OptionSpec

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OptionSpec describes the specification of a named Option. They have a name, descr(iption), a short-name, a typ(e), and a default value when they are not required.

Options can be placed anywhere before or after commands, and can be thought of as named arguments.

class val OptionSpec

Constructors

bool

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Creates an Option with a Bool typed value that can be used like --opt or -O or --opt=true or -O=true to yield an option value like cmd.option("opt").bool() == true.

new val bool(
  name': String val,
  descr': String val = "",
  short': (U8 val | None val) = reference,
  default': (Bool val | None val) = reference)
: OptionSpec val^

Parameters

Returns

string

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Creates an Option with a String typed value that can be used like --file=dir/filename or -F=dir/filename or -Fdir/filename to yield an option value like cmd.option("file").string() == "dir/filename".

new val string(
  name': String val,
  descr': String val = "",
  short': (U8 val | None val) = reference,
  default': (String val | None val) = reference)
: OptionSpec val^

Parameters

Returns

i64

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Creates an Option with an I64 typed value that can be used like --count=42 -C=42 to yield an option value like cmd.option("count").i64() == I64(42).

new val i64(
  name': String val,
  descr': String val = "",
  short': (U8 val | None val) = reference,
  default': (I64 val | None val) = reference)
: OptionSpec val^

Parameters

  • name': String val
  • descr': String val = ""
  • short': (U8 val | None val) = reference
  • default': (I64 val | None val) = reference

Returns

u64

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Creates an Option with an U64 typed value that can be used like --count=47 -C=47 to yield an option value like cmd.option("count").u64() == U64(47).

new val u64(
  name': String val,
  descr': String val = "",
  short': (U8 val | None val) = reference,
  default': (U64 val | None val) = reference)
: OptionSpec val^

Parameters

  • name': String val
  • descr': String val = ""
  • short': (U8 val | None val) = reference
  • default': (U64 val | None val) = reference

Returns

f64

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Creates an Option with a F64 typed value that can be used like --ratio=1.039 or -R=1.039 to yield an option value like cmd.option("ratio").f64() == F64(1.039).

new val f64(
  name': String val,
  descr': String val = "",
  short': (U8 val | None val) = reference,
  default': (F64 val | None val) = reference)
: OptionSpec val^

Parameters

  • name': String val
  • descr': String val = ""
  • short': (U8 val | None val) = reference
  • default': (F64 val | None val) = reference

Returns

string_seq

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Creates an Option with a ReadSeq[String] typed value that can be used like --files=file1 --files=files2 --files=files2 to yield a sequence of three strings equivalent to cmd.option("ratio").string_seq() (equiv) ["file1"; "file2"; "file3"].

new val string_seq(
  name': String val,
  descr': String val = "",
  short': (U8 val | None val) = reference)
: OptionSpec val^

Parameters

Returns

Public Functions

name

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Returns the name of this option.

fun box name()
: String val

Returns

descr

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Returns the description for this option.

fun box descr()
: String val

Returns

required

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Returns true iff this option is required to be present in the command line.

fun box required()
: Bool val

Returns

help_string

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Returns a formated help string for this option.

fun box help_string()
: String val

Returns

deb_string

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fun box deb_string()
: String val

Returns

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