org.apache.commons.cli

Class PatternOptionBuilder

public class PatternOptionBuilder extends Object

Allows Options to be created from a single String.

Version: $Revision: 1.2 $

Author: Henri Yandell (bayard @ generationjava.com)

Field Summary
static Class	CLASS_VALUE Class class
static Class	DATE_VALUE Date class
static Class	EXISTING_FILE_VALUE FileInputStream class
static Class	FILES_VALUE File array class
static Class	FILE_VALUE File class
static Class	NUMBER_VALUE Number class
static Class	OBJECT_VALUE Object class
static Class	STRING_VALUE String class
static Class	URL_VALUE URL class

Method Summary
static Object	getValueClass(char ch) Retrieve the class that `ch` represents.
static boolean	isValueCode(char ch) Returns whether `ch` is a value code, i.e. whether it represents a class in a pattern.
static Options	parsePattern(String pattern) Returns the Options instance represented by `pattern`.

Field Detail

CLASS_VALUE

public static final Class CLASS_VALUE

Class class

DATE_VALUE

public static final Class DATE_VALUE

Date class

EXISTING_FILE_VALUE

public static final Class EXISTING_FILE_VALUE

FileInputStream class

FILES_VALUE

public static final Class FILES_VALUE

File array class

FILE_VALUE

public static final Class FILE_VALUE

File class

NUMBER_VALUE

public static final Class NUMBER_VALUE

Number class

OBJECT_VALUE

public static final Class OBJECT_VALUE

Object class

STRING_VALUE

public static final Class STRING_VALUE

String class

URL_VALUE

public static final Class URL_VALUE

URL class

Method Detail

getValueClass

public static Object getValueClass(char ch)

Retrieve the class that ch represents.

Parameters: ch the specified character

Returns: The class that ch represents

isValueCode

public static boolean isValueCode(char ch)

Returns whether ch is a value code, i.e. whether it represents a class in a pattern.

Parameters: ch the specified character

Returns: true if ch is a value code, otherwise false.

parsePattern

public static Options parsePattern(String pattern)

Returns the Options instance represented by pattern.

Parameters: pattern the pattern string

Returns: The Options instance