Module info.picocli

Package picocli

Interface CommandLine.IHelpCommandInitializable2

All Known Implementing Classes:

CommandLine.HelpCommand

Enclosing class:

CommandLine

public static interface CommandLine.IHelpCommandInitializable2

Help commands that provide usage help for other commands can implement this interface to be initialized with the information they need.

The CommandLine::printHelpIfRequested method calls the init method on commands marked as helpCommand before the help command's run or call method is called.

Implementation note:

If an error occurs in the run or call method while processing the help request, it is recommended custom Help commands throw a ParameterException with a reference to the parent command. The default ParameterException handler will print the error message and the usage for the parent command.

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	init(CommandLine helpCommandLine, CommandLine.Help.ColorScheme colorScheme, PrintWriter outWriter, PrintWriter errWriter)	Initializes this object with the information needed to implement a help command that provides usage help for other commands.

Method Detail

init

void init(CommandLine helpCommandLine,
          CommandLine.Help.ColorScheme colorScheme,
          PrintWriter outWriter,
          PrintWriter errWriter)

Initializes this object with the information needed to implement a help command that provides usage help for other commands.

Parameters:

helpCommandLine - the CommandLine object associated with this help command. Implementors can use this to walk the command hierarchy and get access to the help command's parent and sibling commands.

colorScheme - the color scheme to use when printing help, including whether to use Ansi colors or not

outWriter - the output writer to print the usage help message to

errWriter - the error writer to print any diagnostic messages to, in addition to the output from the exception handler