Package org.apache.commons.cli

Class PatternOptionBuilder

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.cli.PatternOptionBuilder

public class PatternOptionBuilder
extends Object

Allows Options to be created from a single String. The pattern contains various single character flags and via an optional punctuation character, their expected type.

Overview of PatternOptionBuilder patterns

a	-a flag
b@	-b [class name]
c>	-c [file name]
d+	-d [class name] (creates object via empty constructor)
e%	-e [number] (creates Double/Long instance depending on existing of a '.')
f/	-f [URL]
g:	-g [string]

For example, the following allows command line flags of '-v -p string-value -f /dir/file'. The exclamation mark precede a mandatory option.

 Options options = PatternOptionBuilder.parsePattern("vp:!f/");
 

TODO These need to break out to OptionType and also to be pluggable.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Class<?>	CLASS_VALUE	Class class
static final Class<Date>	DATE_VALUE	Date class
static final Class<FileInputStream>	EXISTING_FILE_VALUE	FileInputStream class
static final Class<File>	FILE_VALUE	File class
static final Class<File[]>	FILES_VALUE	File array class
static final Class<Number>	NUMBER_VALUE	Number class
static final Class<Object>	OBJECT_VALUE	Object class
static final Class<String>	STRING_VALUE	String class
static final Class<URL>	URL_VALUE	URL class

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PatternOptionBuilder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object	getValueClass(char ch)	Deprecated. use getValueType(char)
static Class<?>	getValueType(char ch)	Retrieve the class that ch represents.
static boolean	isValueCode(char ch)	Returns whether ch is a value code, i.e.
static Options	parsePattern(String pattern)	Returns the Options instance represented by pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

STRING_VALUE

public static final Class<String> STRING_VALUE

String class

OBJECT_VALUE

public static final Class<Object> OBJECT_VALUE

Object class

NUMBER_VALUE

public static final Class<Number> NUMBER_VALUE

Number class

DATE_VALUE

public static final Class<Date> DATE_VALUE

Date class

CLASS_VALUE

public static final Class<?> CLASS_VALUE

Class class

EXISTING_FILE_VALUE

public static final Class<FileInputStream> EXISTING_FILE_VALUE

FileInputStream class

FILE_VALUE

public static final Class<File> FILE_VALUE

File class

FILES_VALUE

public static final Class<File[]> FILES_VALUE

File array class

URL_VALUE

public static final Class<URL> URL_VALUE

URL class

Constructor Details

PatternOptionBuilder

public PatternOptionBuilder()

Method Details

getValueClass

@Deprecated
public static Object getValueClass(char ch)

Deprecated.

use getValueType(char)

Retrieve the class that ch represents.

Parameters:

ch - the specified character

Returns:

The class that ch represents

getValueType

public static Class<?> getValueType(char ch)

Retrieve the class that ch represents.

Parameters:

ch - the specified character

Returns:

The class that ch represents

Since:

1.7.0

isValueCode

public static boolean isValueCode(char ch)

Returns whether ch is a value code, i.e. whether it represents a class in a pattern.

Parameters:

ch - the specified character

Returns:

true if ch is a value code, otherwise false.

parsePattern

public static Options parsePattern(String pattern)

Returns the Options instance represented by pattern.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern string

Returns:

The Options instance