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Interface CommandLine.IExceptionHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

CommandLine.DefaultExceptionHandler

Enclosing class:

CommandLine

public static interface CommandLine.IExceptionHandler

Represents a function that can handle a ParameterException that occurred while parsing the command line arguments. This is a functional interface whose functional method is handleException(CommandLine.ParameterException, PrintStream, CommandLine.Help.Ansi, String...).

Implementations of this functions can be passed to the CommandLine::parseWithHandler methods to handle situations when the command line could not be parsed.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

CommandLine.DefaultExceptionHandler

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List<java.lang.Object>	handleException(CommandLine.ParameterException ex, java.io.PrintStream out, CommandLine.Help.Ansi ansi, java.lang.String... args) Handles a ParameterException that occurred while parsing the command line arguments and optionally returns a list of results.

Method Detail

handleException

java.util.List<java.lang.Object> handleException(CommandLine.ParameterException ex,
                                               java.io.PrintStream out,
                                               CommandLine.Help.Ansi ansi,
                                               java.lang.String... args)

Handles a ParameterException that occurred while parsing the command line arguments and optionally returns a list of results.

Parameters:

ex - the ParameterException describing the problem that occurred while parsing the command line arguments, and the CommandLine representing the command or subcommand whose input was invalid

out - the PrintStream to print help to if requested

ansi - for printing help messages using ANSI styles and colors

args - the command line arguments that could not be parsed

Returns:

a list of results, or an empty list if there are no results