Package org.apache.commons.cli

Class PatternOptionBuilder

  • public class PatternOptionBuilder
extends java.lang.Object

    Allows Options to be created from a single String. The pattern contains various single character flags and via an optional punctuation character, their expected type.

    a-a flag
    b@-b [classname]
    c>-c [filename]
    d+-d [classname] (creates object via empty contructor)
    e%-e [number] (creates Double/Long instance depeding on existing of a '.')
    f/-f [url]
    g:-g [string]

    For example, the following allows command line flags of '-v -p string-value -f /dir/file'. The exclamation mark precede a mandatory option.

    Options options = PatternOptionBuilder.parsePattern("vp:!f/");

    TODO These need to break out to OptionType and also to be pluggable.

    Version:
    $Revision: 734339 $, $Date: 2009-01-13 21:56:47 -0800 (Tue, 13 Jan 2009) $

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static java.lang.Object getValueClass​(char ch)
      Retrieve the class that ch represents.
      static boolean isValueCode​(char ch)
      Returns whether ch is a value code, i.e.
      static Options parsePattern​(java.lang.String pattern)
      Returns the Options instance represented by pattern.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    • Field Detail

      • STRING_VALUE

        public static final java.lang.Class STRING_VALUE
        String class

      • OBJECT_VALUE

        public static final java.lang.Class OBJECT_VALUE
        Object class

      • NUMBER_VALUE

        public static final java.lang.Class NUMBER_VALUE
        Number class

      • DATE_VALUE

        public static final java.lang.Class DATE_VALUE
        Date class

      • CLASS_VALUE

        public static final java.lang.Class CLASS_VALUE
        Class class

      • EXISTING_FILE_VALUE

        public static final java.lang.Class EXISTING_FILE_VALUE
        FileInputStream class

      • FILE_VALUE

        public static final java.lang.Class FILE_VALUE
        File class

      • FILES_VALUE

        public static final java.lang.Class FILES_VALUE
        File array class

      • URL_VALUE

        public static final java.lang.Class URL_VALUE
        URL class

    • Method Detail

      • getValueClass

        public static java.lang.Object getValueClass​(char ch)
        Retrieve the class that ch represents.
        Parameters:
        ch - the specified character
        Returns:
        The class that ch represents

      • isValueCode

        public static boolean isValueCode​(char ch)
        Returns whether ch is a value code, i.e. whether it represents a class in a pattern.
        Parameters:
        ch - the specified character
        Returns:
        true if ch is a value code, otherwise false.

      • parsePattern

        public static Options parsePattern​(java.lang.String pattern)
        Returns the Options instance represented by pattern.
        Parameters:
        pattern - the pattern string
        Returns:
        The Options instance