Option.java
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package org.apache.commons.cli;
import static org.apache.commons.cli.Util.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Objects;
/**
* Describes a single command-line option. It maintains information regarding the short-name of the option, the long-name, if any exists, a flag indicating if
* an argument is required for this option, and a self-documenting description of the option.
* <p>
* An Option is not created independently, but is created through an instance of {@link Options}. An Option is required to have at least a short or a long-name.
* </p>
* <p>
* <b>Note:</b> once an {@link Option} has been added to an instance of {@link Options}, its required flag cannot be changed.
* </p>
*
* @see org.apache.commons.cli.Options
* @see org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine
*/
public class Option implements Cloneable, Serializable {
/**
* Builds {@code Option} instances using descriptive methods.
* <p>
* Example usage:
* </p>
*
* <pre>
* Option option = Option.builder("a").required(true).longOpt("arg-name").build();
* </pre>
*
* @since 1.3
*/
public static final class Builder {
/** The default type. */
private static final Class<String> DEFAULT_TYPE = String.class;
/**
* Returns the input Class or the default type (String) if null.
*
* @param type the candidate Class.
* @return the input Class or the default type (String) if null.
*/
private static Class<?> toType(final Class<?> type) {
return type != null ? type : DEFAULT_TYPE;
}
/** The number of argument values this option can have. */
private int argCount = UNINITIALIZED;
/** The name of the argument for this option. */
private String argName;
/** The converter to convert to type. **/
private Converter<?, ?> converter;
/** Specifies whether this option is deprecated. */
private DeprecatedAttributes deprecated;
/** Description of the option. */
private String description;
/** The long representation of the option. */
private String longOption;
/** The name of the option. */
private String option;
/** Specifies whether the argument value of this Option is optional. */
private boolean optionalArg;
/** Specifies whether this option is required to be present. */
private boolean required;
/** Specifies the version when this option was added. May be null */
private String since;
/** The type of this Option. */
private Class<?> type = DEFAULT_TYPE;
/** The character that is the value separator. */
private char valueSeparator;
/**
* Constructs a new {@code Builder} with the minimum required parameters for an {@code Option} instance.
*
* @param option short representation of the option.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if there are any non valid Option characters in {@code opt}.
*/
private Builder(final String option) throws IllegalArgumentException {
option(option);
}
/**
* Sets the display name for the argument value.
*
* @param argName the display name for the argument value.
* @return this builder, to allow method chaining.
*/
public Builder argName(final String argName) {
this.argName = argName;
return this;
}
/**
* Constructs an Option with the values declared by this {@link Builder}.
*
* @return the new {@link Option}.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if neither {@code opt} or {@code longOpt} has been set.
*/
public Option build() {
if (option == null && longOption == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Either opt or longOpt must be specified");
}
return new Option(this);
}
/**
* Sets the converter for the option.
* <p>
* Note: See {@link TypeHandler} for serialization discussion.
* </p>
*
* @param converter the Converter to use.
* @return this builder, to allow method chaining.
* @since 1.7.0
*/
public Builder converter(final Converter<?, ?> converter) {
this.converter = converter;
return this;
}
/**
* Marks this Option as deprecated.
*
* @return this builder.
* @since 1.7.0
*/
public Builder deprecated() {
return deprecated(DeprecatedAttributes.DEFAULT);
}
/**
* Sets whether the Option is deprecated.
*
* @param deprecated specifies whether the Option is deprecated.
* @return this builder.
* @since 1.7.0
*/
public Builder deprecated(final DeprecatedAttributes deprecated) {
this.deprecated = deprecated;
return this;
}
/**
* Sets the description for this option.
*
* @param description the description of the option.
* @return this builder, to allow method chaining.
*/
public Builder desc(final String description) {
this.description = description;
return this;
}
/**
* Tests whether the Option will require an argument.
*
* @return this builder, to allow method chaining.
*/
public Builder hasArg() {
return hasArg(true);
}
/**
* Tests whether the Option has an argument or not.
*
* @param hasArg specifies whether the Option takes an argument or not.
* @return this builder, to allow method chaining.
*/
public Builder hasArg(final boolean hasArg) {
// set to UNINITIALIZED when no arg is specified to be compatible with OptionBuilder
argCount = hasArg ? 1 : UNINITIALIZED;
return this;
}
/**
* Tests whether the Option can have unlimited argument values.
*
* @return this builder.
*/
public Builder hasArgs() {
argCount = UNLIMITED_VALUES;
return this;
}
/**
* Sets the long name of the Option.
