Class CommandLineOptions

java.lang.Object

org.exolab.adaptx.util.CommandLineOptions

public class CommandLineOptions
extends Object

A utility class for generating command line options

Version:

$Revision: 3633 $ $Date: 2003-03-01 08:38:44 +0100 (Sat, 01 Mar 2003) $

Author:

Keith Visco

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CommandLineOptions()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addFlag(String flag)	Adds the flag to list of available command line options
void	addFlag(String flag, String comment)	Adds the flag to list of available command line options
void	addFlag(String flag, String usageText, String comment)	Adds the flag to list of available command line options
Properties	getOptions(String[] args)	parses the arguments into a hashtable with the proper flag as the key
void	printHelp(PrintWriter pw)
void	printUsage(PrintWriter pw)
void	setComment(String flag, String comment)	Sets a comment for the flag
void	setInvokeCommand(String invokeCommand)	Sets the command used to invoke the application
void	setOptional(String flag, boolean optional)	Sets whether or not a given flag is optional
void	setUsageInfo(String flag, String usage)	Sets the text to print after the flag when printing the usage line

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

CommandLineOptions

public CommandLineOptions()

Method Details

addFlag

public void addFlag(String flag)

Adds the flag to list of available command line options

Parameters:

flag - the flag to add as an available command line option

addFlag

public void addFlag(String flag,
 String comment)

Adds the flag to list of available command line options

Parameters:

flag - the flag to add as an available command line option

comment - a comment for the flag

addFlag

public void addFlag(String flag,
 String usageText,
 String comment)

Adds the flag to list of available command line options

Parameters:

flag - the flag to add as an available command line option

usageText - the text that appears after the flag in the usage string

comment - a comment for the flag

getOptions

public Properties getOptions(String[] args)

parses the arguments into a hashtable with the proper flag as the key

setComment

public void setComment(String flag,
 String comment)

Sets a comment for the flag

Parameters:

flag - the flag to set the comment for

comment - the comment to use when printing help for the given flag

setOptional

public void setOptional(String flag,
 boolean optional)

Sets whether or not a given flag is optional

Parameters:

flag - the flag to set optionality for

optional - the boolean indicating the optionality for the given flag

setInvokeCommand

public void setInvokeCommand(String invokeCommand)

Sets the command used to invoke the application

Parameters:

invokeCommand - the command used to invoke the application

setUsageInfo

public void setUsageInfo(String flag,
 String usage)

Sets the text to print after the flag when printing the usage line

Parameters:

flag - the flag to set the usage info for

usage - the usage text

printUsage

public void printUsage(PrintWriter pw)

printHelp

public void printHelp(PrintWriter pw)