com.martiansoftware.jsap
Class UnflaggedOption

java.lang.Object
  com.martiansoftware.jsap.Parameter
      com.martiansoftware.jsap.Option
          com.martiansoftware.jsap.UnflaggedOption

public final class UnflaggedOption

extends Option

An option whose meaning is derived from its position in the argument list rather than a flag that precedes it. UnflaggedOptions allow the parsing of command lines without flags, such as "compressfiles destinationFile file1 file2 file3 file4 ...", where "destinationFile" is the name of the file to create, and file1 through file 4 (and beyond) are the names of the files to compress. The JSAP that supports this command line has only two options defined: the first accepts a single destination file, and the second is "greedy," consuming the remaining unflagged options.

Author:

Marty Lamb

See Also:

FlaggedOption, Option

Constructor Summary

UnflaggedOption(String id)
Creates a new UnflaggedOption with the specified unique ID.

UnflaggedOption(String id, StringParser stringParser, boolean required, String help)
A shortcut constructor that creates a new non-greedy UnflaggedOption with no default value and configures its most commonly used settings.

UnflaggedOption(String id, StringParser stringParser, String defaultValue, boolean required, boolean greedy)
A shortcut constructor that creates a new UnflaggedOption and configures its most commonly used settings.

UnflaggedOption(String id, StringParser stringParser, String defaultValue, boolean required, boolean greedy, String help)
A shortcut constructor that creates a new UnflaggedOption and configures its most commonly used settings.

Method Summary

String	getSyntax() Returns syntax instructions for this FlaggedOption.
boolean	isGreedy() Returns a boolean indicating whether this UnflaggedOption is greedy.
UnflaggedOption	setDefault(String defaultValue) Sets a default value for this parameter.
UnflaggedOption	setDefault(String[] defaultValues) Sets one or more default values for this parameter.
UnflaggedOption	setGreedy(boolean greedy) Sets whether this UnflaggedOption is greedy.
UnflaggedOption	setList(boolean isList) Sets whether this UnflaggedOption is a list.
UnflaggedOption	setListSeparator(char listSeparator) Sets the list separator character for this UnflaggedOption.
UnflaggedOption	setRequired(boolean required) Sets whether this UnflaggedOption is required.
UnflaggedOption	setStringParser(StringParser stringParser) Sets the StringParser to which this UnflaggedOption's parse() method should delegate.
UnflaggedOption	setUsageName(String usageName) Sets the name that will be displayed when getUsage() is called

Methods inherited from class com.martiansoftware.jsap.Option

getListSeparator, getStringParser, isList, required

Methods inherited from class com.martiansoftware.jsap.Parameter

addDefault, getDefault, getHelp, getID, getUsage, getUsageName, setHelp

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UnflaggedOption

public UnflaggedOption(String id)

Creates a new UnflaggedOption with the specified unique ID.

Parameters:

id - the unique ID for this UnflaggedOption.

UnflaggedOption

public UnflaggedOption(String id,
                       StringParser stringParser,
                       String defaultValue,
                       boolean required,
                       boolean greedy,
                       String help)

A shortcut constructor that creates a new UnflaggedOption and configures its most commonly used settings.

Parameters:

id - the unique ID for this UnflaggedOption

stringParser - the StringParser this UnflaggedOption should use.

defaultValue - the default value for this UnflaggedOption (may be null).

required - if true, this UnflaggedOption is required.

greedy - if true, this UnflaggedOption is greedy.

help - the help text for this option (may be set to JSAP.NO_HELP for none).

UnflaggedOption

public UnflaggedOption(String id,
                       StringParser stringParser,
                       String defaultValue,
                       boolean required,
                       boolean greedy)

A shortcut constructor that creates a new UnflaggedOption and configures its most commonly used settings.

Parameters:

id - the unique ID for this UnflaggedOption

stringParser - the StringParser this UnflaggedOption should use.

defaultValue - the default value for this UnflaggedOption (may be null).

required - if true, this UnflaggedOption is required.

greedy - if true, this UnflaggedOption is greedy.

UnflaggedOption

public UnflaggedOption(String id,
                       StringParser stringParser,
                       boolean required,
                       String help)

A shortcut constructor that creates a new non-greedy UnflaggedOption with no default value and configures its most commonly used settings.

Parameters:

id - the unique ID for this UnflaggedOption

stringParser - the StringParser this UnflaggedOption should use.

required - if true, this UnflaggedOption is required.

help - the help text for this option (may be set to JSAP.NO_HELP for none).

Method Detail

setGreedy

public UnflaggedOption setGreedy(boolean greedy)

Sets whether this UnflaggedOption is greedy. A greedy UnflaggedOption consumes all the remaining UnflaggedOptions from the argument list. As a result, only one greedy UnflaggedOption may be registered with a JSAP, and it must be the last UnflaggedOption registered.

Parameters:

greedy - if true, this UnflaggedOption will be greedy.

Returns:

the modified UnflaggedOption

setUsageName

public UnflaggedOption setUsageName(String usageName)

Sets the name that will be displayed when getUsage() is called

Parameters:

usageName - the name to use, or null if the id should be used (default)

Returns:

the modified UnflaggedOption

isGreedy

public boolean isGreedy()

Returns a boolean indicating whether this UnflaggedOption is greedy.

Returns:

a boolean indicating whether this UnflaggedOption is greedy.

getSyntax

public String getSyntax()

Returns syntax instructions for this FlaggedOption.

Specified by:

getSyntax in class Parameter

Returns:

syntax instructions for this FlaggedOption based upon its current configuration.

setList

public UnflaggedOption setList(boolean isList)

Sets whether this UnflaggedOption is a list. Default behavior is JSAP.NOT_LIST.

Parameters:

isList - if true, this Option is a list.

Returns:

the modified UnflaggedOption

setListSeparator

public UnflaggedOption setListSeparator(char listSeparator)

Sets the list separator character for this UnflaggedOption. The default list separator is JSAP.DEFAULT_LISTSEPARATOR.

Parameters:

listSeparator - the list separator for this Option.

Returns:

the modified UnflaggedOption

setRequired

public UnflaggedOption setRequired(boolean required)

Sets whether this UnflaggedOption is required. Default is JSAP.NOT_REQUIRED.

Parameters:

required - if true, this Option will be required.

Returns:

the modified UnflaggedOption

setStringParser

public UnflaggedOption setStringParser(StringParser stringParser)

Sets the StringParser to which this UnflaggedOption's parse() method should delegate.

Parameters:

stringParser - the StringParser to which this Option's parse() method should delegate.

Returns:

the modified UnflaggedOption

See Also:

StringParser

setDefault

public UnflaggedOption setDefault(String defaultValue)

Sets a default value for this parameter. The default is specified as a String, and is parsed as a single value specified on the command line. In other words, default values for "list" parameters or parameters allowing multiple declarations should be set using setDefault(String[]), as JSAP would otherwise treat the entire list of values as a single value.

Parameters:

defaultValue - the default value for this parameter.

See Also:

setDefault(String)

setDefault

public UnflaggedOption setDefault(String[] defaultValues)

Sets one or more default values for this parameter. This method should be used whenever a parameter has more than one default value.

Parameters:

defaultValues - the default values for this parameter.

See Also:

setDefault(String)