*
* @param longOption the long name of the Option
* @return this builder.
*/
public Builder longOpt(final String longOption) {
this.longOption = longOption;
return this;
}
/**
* Sets the number of argument values the Option can take.
*
* @param argCount the number of argument values
* @return this builder.
*/
public Builder numberOfArgs(final int argCount) {
this.argCount = argCount;
return this;
}
/**
* Sets the name of the Option.
*
* @param option the name of the Option.
* @return this builder.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if there are any non valid Option characters in {@code opt}.
* @since 1.5.0
*/
public Builder option(final String option) throws IllegalArgumentException {
this.option = OptionValidator.validate(option);
return this;
}
/**
* Sets whether the Option can have an optional argument.
*
* @param optionalArg specifies whether the Option can have an optional argument.
* @return this builder.
*/
public Builder optionalArg(final boolean optionalArg) {
if (optionalArg && argCount == UNINITIALIZED) {
argCount = 1;
}
this.optionalArg = optionalArg;
return this;
}
/**
* Marks this Option as required.
*
* @return this builder.
*/
public Builder required() {
return required(true);
}
/**
* Sets whether the Option is required.
*
* @param required specifies whether the Option is required.
* @return this builder.
*/
public Builder required(final boolean required) {
this.required = required;
return this;
}
/** Sets the version number when this option was first defined."
*
* @param since the version number when this option was first defined.
* @return this builder.
*/
public Builder since(final String since) {
this.since = since;
return this;
}
/**
* Sets the type of the Option.
*
* @param type the type of the Option.
* @return this builder.
*/
public Builder type(final Class<?> type) {
this.type = toType(type);
return this;
}
/**
* The Option will use '=' as a means to separate argument value.
*
* @return this builder.
*/
public Builder valueSeparator() {
return valueSeparator(Char.EQUAL);
}
/**
* The Option will use {@code sep} as a means to separate argument values.
* <p>
* <b>Example:</b>
* </p>
*
* <pre>
* Option opt = Option.builder("D").hasArgs().valueSeparator('=').build();
* Options options = new Options();
* options.addOption(opt);
* String[] args = { "-Dkey=value" };
* CommandLineParser parser = new DefaultParser();
* CommandLine line = parser.parse(options, args);
* String propertyName = line.getOptionValues("D")[0]; // will be "key"
* String propertyValue = line.getOptionValues("D")[1]; // will be "value"
* </pre>
*
* @param valueSeparator The value separator.
* @return this builder.
*/
public Builder valueSeparator(final char valueSeparator) {
this.valueSeparator = valueSeparator;
return this;
}
}
/** Empty array. */
static final Option[] EMPTY_ARRAY = {};
/** The serial version UID. */
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
/** Specifies the number of argument values has not been specified. */
public static final int UNINITIALIZED = -1;
/** Specifies the number of argument values is infinite. */
public static final int UNLIMITED_VALUES = -2;
/**
* Returns a {@link Builder} to create an {@link Option} using descriptive methods.
*
* @return a new {@link Builder} instance.
* @since 1.3
*/
public static Builder builder() {
return builder(null);
}
/**
* Returns a {@link Builder} to create an {@link Option} using descriptive methods.
*
* @param option short representation of the option.
* @return a new {@link Builder} instance.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if there are any non valid Option characters in {@code opt}.
* @since 1.3
*/
public static Builder builder(final String option) {
return new Builder(option);
}
/** The number of argument values this option can have. */
private int argCount = UNINITIALIZED;
/** The name of the argument for this option. */
private String argName;
/** The explicit converter for this option. May be null. */
private transient Converter<?, ?> converter;
/**
* Specifies whether this option is deprecated, may be null.
* <p>
* If you want to serialize this field, use a serialization proxy.
* </p>
*/
private final transient DeprecatedAttributes deprecated;
/** Description of the option. */
private String description;
/** The long representation of the option. */
private String longOption;
/** The name of the option. */
private final String option;
/** Specifies whether the argument value of this Option is optional. */
private boolean optionalArg;
/** Specifies whether this option is required to be present. */
private boolean required;
/** Specifies the version when this option was added. May be null */
private String since;
/** The type of this Option. */
private Class<?> type = String.class;
/** The list of argument values. **/
private List<String> values = new ArrayList<>();
/** The character that is the value separator. */
private char valueSeparator;
/**
* Private constructor used by the nested Builder class.
*
* @param builder builder used to create this option.
