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Interface CommandLine.Help.IOptionRenderer

Enclosing class:

CommandLine.Help

public static interface CommandLine.Help.IOptionRenderer

When customizing online help for Option details, a custom IOptionRenderer can be used to create textual representation of an Option in a tabular format: one or more rows, each containing one or more columns. The Layout is responsible for placing these text values in the TextTable.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CommandLine.Help.Ansi.Text[][]	render(CommandLine.Option option, java.lang.reflect.Field field, CommandLine.Help.IParamLabelRenderer parameterLabelRenderer, CommandLine.Help.ColorScheme scheme) Returns a text representation of the specified Option and the Field that captures the option value.

Method Detail

render

CommandLine.Help.Ansi.Text[][] render(CommandLine.Option option,
                                    java.lang.reflect.Field field,
                                    CommandLine.Help.IParamLabelRenderer parameterLabelRenderer,
                                    CommandLine.Help.ColorScheme scheme)

Returns a text representation of the specified Option and the Field that captures the option value.

Parameters:

option - the command line option to show online usage help for

field - the field that will hold the value for the command line option

parameterLabelRenderer - responsible for rendering option parameters to text

scheme - color scheme for applying ansi color styles to options and option parameters

Returns:

a 2-dimensional array of text values: one or more rows, each containing one or more columns