Module org.refcodes.cli
Package org.refcodes.cli

Class AbstractOption<T>

java.lang.Object
org.refcodes.cli.AbstractOperand<T>
org.refcodes.cli.AbstractOption<T>
Type Parameters:
T - The generic type of the AbstractOption's value.
All Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable, Comparable<Operand<?>>, MatchCountAccessor, Operand<T>, Option<T>, ParsedArgsAccessor, Synopsisable, Term, org.refcodes.exception.ExceptionAccessor<ArgsSyntaxException>, org.refcodes.mixin.AliasAccessor, org.refcodes.mixin.Clonable, org.refcodes.mixin.DescriptionAccessor, org.refcodes.mixin.Resetable, org.refcodes.mixin.Schemable, org.refcodes.mixin.TypeAccessor<T>, org.refcodes.mixin.ValueAccessor<T>
Direct Known Subclasses:
AbstractPropertyOption, BooleanOption, CharOption, DoubleOption, EnumOption, FileOption, Flag, FloatOption, IntOption, LongOption, StringOption
public abstract class AbstractOption<T> extends AbstractOperand<T> implements Option<T>
The AbstractOption is an abstract implementation of an Option providing the boiler plate when implementing the Option interface.

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • AbstractOption

      public AbstractOption(Character aShortOption, String aLongOption, Class<T> aType, String aAlias, String aDescription)
      Constructs an AbstractOption with the given arguments.
      Parameters:
      aShortOption - The short-option being a single character with the additional single hyphen-minus "-" prefix.
      aLongOption - The long-option being a multi-character sequence with at least two characters with the additional double hyphen-minus "--" prefix.
      aType - The type of the value returned by the AbstractOperand.getValue() method.
      aAlias - The option argument's name to be used when constructing the syntax.
      aDescription - The description to be used (without any line breaks).

    • AbstractOption

      public AbstractOption(Character aShortOption, String aLongOption, Class<T> aType, String aAlias, String aDescription, Consumer<? extends Operand<T>> aConsumer)
      Constructs an AbstractOption with the given arguments.
      Parameters:
      aShortOption - The short-option being a single character with the additional single hyphen-minus "-" prefix.
      aLongOption - The long-option being a multi-character sequence with at least two characters with the additional double hyphen-minus "--" prefix.
      aType - The type of the value returned by the AbstractOperand.getValue() method.
      aAlias - The option argument's name to be used when constructing the syntax.
      aDescription - The description to be used (without any line breaks).
      aConsumer - The Consumer being invoked in case this Option participated in successfully parsing the command line arguments.

    • AbstractOption

      public AbstractOption(org.refcodes.struct.Relation<String,T> aProperty, Class<T> aType)
      Constructs an AbstractOption with the given arguments.
      Parameters:
      aProperty - The key (= alias) and the value for the operand.
      aType - The type of the value returned by the AbstractOperand.getValue() method.

    • AbstractOption

      public AbstractOption(org.refcodes.struct.Relation<String,T> aProperty, Class<T> aType, Consumer<? extends Operand<T>> aConsumer)
      Constructs an AbstractOption with the given arguments.
      Parameters:
      aProperty - The key (= alias) and the value for the operand.
      aType - The type of the value returned by the AbstractOperand.getValue() method.
      aConsumer - The Consumer being invoked in case this Option participated in successfully parsing the command line arguments.

    • AbstractOption

      public AbstractOption(String aLongOption, Class<T> aType, String aDescription)
      Constructs an AbstractOption with the given arguments.
      Parameters:
      aLongOption - The long-option being a multi-character sequence with at least two characters with the additional double hyphen-minus "--" prefix.
      aType - The type of the value returned by the AbstractOperand.getValue() method.
      aDescription - The description to be used (without any line breaks).

    • AbstractOption

      public AbstractOption(String aLongOption, Class<T> aType, String aDescription, Consumer<? extends Operand<T>> aConsumer)
      Constructs an AbstractOption with the given arguments.
      Parameters:
      aLongOption - The long-option being a multi-character sequence with at least two characters with the additional double hyphen-minus "--" prefix.
      aType - The type of the value returned by the AbstractOperand.getValue() method.
      aDescription - The description to be used (without any line breaks).
      aConsumer - The Consumer being invoked in case this Option participated in successfully parsing the command line arguments.

    • AbstractOption

      public AbstractOption(String aLongOption, Class<T> aType, String aAlias, String aDescription)
      Constructs an AbstractOption with the given arguments.
      Parameters:
      aLongOption - The long-option being a multi-character sequence with at least two characters with the additional double hyphen-minus "--" prefix.
      aType - The type of the value returned by the AbstractOperand.getValue() method.
      aAlias - The option argument's name to be used when constructing the syntax.
      aDescription - The description to be used (without any line breaks).

