net.dpml.cli
Interface WriteableCommandLine

All Superinterfaces:

CommandLine

All Known Implementing Classes:

WriteableCommandLineImpl

public interface WriteableCommandLine
extends CommandLine

A CommandLine that detected values and options can be written to.

Method Summary

void	addOption(Option option) Adds an Option to the CommandLine
void	addProperty(java.lang.String property, java.lang.String value) Adds a property value to a name in the CommandLine.
void	addSwitch(Option option, boolean value) Adds a switch value to an Option in the CommandLine.
void	addValue(Option option, java.lang.Object value) Adds a value to an Option in the CommandLine.
boolean	looksLikeOption(java.lang.String argument) Detects whether the argument looks like an Option trigger
void	setDefaultSwitch(Option option, java.lang.Boolean defaultSwitch) Sets the default state for a Switch in the CommandLine.
void	setDefaultValues(Option option, java.util.List defaultValues) Sets the default values for an Option in the CommandLine

Methods inherited from interface net.dpml.cli.CommandLine

getOption, getOptionCount, getOptionCount, getOptions, getOptionTriggers, getProperties, getProperty, getProperty, getSwitch, getSwitch, getSwitch, getSwitch, getValue, getValue, getValue, getValue, getValues, getValues, getValues, getValues, hasOption, hasOption

Method Detail

addOption

void addOption(Option option)

Adds an Option to the CommandLine

Parameters:

option - the Option to add

addValue

void addValue(Option option,
              java.lang.Object value)

Adds a value to an Option in the CommandLine.

Parameters:

option - the Option to add to

value - the value to add

setDefaultValues

void setDefaultValues(Option option,
                      java.util.List defaultValues)

Sets the default values for an Option in the CommandLine

Parameters:

option - the Option to add to

defaultValues - the defaults for the option

addSwitch

void addSwitch(Option option,
               boolean value)
               throws java.lang.IllegalStateException

Adds a switch value to an Option in the CommandLine.

Parameters:

option - the Option to add to

value - the switch value to add

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the switch has already been added

setDefaultSwitch

void setDefaultSwitch(Option option,
                      java.lang.Boolean defaultSwitch)

Sets the default state for a Switch in the CommandLine.

Parameters:

option - the Option to add to

defaultSwitch - the defaults state for ths switch

addProperty

void addProperty(java.lang.String property,
                 java.lang.String value)

Adds a property value to a name in the CommandLine. Replaces any existing value for the property.

Parameters:

property - the name of the property

value - the value of the property

looksLikeOption

boolean looksLikeOption(java.lang.String argument)

Detects whether the argument looks like an Option trigger

Parameters:

argument - the argument to test

Returns:

true if the argument looks like an Option trigger