com.townleyenterprises.command
Class PosixCommandOption

java.lang.Object
  com.townleyenterprises.command.CommandOption
      com.townleyenterprises.command.PosixCommandOption

public class PosixCommandOption

extends CommandOption

This class provides support for POSIX-compliant command options.

Since:

2.1

Version:

$Id: PosixCommandOption.java,v 1.3 2004/07/28 10:33:58 atownley Exp $

Author:

Andrew S. Townley

Constructor Summary

PosixCommandOption(java.lang.String name, boolean hasArg, java.lang.String argHelp, java.lang.String argDesc)
POSIX command options can't have both and long forms (we're not counting abbreviations at the moment).

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getLongName()
java.lang.Character	getShortName()

Methods inherited from class com.townleyenterprises.command.CommandOption

execute, getArg, getArgumentDefault, getArgValue, getDescription, getExpectsArgument, getHelp, getMatched, getName, getShowArgInHelp, hashCode, optionMatched, parseOption, parseOptions, reset

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PosixCommandOption

public PosixCommandOption(java.lang.String name,
                          boolean hasArg,
                          java.lang.String argHelp,
                          java.lang.String argDesc)

POSIX command options can't have both and long forms (we're not counting abbreviations at the moment). This method creates the option using the indicated switch and values.

Parameters:

name - the name to be checked

hasArg - true if this option expects an argument; false if it is a switch

argHelp - the help string for the argument

argDesc - the long description of what the argument does

Method Detail

getLongName

public java.lang.String getLongName()

Overrides:

getLongName in class CommandOption

getShortName

public java.lang.Character getShortName()

Overrides:

getShortName in class CommandOption