avail/avail.tools.options/OptionProcessorFactory

OptionProcessorFactory

class OptionProcessorFactory<OptionKeyType : Enum<OptionKeyType>>

An OptionProcessorFactory enables a client to dynamically specify and assemble an option processor. In particular, the factory allows a client to flexibly define a particular option processor while ignoring specification and evaluation order dependency. Validation is postponed until final assembly time, at which time a [ValidationException] will be thrown in the event of incorrect or incomplete specification; otherwise, the constructed option processor provably reflects the client specification.

Author

Todd L Smith

Parameters

OptionKeyType

The type of the option.

optionKeyType

The type of option keys.

Types

Cardinality

data class Cardinality(val min: Int, val max: Int)

An optional parameter when defining an option or optionWithArgument, to indicate how many occurrences of the option are permitted/required. For more precise control, the option body can use OptionProcessor.checkEncountered during processing, or define a rule.

Companion

object Companion

OptionInvocation

data class OptionInvocation<OptionKeyType : Enum<OptionKeyType>>(val processor: OptionProcessor<OptionKeyType>, val keyword: String)

A helper class to make option bodies more directly expressible.

OptionInvocationWithArgument

data class OptionInvocationWithArgument<OptionKeyType : Enum<OptionKeyType>>( val processor: OptionProcessor<OptionKeyType>, val keyword: String, val argument: String)

A helper class to make bodies of options with arguments more directly expressible.

Functions

defaultOption

fun defaultOption( key: OptionKeyType, description: String, cardinality: OptionProcessorFactory.Cardinality = OPTIONAL, action2: OptionProcessorFactory.OptionInvocationWithArgument<OptionKeyType>.() -> Unit): Boolean

Add the default option, which is what to do with bare arguments that have no argument-requiring option preceding them.

helpOption

fun helpOption( key: OptionKeyType, preamble: String, appendable: Appendable): Boolean

Add the default help option, bound to '-?'. After the preamble, it outputs the keywords and description for each option.

option

fun option( key: OptionKeyType, keywords: Collection<String>, description: String, cardinality: OptionProcessorFactory.Cardinality = OPTIONAL, action: OptionProcessorFactory.OptionInvocation<OptionKeyType>.() -> Unit): Boolean

Declare a generic option that takes no argument.

optionWithArgument

fun optionWithArgument( key: OptionKeyType, keywords: Collection<String>, description: String, cardinality: OptionProcessorFactory.Cardinality = OPTIONAL, action2: OptionProcessorFactory.OptionInvocationWithArgument<OptionKeyType>.() -> Unit): Boolean

Declare a generic option that takes an argument.

rule

fun <C : Configuration> C.rule(ruleText: String, rule: C.() -> Boolean): Boolean

Add a rule. All rules run, in the order in which they were defined via this method. If a rule discovers an invalid combination of options and arguments, it should throw a suitable OptionProcessingException whose message text is the ruleText, which will be reported to the user.