Command (robot-command 1.8.3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotateCommand, CollapseCommand, CommandManager, ConvertCommand, DiffCommand, ExplainCommand, ExportCommand, ExportPrefixesCommand, ExtractCommand, FilterCommand, MaterializeCommand, MeasureCommand, MergeCommand, MirrorCommand, PythonCommand, QueryCommand, ReasonCommand, ReduceCommand, RelaxCommand, RemoveCommand, RenameCommand, RepairCommand, ReportCommand, TemplateCommand, UnmergeCommand, ValidateProfileCommand, VerifyCommand
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public interface Command
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A simple interface for all ROBOT commands.

Author:

James A. Overton

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String global

static String missingFileError

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CommandState`	`execute(CommandState inputState, String[] args)`	All commands offer an execute method that can be chained from previous commands.
`String`	`getDescription()`	Brief description of the command.
`String`	`getName()`	Name of the command.
`org.apache.commons.cli.Options`	`getOptions()`	Command-line options for the command.
`String`	`getUsage()`	Command-line usage for the command.
`void`	`main(String[] args)`	All commands can be call from the Java command line with an array of strings as arguments.

- Field Detail
  - global
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static final String global
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    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - missingFileError
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static final String missingFileError
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    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getName
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String getName()
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    Name of the command.
    
    Returns:
    
    name
  - getDescription
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String getDescription()
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    Brief description of the command.
    
    Returns:
    
    description
  - getUsage
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String getUsage()
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    Command-line usage for the command.
    
    Returns:
    
    usage
  - getOptions
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org.apache.commons.cli.Options getOptions()
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    Command-line options for the command.
    
    Returns:
    
    options
  - main
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void main(String[] args)
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    All commands can be call from the Java command line with an array of strings as arguments.
    
    Parameters:
    
    args - strings to use as arguments
  - execute
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CommandState execute(CommandState inputState,
                     String[] args)
              throws Exception
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    All commands offer an execute method that can be chained from previous commands.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputState - the input from the previous command, or null
    
    args - the command-line arguments
    
    Returns:
    
    the updated state, or a new state, or null
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception - on any problem