| 44 | */ | |
| 45 | void process( | |
| 46 | final WriteableCommandLine commandLine, | |
| 47 | final ListIterator args) | |
| 48 | throws OptionException; | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | /** | |
| 51 | * Adds defaults to a CommandLine. | |
| 52 | * | |
| 53 | * Any defaults for this option are applied as well as the defaults for | |
| 54 | * any contained options | |
| 55 | * | |
| 56 | * @param commandLine | |
| 57 | * The CommandLine object to store defaults in | |
| 58 | */ | |
| 59 | void defaults(final WriteableCommandLine commandLine); | |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | /** | |
| 62 | * Indicates whether this Option will be able to process the particular | |
| 63 | * argument. | |
| 64 | * | |
| 65 | * @param commandLine | |
| 66 | * The CommandLine to check | |
| 67 | * @param argument | |
| 68 | * The argument to be tested | |
| 69 | * @return true if the argument can be processed by this Option | |
| 70 | */ | |
| 71 | boolean canProcess(final WriteableCommandLine commandLine, final String argument); | |
| 72 | ||
| 73 | /** | |
| 74 | * Indicates whether this Option will be able to process the particular | |
| 75 | * argument. The ListIterator must be restored to the initial state before | |
| 76 | * returning the boolean. | |
| 77 | * | |
| 78 | * @see #canProcess(WriteableCommandLine,String) | |
| 79 | * @param commandLine | |
| 80 | * the CommandLine to check | |
| 81 | * @param arguments | |
| 82 | * the ListIterator over String arguments | |
| 83 | * @return true if the argument can be processed by this Option | |
| 84 | */ | |
| 85 | boolean canProcess(final WriteableCommandLine commandLine, final ListIterator arguments); | |
| 86 | ||
| 87 | /** | |
| 88 | * Identifies the argument prefixes that should trigger this option. This | |
| 89 | * is used to decide which of many Options should be tried when processing | |
| 90 | * a given argument string. | |
| 91 | * | |
| 92 | * The returned Set must not be null. | |
| 93 | * | |
| 94 | * @return The set of triggers for this Option | |
| 95 | */ | |
| 96 | Set getTriggers(); | |
| 97 | ||
| 98 | /** | |
| 99 | * Identifies the argument prefixes that should be considered options. This | |
| 100 | * is used to identify whether a given string looks like an option or an | |
| 101 | * argument value. Typically an option would return the set [--,-] while | |
| 102 | * switches might offer [-,+]. | |
| 103 | * | |
| 104 | * The returned Set must not be null. | |
| 105 | * | |
| 106 | * @return The set of prefixes for this Option | |
| 107 | */ | |
| 108 | Set getPrefixes(); | |
| 109 | ||
| 110 | /** | |
| 111 | * Checks that the supplied CommandLine is valid with respect to this | |
| 112 | * option. | |
| 113 | * | |
| 114 | * @param commandLine | |
| 115 | * The CommandLine to check. | |
| 116 | * @throws OptionException | |
| 117 | * if the CommandLine is not valid. | |
| 118 | */ | |
| 119 | void validate(final WriteableCommandLine commandLine) | |
| 120 | throws OptionException; | |
| 121 | ||
| 122 | /** | |
| 123 | * Builds up a list of HelpLineImpl instances to be presented by HelpFormatter. | |
| 124 | * | |
| 125 | * @see HelpLine | |
| 126 | * @see org.apache.commons.cli2.util.HelpFormatter | |
| 127 | * @param depth | |
| 128 | * the initial indent depth | |
| 129 | * @param helpSettings | |
| 130 | * the HelpSettings that should be applied | |
| 131 | * @param comp | |
| 132 | * a comparator used to sort options when applicable. | |
| 133 | * @return a List of HelpLineImpl objects | |
| 134 | */ | |
| 135 | List helpLines( | |
| 136 | final int depth, | |
| 137 | final Set helpSettings, | |
| 138 | final Comparator comp); | |
| 139 | ||
| 140 | /** | |
| 141 | * Appends usage information to the specified StringBuffer | |
| 142 | * | |
| 143 | * @param buffer the buffer to append to | |
| 144 | * @param helpSettings a set of display settings @see DisplaySetting | |
| 145 | * @param comp a comparator used to sort the Options | |
| 146 | */ | |
| 147 | void appendUsage( | |
| 148 | final StringBuffer buffer, | |
| 149 | final Set helpSettings, | |
| 150 | final Comparator comp); | |
| 151 | ||
| 152 | /** | |
| 153 | * The preferred name of an option is used for generating help and usage | |
| 154 | * information. | |
| 155 | * | |
| 156 | * @return The preferred name of the option | |
| 157 | */ | |
| 158 | String getPreferredName(); | |
| 159 | ||
| 160 | /** | |
| 161 | * Returns a description of the option. This string is used to build help | |
| 162 | * messages as in the HelpFormatter. | |
| 163 | * | |
| 164 | * @see org.apache.commons.cli2.util.HelpFormatter | |
| 165 | * @return a description of the option. | |
| 166 | */ | |
| 167 | String getDescription(); | |
| 168 | ||
| 169 | /** | |
| 170 | * Returns the id of the option. This can be used in a loop and switch | |
| 171 | * construct: | |
| 172 | * | |
| 173 | * <code> | |
| 174 | * for(Option o : cmd.getOptions()){ | |
| 175 | * switch(o.getId()){ | |
| 176 | * case POTENTIAL_OPTION: | |
| 177 | * ... | |
| 178 | * } | |
| 179 | * } | |
| 180 | * </code> | |
| 181 | * | |
| 182 | * The returned value is not guarenteed to be unique. | |
| 183 | * | |
| 184 | * @return the id of the option. | |
| 185 | */ | |
| 186 | int getId(); | |
| 187 | ||
| 188 | /** | |
| 189 | * Recursively searches for an option with the supplied trigger. | |
| 190 | * | |
| 191 | * @param trigger the trigger to search for. | |
| 192 | * @return the matching option or null. | |
| 193 | */ | |
| 194 | Option findOption(final String trigger); | |
| 195 | ||
| 196 | /** | |
| 197 | * Indicates whether this option is required to be present. | |
| 198 | * @return true iff the CommandLine will be invalid without this Option | |
| 199 | */ | |
| 200 | boolean isRequired(); | |
| 201 | ||
| 202 | /** | |
| 203 | * Returns the parent of this option. Options can be organized in a | |
| 204 | * hierarchical manner if they are added to groups. This method can be used | |
| 205 | * for obtaining the parent option of this option. The result may be | |
| 206 | * <b>null</b> if this option does not have a parent. | |
| 207 | * | |
| 208 | * @return the parent of this option | |
| 209 | */ | |
| 210 | Option getParent(); | |
| 211 | ||
| 212 | /** | |
| 213 | * Sets the parent of this option. This method is called when the option is | |
| 214 | * added to a group. Storing the parent of an option makes it possible to | |
| 215 | * keep track of hierarchical relations between options. For instance, if an | |
| 216 | * option is identified while parsing a command line, the group this option | |
| 217 | * belongs to can also be added to the command line. | |
| 218 | * | |
| 219 | * @param parent the parent option | |
| 220 | */ | |
| 221 | void setParent(Option parent); | |
| 222 | } |