Package com.sampullara.cli

Annotation Interface Argument

@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Argument

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	Argument.DummyCallable

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
String	alias	Each argument can have an alias
String	delimiter	A delimiter for arguments that are multi-valued.
String	description	A description of the argument that will appear in the usage method
String	envvar	Each argument can be read from environment variable.
String	prefix	This is the prefix expected for the argument
boolean	required	If this is true, then the argument must be set or the parse will fail
String	value	This is the actual command line argument itself
Class<? extends Callable<List<String>>>	valuesProvider

Element Details

value

String value

This is the actual command line argument itself

Default:

""

required

boolean required

If this is true, then the argument must be set or the parse will fail

Default:

false

prefix

String prefix

This is the prefix expected for the argument

Default:

"-"

alias

String alias

Each argument can have an alias

Default:

""

envvar

String envvar

Each argument can be read from environment variable.

Default:

""

description

String description

A description of the argument that will appear in the usage method

Default:

""

delimiter

String delimiter

A delimiter for arguments that are multi-valued.

Default:

","

valuesProvider

Class<? extends Callable<List<String>>> valuesProvider

Default:

com.sampullara.cli.Argument.DummyCallable.class