StaticallyGroupedOption

Properties

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If true, this option can be specified without a name e.g. -2 instead of -o2

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If false, invocations must be of the form --foo=1 or -f1. If true, the forms --foo 1 and -f 1 are also accepted.

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Optional set of strings to use when the user invokes shell autocomplete on a value for this option.

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open val eager: Boolean

If true, the presence of this option on the command line will halt parsing immediately

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abstract val groupName: String?

The name of the group, or null if this option should not be grouped in the help output.

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abstract val helpTags: Map<String, String>

Extra information about this option to pass to the help formatter.

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abstract val hidden: Boolean

If true, this option should not appear in help output.

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abstract val names: Set<String>

The names that can be used to invoke this option. They must start with a punctuation character.

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abstract val nvalues: IntRange

The min and max number of values that must be given to this option.

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abstract val secondaryNames: Set<String>

Names that can be used for a secondary purpose, like disabling flag options.

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abstract val valueSourceKey: String?

Optional explicit key to use when looking this option up from a ValueSource

Functions

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abstract fun finalize(context: Context, invocations: List<Invocation>)

Called after this command's argv is parsed to transform and store the option's value.

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abstract fun metavar(context: Context): String?

A name representing the values for this option that can be displayed to the user.

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abstract fun optionHelp(context: Context): String

The description of this option, usually a single line.

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Information about this option for the help output.

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abstract fun postValidate(context: Context)

Called after all of a command's parameters have been finalized to perform validation of the final value.