net.dpml.cli
Interface Parent

All Superinterfaces:

Option

All Known Implementing Classes:

Command, DefaultOption, ParentImpl, Switch

public interface Parent
extends Option

An Option that can have an argument and/or group of child Options in the form "-f <arg> [-a|-b|-c]".

Version:

1.0.0

Author:

Digital Product Meta Library

Method Summary

void	processParent(WriteableCommandLine commandLine, ListIterator args) Processes the parent part of the Option.

Methods inherited from interface net.dpml.cli.Option

appendUsage, canProcess, canProcess, defaults, findOption, getDescription, getId, getPreferredName, getPrefixes, getTriggers, helpLines, isRequired, process, validate

Method Detail

processParent

void processParent(WriteableCommandLine commandLine,
                   ListIterator args)
                   throws OptionException

Processes the parent part of the Option. The combination of parent, argument and children is handled by the process method.

Parameters:

commandLine - the CommandLine to write results to

args - a ListIterator over argument strings positioned at the next argument to process

Throws:

OptionException - if an error occurs while processing

See Also:

Option.process(WriteableCommandLine, ListIterator)