*/
private Option(final Builder builder) {
this.argName = builder.argName;
this.description = builder.description;
this.longOption = builder.longOption;
this.argCount = builder.argCount;
this.option = builder.option;
this.optionalArg = builder.optionalArg;
this.deprecated = builder.deprecated;
this.required = builder.required;
this.since = builder.since;
this.type = builder.type;
this.valueSeparator = builder.valueSeparator;
this.converter = builder.converter;
}
/**
* Creates an Option using the specified parameters.
*
* @param option short representation of the option.
* @param hasArg specifies whether the Option takes an argument or not.
* @param description describes the function of the option.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if there are any non valid Option characters in {@code opt}.
*/
public Option(final String option, final boolean hasArg, final String description) throws IllegalArgumentException {
this(option, null, hasArg, description);
}
/**
* Creates an Option using the specified parameters. The option does not take an argument.
*
* @param option short representation of the option.
* @param description describes the function of the option.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if there are any non valid Option characters in {@code opt}.
*/
public Option(final String option, final String description) throws IllegalArgumentException {
this(option, null, false, description);
}
/**
* Creates an Option using the specified parameters.
*
* @param option short representation of the option.
* @param longOption the long representation of the option.
* @param hasArg specifies whether the Option takes an argument or not.
* @param description describes the function of the option.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if there are any non valid Option characters in {@code opt}.
*/
public Option(final String option, final String longOption, final boolean hasArg, final String description) throws IllegalArgumentException {
// ensure that the option is valid
this.deprecated = null;
this.option = OptionValidator.validate(option);
this.longOption = longOption;
// if hasArg is set then the number of arguments is 1
if (hasArg) {
this.argCount = 1;
}
this.description = description;
}
/**
* Tests whether the option can accept more arguments.
*
* @return false if the maximum number of arguments is reached.
* @since 1.3
*/
boolean acceptsArg() {
return (hasArg() || hasArgs() || hasOptionalArg()) && (argCount <= 0 || values.size() < argCount);
}
/**
* Adds the value to this Option. If the number of arguments is greater than zero and there is enough space in the list then add the value. Otherwise, throw
* a runtime exception.
*
* @param value The value to be added to this Option.
*/
private void add(final String value) {
if (!acceptsArg()) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot add value, list full.");
}
// store value
values.add(value);
}
/**
* This method is not intended to be used. It was a piece of internal API that was made public in 1.0. It currently throws an UnsupportedOperationException.
*
* @param value the value to add.
* @return always throws an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}.
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException always.
* @deprecated Unused.
*/
@Deprecated
public boolean addValue(final String value) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
"The addValue method is not intended for client use. Subclasses should use the processValue method instead.");
}
/**
* Clears the Option values. After a parse is complete, these are left with data in them and they need clearing if another parse is done.
*
* See: <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLI-71">CLI-71</a>
*/
void clearValues() {
values.clear();
}
/**
* A rather odd clone method - due to incorrect code in 1.0 it is public and in 1.1 rather than throwing a CloneNotSupportedException it throws a
* RuntimeException so as to maintain backwards compatible at the API level.
*
* After calling this method, it is very likely you will want to call clearValues().
*
* @return a clone of this Option instance.
* @throws RuntimeException if a {@link CloneNotSupportedException} has been thrown by {@code super.clone()}.
*/
@Override
public Object clone() {
try {
final Option option = (Option) super.clone();
option.values = new ArrayList<>(values);
return option;
} catch (final CloneNotSupportedException e) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException(e.getMessage(), e);
}
}
@Override
public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
if (this == obj) {
return true;
}
if (!(obj instanceof Option)) {
return false;
}
final Option other = (Option) obj;
return Objects.equals(longOption, other.longOption) && Objects.equals(option, other.option);
}
/**
* Gets the display name for the argument value.
*
* @return the display name for the argument value.
*/
public String getArgName() {
return argName;
}
/**
* Gets the number of argument values this Option can take.
*
* <p>
* A value equal to the constant {@link #UNINITIALIZED} (= -1) indicates the number of arguments has not been specified. A value equal to the constant
* {@link #UNLIMITED_VALUES} (= -2) indicates that this options takes an unlimited amount of values.
* </p>
*
* @return num the number of argument values.
* @see #UNINITIALIZED
* @see #UNLIMITED_VALUES
*/
public int getArgs() {
return argCount;
}
/**
* Gets the value to type converter.
*
* @return the value to type converter.
