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/*
 * de.unkrig.commons - A general-purpose Java class library
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 * Copyright (c) 2015, Arno Unkrig
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package de.unkrig.commons.util.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import de.unkrig.commons.text.Notations.Phrase;
import de.unkrig.commons.util.CommandLineOptions;

/**
 * Indicates that the annotated method maps to a "command line option".
 *
 * @see CommandLineOptions#getMethodForOption(String, Class) The algorithm that determines the command line option(s)
 *                                                           for this method
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public
@interface CommandLineOption {

    /**
     * The name(s) that identify the option on the command line.
     * 
     *   If the name starts with "--", then only the double-hyphen variant is recognized; if it starts with "-", then
     *   only the single-hyphen is recognized; otherwise, both variants are recognized.
     * 
     * 
     *   If this element is not specified, then the name is derived from the method name as follows: An optional prefix
     *   "set" or "add" is removed. The rest of the method name is converted from camel case into {@link
     *   Phrase#toLowerCaseHyphenated() lower-case-hyphenated} notation.
     *   

     *   Example: If the method name is "{@code setFooBar}", then the following command line options are
     *   recognized: {@code "-foo-bar"} and {@code "--foo-bar"}.
     * 
     */
    String[] name() default {};

    /**
     * @see CommandLineOption#cardinality()
     */
    enum Cardinality {

        /**
         * Indicates that the annotated command line option must appear zero times or once.
         */
        OPTIONAL,

        /**
         * Indicates that the annotated command line option must appear exactly once.
         */
        MANDATORY,

        /**
         * Indicates that the annotated command line option must appear once or multiple times.
         */
        ONCE_OR_MORE,

        /**
         * Indicates that the annotated command line option may appear any number of times.
         */
        ANY,
    }

    /**
     * Configures how often this option may appear on the command line.
     * 
     *   {@link Cardinality#OPTIONAL} (the default):
Zero times or once
     *   {@link Cardinality#MANDATORY}:
Exactly once
     *   {@link Cardinality#ONCE_OR_MORE}:
Once or multiple times
     *   {@link Cardinality#ANY}:
Any number of times, including 0 and 1
     * 
     */
    Cardinality cardinality() default Cardinality.OPTIONAL;

    /**
     * Indicates that this command line option is related with other command line options, e.g. they are mutually
     * exclusive.
     */
    Class[] group() default {};
}