    • AbstractOption

      public AbstractOption(String aLongOption, Class<T> aType, String aAlias, String aDescription, Consumer<? extends Operand<T>> aConsumer)
      Constructs an AbstractOption with the given arguments.
      Parameters:
      aLongOption - The long-option being a multi-character sequence with at least two characters with the additional double hyphen-minus "--" prefix.
      aType - The type of the value returned by the AbstractOperand.getValue() method.
      aAlias - The option argument's name to be used when constructing the syntax.
      aDescription - The description to be used (without any line breaks).
      aConsumer - The Consumer being invoked in case this Option participated in successfully parsing the command line arguments.

    • AbstractOption

      protected AbstractOption(Character aShortOption, String aLongOption, Class<T> aType, String aDescription)
      Constructs an AbstractOption with the given arguments.
      Parameters:
      aShortOption - The short-option being a single character with the additional single hyphen-minus "-" prefix.
      aLongOption - The long-option being a multi-character sequence with at least two characters with the additional double hyphen-minus "--" prefix.
      aType - The type of the value returned by the AbstractOperand.getValue() method.
      aDescription - The description to be used (without any line breaks).

    • AbstractOption

      protected AbstractOption(Character aShortOption, String aLongOption, Class<T> aType, String aDescription, Consumer<? extends Operand<T>> aConsumer)
      Constructs an AbstractOption with the given arguments.
      Parameters:
      aShortOption - The short-option being a single character with the additional single hyphen-minus "-" prefix.
      aLongOption - The long-option being a multi-character sequence with at least two characters with the additional double hyphen-minus "--" prefix.
      aType - The type of the value returned by the AbstractOperand.getValue() method.
      aDescription - The description to be used (without any line breaks).
      aConsumer - The Consumer being invoked in case this Option participated in successfully parsing the command line arguments.

  • Method Details

    • clone

      public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
      Specified by:
      clone in interface org.refcodes.mixin.Clonable
      Overrides:
      clone in class AbstractOperand<T>
      Throws:
      CloneNotSupportedException

    • getLongOption

      public String getLongOption()
      Returns the long-option representing an Option instance. A long option usually is being prefixed with a double hyphen-minus "--" as defined in ArgsPrefix.POSIX_LONG_OPTION.
      Specified by:
      getLongOption in interface Option<T>
      Returns:
      The long-option String.

    • getShortOption

      public Character getShortOption()
      Returns the short-option representing an Option instance. A short option usually is being prefixed with a single hyphen-minus "-" as defined in ArgsPrefix.POSIX_SHORT_OPTION.
      Specified by:
      getShortOption in interface Option<T>
      Returns:
      The short-option String.

    • parseArgs

      public Operand<?>[] parseArgs(String[] aArgs, String[] aOptions, CliContext aCliCtx) throws ArgsSyntaxException
      Parses the provided command line arguments and determines the according values by evaluating this Term instance or, in case of being a node in the syntax tree (such as a Condition, traversing the child Term instances' Term.parseArgs(String[], String[], CliContext) methods. In case of successfully parsing this Term and / or the child Term instances, the evaluated command line arguments are returned: Depending on the Term subclasses representing the evaluated command line arguments, instances of Flag classes, Option classes or Operand classes may be found in the result. In case of parsing failure, an according exception is thrown. ATTENTION: This method does not test for superfluous command line arguments being passed; e.g. command line arguments not being evaluated by any of the Term instance being traversed. This method is commonly used by a root Term's ParseArgs.evalArgs(String[]) method, which delegates to the Term.parseArgs(String[], String[], CliContext) method and after which it determines whether there are superfluous arguments to be taken care of (by throwing an according exception). Business logic therefore should invoke the root node's Term.parseArgs(String[], String[], CliContext) method as ignoring superfluous command line arguments will aCause unexpected behavior from the point of view of the invoker.
      Specified by:
      parseArgs in interface Term
      Overrides:
      parseArgs in class AbstractOperand<T>
      Parameters:
      aArgs - The command line arguments to be parsed.
      aOptions - The list of options (short and as well as long) which are reserved and cannot be used as value.
      aCliCtx - the cli context
      Returns:
      The list of evaluated command line arguments being instances of the Operand interfaces or its sub-types.
      Throws:
      ArgsSyntaxException - thrown in case of a command line arguments mismatch regarding provided and expected args.