* @since 1.7.0
*/
public Converter<?, ?> getConverter() {
return converter == null ? TypeHandler.getDefault().getConverter(type) : converter;
}
/**
* Gets deprecated attributes if any.
*
* @return boolean deprecated attributes or null.
* @since 1.7.0
*/
public DeprecatedAttributes getDeprecated() {
return deprecated;
}
/**
* Gets the self-documenting description of this Option.
*
* @return The string description of this option.
*/
public String getDescription() {
return description;
}
/**
* Gets the id of this Option. This is only set when the Option shortOpt is a single character. This is used for switch statements.
*
* @return the id of this Option.
*/
public int getId() {
return getKey().charAt(0);
}
/**
* Gets the 'unique' Option identifier. This is the option value if set or the long value if the options value is not set.
*
* @return the 'unique' Option identifier.
* @since 1.7.0
*/
public String getKey() {
// if 'opt' is null, then it is a 'long' option
return option == null ? longOption : option;
}
/**
* Gets the long name of this Option.
*
* @return Long name of this option, or null, if there is no long name.
*/
public String getLongOpt() {
return longOption;
}
/**
* Gets the name of this Option.
*
* It is this String which can be used with {@link CommandLine#hasOption(String opt)} and {@link CommandLine#getOptionValue(String opt)} to check for
* existence and argument.
*
* @return The name of this option.
*/
public String getOpt() {
return option;
}
/**
* Gets the version when this option was added.
* @return the version when this option was added, or {@code null} if not set.
*/
public String getSince() {
return since;
}
/**
* Gets the type of this Option.
*
* @return The type of this option.
*/
public Object getType() {
return type;
}
/**
* Gets the specified value of this Option or {@code null} if there is no value.
*
* @return the value/first value of this Option or {@code null} if there is no value.
*/
public String getValue() {
return hasNoValues() ? null : values.get(0);
}
/**
* Gets the specified value of this Option or {@code null} if there is no value.
*
* @param index The index of the value to be returned.
*
* @return the specified value of this Option or {@code null} if there is no value.
*
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is less than 1 or greater than the number of the values for this Option.
*/
public String getValue(final int index) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException {
return hasNoValues() ? null : values.get(index);
}
/**
* Gets the value/first value of this Option or the {@code defaultValue} if there is no value.
*
* @param defaultValue The value to be returned if there is no value.
*
* @return the value/first value of this Option or the {@code defaultValue} if there are no values.
*/
public String getValue(final String defaultValue) {
final String value = getValue();
return value != null ? value : defaultValue;
}
/**
* Gets the values of this Option as a String array or null if there are no values.
*
* @return the values of this Option as a String array or null if there are no values.
*/
public String[] getValues() {
return hasNoValues() ? null : values.toArray(EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
}
/**
* Gets the value separator character.
*
* @return the value separator character.
*/
public char getValueSeparator() {
return valueSeparator;
}
/**
* Gets the values of this Option as a List or null if there are no values.
*
* @return the values of this Option as a List or null if there are no values.
*/
public List<String> getValuesList() {
return values;
}
/**
* Tests whether this Option requires an argument.
*
* @return boolean flag indicating if an argument is required.
*/
public boolean hasArg() {
return argCount > 0 || argCount == UNLIMITED_VALUES;
}
/**
* Tests whether the display name for the argument value has been set.
*
* @return if the display name for the argument value has been set.
*/
public boolean hasArgName() {
return argName != null && !argName.isEmpty();
}
/**
* Tests whether this Option can take many values.
*
* @return boolean flag indicating if multiple values are allowed.
*/
public boolean hasArgs() {
return argCount > 1 || argCount == UNLIMITED_VALUES;
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
return Objects.hash(longOption, option);
}
/**
* Tests whether this Option has a long name.
*
* @return boolean flag indicating existence of a long name.
*/
public boolean hasLongOpt() {
return longOption != null;
}
/**
* Tests whether this Option has any values.
*
* @return whether this Option has any values.
*/
private boolean hasNoValues() {
return values.isEmpty();
}
/**
* Tests whether this Option can have an optional argument.
*
* @return whether this Option can have an optional argument.
*/
public boolean hasOptionalArg() {
return optionalArg;
}
/**
* Tests whether this Option has specified a value separator.
*
* @return whether this Option has specified a value separator.
* @since 1.1
*/
public boolean hasValueSeparator() {
return valueSeparator > 0;
}
/**
* Tests whether this Option is deprecated.
*
* @return boolean flag indicating whether this Option is deprecated.
