Package org.refcodes.console

Interface Option<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type

All Superinterfaces:

org.refcodes.mixin.AliasAccessor, ArgsAccessor, Comparable<T>, org.refcodes.mixin.DescriptionAccessor, Operand<T>, org.refcodes.component.Resetable, Syntaxable, SyntaxUsage, org.refcodes.mixin.TypeAccessor<T>, org.refcodes.mixin.ValueAccessor<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractOption, DebugFlag, DoubleOption, EnumOption, FileOption, Flag, FloatOption, ForceFlag, HelpFlag, IntegerOption, LongOption, QuietFlag, StringOption, SysInfoFlag, VerboseFlag

public interface Option<T>
extends Operand<T>

An Option represents a command line option with the according option's value. An Option can be seen as a key/value(s) pair defined in the command line arguments parsed via the Syntaxable.parseArgs(String[], String[]) method.

An Option has a state which changes with each invocation of the Syntaxable.parseArgs(String[], String[]) method.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.refcodes.mixin.AliasAccessor

org.refcodes.mixin.AliasAccessor.AliasBuilder<B extends org.refcodes.mixin.AliasAccessor.AliasBuilder<B>>, org.refcodes.mixin.AliasAccessor.AliasMutator, org.refcodes.mixin.AliasAccessor.AliasProperty

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.refcodes.console.ArgsAccessor

ArgsAccessor.ArgsMutator, ArgsAccessor.ArgsProperty

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.refcodes.mixin.DescriptionAccessor

org.refcodes.mixin.DescriptionAccessor.DescriptionBuilder<B extends org.refcodes.mixin.DescriptionAccessor.DescriptionBuilder<B>>, org.refcodes.mixin.DescriptionAccessor.DescriptionMutator, org.refcodes.mixin.DescriptionAccessor.DescriptionProperty

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.refcodes.mixin.TypeAccessor

org.refcodes.mixin.TypeAccessor.TypeMutator<T extends Object>, org.refcodes.mixin.TypeAccessor.TypeProperty<T extends Object>

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.refcodes.mixin.ValueAccessor

org.refcodes.mixin.ValueAccessor.ValueBuilder<V extends Object,B extends org.refcodes.mixin.ValueAccessor.ValueBuilder<V,B>>, org.refcodes.mixin.ValueAccessor.ValueMutator<V extends Object>, org.refcodes.mixin.ValueAccessor.ValueProperty<V extends Object>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getLongOption()	TODO: Make the option to be required without the hyphen-minuses "--" Returns the long-option representing an Option instance.
default String[]	getOptions()	Retrieves an array of the options being configured for the implementing instance, being the long option (when set) and the short option (when set).
String	getShortOption()	Returns the short-option representing an Option instance.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.mixin.DescriptionAccessor

getDescription

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.console.Operand

get, getAlias, getArgs, getValue, hasValue

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.component.Resetable

reset

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.console.Syntaxable

parseArgs, parseArgs, toState, toSyntax, toSyntax

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.console.SyntaxUsage

toUsage, toUsage, toUsage

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.mixin.TypeAccessor

getType

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.mixin.ValueAccessor

getValueOr

Method Detail

getShortOption

String getShortOption()

Returns the short-option representing an Option instance. A short option usually is being prefixed with a single hyphen-minus "-" as defined in CommandArgPrefix.POSIX_SHORT_OPTION.

Returns:

The short-option String.

getLongOption

String getLongOption()

TODO: Make the option to be required without the hyphen-minuses "--" Returns the long-option representing an Option instance. A long option usually is being prefixed with a double hyphen-minus "--" as defined in CommandArgPrefix.POSIX_LONG_OPTION.

Returns:

The long-option String.

getOptions

default String[] getOptions()

Retrieves an array of the options being configured for the implementing instance, being the long option (when set) and the short option (when set).

Returns:

The array of options being the long option (if not null) and the short option (if not null).