    • toSchema

      public CliSchema toSchema()
      Specified by:
      toSchema in interface org.refcodes.mixin.Schemable
      Specified by:
      toSchema in interface Term
      Overrides:
      toSchema in class AbstractOperand<T>

    • toSyntax

      public String toSyntax(CliContext aCliCtx)
      This method is to be called from inside the Term hierarchy; use the method Synopsisable.toSynopsis(SyntaxNotation) in case you invoke syntax retrieval from the root Term. Returns the human readable (verbose) syntax of this Term instance including, in case of being a node in the syntax tree (such as a Condition, the syntax of the child Term instances. ATTENTION: As of different parenthesis settings for some notations regarding the root Term and the child Terms, the method Term.toSyntax(CliContext) is called from inside the Term hierarchy. In case the syntax is to be retrieved from the root Term, then the applicable method to be called is Synopsisable.toSynopsis(SyntaxNotation), as for some notations it will for example not create the most outer braces.
      Specified by:
      toSyntax in interface Term
      Overrides:
      toSyntax in class AbstractOperand<T>
      Parameters:
      aCliCtx - The CliContext for which the syntax is being generated.
      Returns:
      The human readable (verbose) command line arguments syntax.

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class AbstractOperand<T>

    • toException

      protected UnknownArgsException toException(String[] aArgs, CliContext aCliCtx)
      Convenience method to create an UnknownArgsException.
      Parameters:
      aArgs - The arguments participating tin the exception.
      aCliCtx - The context to use when creating the exception's details.
      Returns:
      The accordingly created ArgsSyntaxException instance.

    • setParsedArgs

      protected void setParsedArgs(String[] aArgs)
      Sets the command line argument(s) representing the Operand and its value as parsed by the AbstractOperand.parseArgs(String[], String[], CliContext) method.
      Overrides:
      setParsedArgs in class AbstractOperand<T>
      Parameters:
      aArgs - The command line arguments representing this Operand with its value.

    • setValue

      protected void setValue(T aValue)
      Sets the value for the Operand as parsed by the AbstractOperand.parseArgs(String[], String[], CliContext) method.
      Overrides:
      setValue in class AbstractOperand<T>
      Parameters:
      aValue - The value to be set for this Operand.

    • contains

      protected static boolean contains(String[] aArgs, String aArg)
      Determines whether a given String is contained in the given String array.
      Parameters:
      aArgs - The String array to be tested whether it contains the given String.
      aArg - The String to be tested whether it is contained in the provided String array.
      Returns:
      True in case the String is contained in the array, else false.

    • getDescription

      public String getDescription()
      Specified by:
      getDescription in interface org.refcodes.mixin.DescriptionAccessor

    • getException

      public ArgsSyntaxException getException()
      Retrieves the ArgsSyntaxException exception in case invoking Term.parseArgs(String[], CliContext) failed. The exception (and the according suppressed ones alongside the causes) does not necessarily have been thrown by the Term.parseArgs(String[], CliContext) method depending on the semantics of the Term handing the exception (the AnyCondition provides any exceptions it caught even though it did not throw them as of its semantics).
      Specified by:
      getException in interface org.refcodes.exception.ExceptionAccessor<ArgsSyntaxException>
      Specified by:
      getException in interface Term
      Returns:
      The ArgsSyntaxException exception occurring while parsing the arguments.

    • toArgsDiff

      protected static String[] toArgsDiff(String[] aArgs, List<? extends Operand<?>> aArgsSubset)
      Creates the difference between the provided set and the provided Lists therein found argument arrays subset (as of Operand.getParsedArgs()).
      Parameters:
      aArgs - The set to be used for the diff operation.
      aArgsSubset - The subset to be used for the diff operation being the lists containing the Operand instances whose command line arguments are to be diffed.
      Returns:
      The difference between the set and the subset.

    • toArgsDiff

      protected static String[] toArgsDiff(String[] aArgs, Operand<?>[] aArgsSubset)
      Creates the difference between the provided set and the provided Lists therein found argument arrays subset (as of Operand.getParsedArgs()).
      Parameters:
      aArgs - The set to be used for the diff operation.
      aArgsSubset - The subset to be used for the diff operation being the lists containing the Operand instances whose command line arguments are to be diffed.
      Returns:
      The difference between the set and the subset.

    • toArgsDiff

      protected static String[] toArgsDiff(String[] aArgs, String[] aArgsSubset)
      Creates the difference between the provided set and the provided subset.
      Parameters:
      aArgs - The set to be used for the diff operation.
      aArgsSubset - The subset to be used for the diff operation.
      Returns:
      The difference between the set and the subset.

    • toParsedArgs

      protected static String[] toParsedArgs(Operand<?>[]... aOperands)
      Takes all Operand instances found in the provided Lists and adds all therein found argument arrays (as of Operand.getParsedArgs()) to the result.
      Parameters:
      aOperands - The lists containing the Operand instances whose command line arguments are to be added to the result.
      Returns:
      All the command line arguments detected in the provided Operands Lists.