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package org.jboss.as.cli;
import org.jboss.as.cli.operation.ParsedCommandLine;
/**
*
* @author Alexey Loubyansky
*/
public interface CommandArgument {
/**
* The default name of the argument.
* An argument can have more than one name, e.g. --force and -f.
* Full name can't be null.
* @return the default name of the argument.
*/
String getFullName();
/**
* Short name of the argument if exists.
* @return short name of the argument or null if the short name doesn't exist.
*/
String getShortName();
/**
* If the argument doesn't have a name its value can be found by index.
* Indexes start with 0.
* A command could have both a name and an index. In that case, the name is optional.
* If the command doesn't have a fixed index, the method will return -1.
* @return the index of the argument.
*/
int getIndex();
/**
* Checks whether the argument is present on the command line.
* @param args parsed arguments
* @return true if the argument is present, false - otherwise.
* @throws CommandFormatException
*/
boolean isPresent(ParsedCommandLine args) throws CommandFormatException;
/**
* Checks whether the argument can appear on the command
* given the already present arguments.
* (Used for tab-completion. Although, often isValueComplete(ParsedOperationRequest req) would be more appropriate.)
* @param ctx
* @return true if the argument can appear on the command line next, false - otherwise.
*/
boolean canAppearNext(CommandContext ctx) throws CommandFormatException;
/**
* Returns the value of the argument specified on the command line.
* If the argument isn't specified the returned value is null.
* Although, it might throw IllegalArgumentException in case the argument is a required one.
* @param args parsed arguments.
* @return the value of the argument or null if the argument isn't present or is missing value.
*/
String getValue(ParsedCommandLine args) throws CommandFormatException;
/**
* Returns the value of the argument specified on the command line.
* If the argument isn't specified and the value is not required null is returned.
* Otherwise an exception is thrown.
*
* @param args parsed arguments.
* @param required whether the value for this argument is required.
* @return the value of the argument or null if the argument isn't present and the value is not required.
*/
String getValue(ParsedCommandLine args, boolean required) throws CommandFormatException;
/**
* Checks whether the value is specified and complete.
* The value is considered complete only if it is followed by a separator
* (argument separator, end of argument list but not end-of-content).
*
* @param args the parsed arguments
* @return true if the value of the argument is complete, false otherwise.
* @throws CommandFormatException
*/
boolean isValueComplete(ParsedCommandLine args) throws CommandFormatException;
/**
* Checks whether the argument accepts value.
* @return true if this argument accepts a value, otherwise false.
*/
boolean isValueRequired();
/**
* Returns the tab-completer for the value.
* @return tab-completer for the value or null of none available.
*/
CommandLineCompleter getValueCompleter();
}