* @since 1.7.0
*/
public boolean isDeprecated() {
return deprecated != null;
}
/**
* Tests whether this Option is required.
*
* @return boolean flag indicating whether this Option is required.
*/
public boolean isRequired() {
return required;
}
/**
* Processes the value. If this Option has a value separator the value will have to be parsed into individual tokens. When n-1 tokens have been processed
* and there are more value separators in the value, parsing is ceased and the remaining characters are added as a single token.
*
* @param value The String to be processed.
*/
void processValue(final String value) {
if (argCount == UNINITIALIZED) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("NO_ARGS_ALLOWED");
}
String add = value;
// this Option has a separator character
if (hasValueSeparator()) {
// get the separator character
final char sep = getValueSeparator();
// store the index for the value separator
int index = add.indexOf(sep);
// while there are more value separators
while (index != -1) {
// next value to be added
if (values.size() == argCount - 1) {
break;
}
// store
add(add.substring(0, index));
// parse
add = add.substring(index + 1);
// get new index
index = add.indexOf(sep);
}
}
// store the actual value or the last value that has been parsed
add(add);
}
/**
* Tests whether the option requires more arguments to be valid.
*
* @return false if the option doesn't require more arguments.
*/
boolean requiresArg() {
if (optionalArg) {
return false;
}
if (argCount == UNLIMITED_VALUES) {
return values.isEmpty();
}
return acceptsArg();
}
/**
* Sets the display name for the argument value.
*
* @param argName the display name for the argument value.
*/
public void setArgName(final String argName) {
this.argName = argName;
}
/**
* Sets the number of argument values this Option can take.
*
* @param num the number of argument values.
*/
public void setArgs(final int num) {
this.argCount = num;
}
/**
* Sets the value to type converter.
*
* @param converter The converter to convert the string value to the type.
* @since 1.7.0
*/
public void setConverter(final Converter<?, ?> converter) {
this.converter = converter;
}
/**
* Sets the self-documenting description of this Option.
*
* @param description The description of this option.
* @since 1.1
*/
public void setDescription(final String description) {
this.description = description;
}
/**
* Sets the long name of this Option.
*
* @param longOpt the long name of this Option.
*/
public void setLongOpt(final String longOpt) {
this.longOption = longOpt;
}
/**
* Sets whether this Option can have an optional argument.
*
* @param optionalArg specifies whether the Option can have an optional argument.
*/
public void setOptionalArg(final boolean optionalArg) {
this.optionalArg = optionalArg;
}
/**
* Sets whether this Option is mandatory.
*
* @param required specifies whether this Option is mandatory.
*/
public void setRequired(final boolean required) {
this.required = required;
}
/**
* Sets the type of this Option.
*
* @param type the type of this Option.
* @since 1.3
*/
public void setType(final Class<?> type) {
this.type = Builder.toType(type);
}
/**
* Sets the type of this Option.
* <p>
* <b>Note:</b> this method is kept for binary compatibility and the input type is supposed to be a {@link Class} object.
* </p>
*
* @param type the type of this Option.
* @deprecated since 1.3, use {@link #setType(Class)} instead.
*/
@Deprecated
public void setType(final Object type) {
setType((Class<?>) type);
}
/**
* Sets the value separator. For example if the argument value was a Java property, the value separator would be '='.
*
* @param valueSeparator The value separator.
*/
public void setValueSeparator(final char valueSeparator) {
this.valueSeparator = valueSeparator;
}
String toDeprecatedString() {
if (!isDeprecated()) {
return "";
}
// @formatter:off
final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder()
.append("Option '")
.append(option)
.append(Char.APOS);
// @formatter:on
if (longOption != null) {
buf.append(Char.APOS).append(longOption).append(Char.APOS);
}
buf.append(": ").append(deprecated);
return buf.toString();
}
/**
* Creates a String suitable for debugging.
*
* @return a String suitable for debugging.
*/
@Override
public String toString() {
final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder().append("[ ");
buf.append("Option ");
buf.append(option);
if (longOption != null) {
buf.append(Char.SP).append(longOption);
}
if (isDeprecated()) {
buf.append(Char.SP);
buf.append(deprecated.toString());
}
if (hasArgs()) {
buf.append("[ARG...]");
} else if (hasArg()) {
buf.append(" [ARG]");
}
// @formatter:off
return buf.append(" :: ")
.append(description)
.append(" :: ")
.append(type)
.append(" ]")
.toString();
// @formatter:on
}
}