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package com.aspectran.shell.command;
import com.aspectran.shell.command.option.Arguments;
import com.aspectran.shell.command.option.Options;
import com.aspectran.shell.command.option.ParsedOptions;
import com.aspectran.shell.console.Console;
import java.util.List;
/**
* The Command interface allows the command interpreter to delegate tasks.
*/
public interface Command {
Options getOptions();
List getArgumentsList();
/**
* This method will be called as the starting point to execute the logic
* for the action mapped to this command.
*
* @param options the parsed options
* @param console the console
* @throws Exception if an error occurs during command execution
*/
void execute(ParsedOptions options, Console console) throws Exception;
/**
* Prints the usage statement for the specified command.
*
* @param console the Console instance
*/
void printHelp(Console console);
void printQuickHelp(Console console);
/**
* This method returns an instance of Command.Descriptor.
* The descriptor is meta information about the command.
*
* @return a Descriptor that is meta information about the command
*/
Command.Descriptor getDescriptor();
/**
* An interface that can be used to describe the the functionality of the
* command implementation. This is a very important concept in a text-driven
* environment such as a command-line user interface.
*/
interface Descriptor {
/**
* The purpose of the namespace is to provide an identifier to group
* commands without relying on class name or other convoluted approaches
* to group commands.
*
* @return the command's namespace
*/
String getNamespace();
/**
* Implementation of this method should return a simple string (with no spaces)
* that identifies the action mapped to this command.
*
* @return the name of the action mapped to this command.
*/
String getName();
/**
* This method should return a descriptive text about the command
* it is attached to.
*
* @return a descriptive text about the command
*/
String getDescription();
/**
* Implementation of this method should return helpful hint on how
* to use the associated command and further description of options that
* are supported by the command.
*
* @return Usage of command
*/
String getUsage();
}
}