Added special commandline argument type to support multiple strings.

[svjatoslav_commons.git] / src / main / java / eu / svjatoslav / commons / commandline / parameterparser / Parameter.java

diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/commons/commandline/parameterparser/Parameter.java b/src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/commons/commandline/parameterparser/Parameter.java
index 2e1c03a..004a48a 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/commons/commandline/parameterparser/Parameter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/commons/commandline/parameterparser/Parameter.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Svjatoslav Commons - shared library of common functionality.
  * Copyright ©2012-2014, Svjatoslav Agejenko, svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu
- * 
+ *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of version 3 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * or later as published by the Free Software Foundation.
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 
 package eu.svjatoslav.commons.commandline.parameterparser;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
 
 public abstract class Parameter {
 
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ public abstract class Parameter {
 
        protected final ArrayList<String> arguments = new ArrayList<String>();
 
-       ArgumentCount argumentCount;
+       final ArgumentCount argumentCount;
 
        /**
         * If this parameter was present in the commandline, then this boolean will
@@ -53,7 +51,9 @@ public abstract class Parameter {
                this.argumentCount = argumentCount;
        }
 
-       public Parameter addAliases(final String... aliasArray) {
+       public abstract Object addAliases(final String... aliasArray);
+
+       protected Parameter addAliasesProtected(final String... aliasArray) {
 
                // save aliases
                for (final String alias : aliasArray)
@@ -116,30 +116,30 @@ public abstract class Parameter {
                return buffer.toString();
        }
 
-       public List<File> getArgumentsAsFiles() {
-               final ArrayList<File> result = new ArrayList<File>();
-
-               for (final String argument : arguments) {
-                       final File file = new File(argument);
-                       result.add(file);
-               }
-
-               return result;
-       }
-
-       public List<Integer> getArgumentsAsIntegers() {
-               final ArrayList<Integer> result = new ArrayList<Integer>();
-
-               for (final String argument : arguments)
-                       result.add(Integer.valueOf(argument));
-
-               return result;
-       }
-
-       public List<String> getArgumentsAsStrings() {
-               final ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<String>(arguments);
-               return result;
-       }
+       // public List<File> getArgumentsAsFiles() {
+       // final ArrayList<File> result = new ArrayList<File>();
+       //
+       // for (final String argument : arguments) {
+       // final File file = new File(argument);
+       // result.add(file);
+       // }
+       //
+       // return result;
+       // }
+       //
+       // public List<Integer> getArgumentsAsIntegers() {
+       // final ArrayList<Integer> result = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+       //
+       // for (final String argument : arguments)
+       // result.add(Integer.valueOf(argument));
+       //
+       // return result;
+       // }
+       //
+       // public List<String> getArgumentsAsStrings() {
+       // final ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<String>(arguments);
+       // return result;
+       // }
 
        public String getHelp() {
                final StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ public abstract class Parameter {
                return buffer.toString();
        }
 
+       public abstract Object getValue();
+
        public boolean isMandatory() {
                return mandatory;
        }
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ public abstract class Parameter {
        /**
         * Notifies this parameter that no more arguments will follow. This gives
         * parameter chance to verify if this is ok.
-        * 
+        *
         * @return <code>true</code> if no errors were found. <code>false</code>
         *         otherwise.
         */
@@ -202,7 +204,9 @@ public abstract class Parameter {
                return true;
        }
 
-       public Parameter setMandatory() {
+       public abstract Parameter setMandatory();
+
+       protected Parameter setMandatoryProtected() {
                mandatory = true;
                return this;
        }