Class: Samovar::Many

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/samovar/many.rb

Overview

Represents multiple positional arguments in a command.

A ‘Many` parser extracts all arguments from the command line until it encounters a stop pattern (typically an option flag).

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(key, description = nil, stop: /^-/, default: nil, required: false) ⇒ Many

Initialize a new multi-argument parser.



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# File 'lib/samovar/many.rb', line 18

def initialize(key, description = nil, stop: /^-/, default: nil, required: false)
	@key = key
	@description = description
	@stop = stop
	@default = default
	@required = required
end

Instance Attribute Details

#default ⇒ Object

The default value if no arguments are provided.



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# File 'lib/samovar/many.rb', line 44

def default
  @default
end

#description ⇒ Object (readonly)

A description of the arguments for help output.



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# File 'lib/samovar/many.rb', line 34

def description
  @description
end

#key ⇒ Object

The name of the attribute to store the values in.



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# File 'lib/samovar/many.rb', line 29

def key
  @key
end

#required ⇒ Object

Whether at least one argument is required.



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# File 'lib/samovar/many.rb', line 49

def required
  @required
end

#stop ⇒ Object

A pattern that indicates the end of this argument list.



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# File 'lib/samovar/many.rb', line 39

def stop
  @stop
end

Instance Method Details

#parse(input, parent = nil, default = nil) ⇒ Object

Parse multiple arguments from the input.



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# File 'lib/samovar/many.rb', line 79

def parse(input, parent = nil, default = nil)
	if @stop and stop_index = input.index{|item| @stop === item}
		input.shift(stop_index)
	elsif input.any?
		input.shift(input.size)
	elsif default ||= @default
		return default
	elsif @required
		raise MissingValueError.new(parent, @key)
	end
end

#to_a ⇒ Object

Generate an array representation for usage output.



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# File 'lib/samovar/many.rb', line 61

def to_a
	usage = [to_s, @description]
	
	if @default
		usage << "(default: #{@default.inspect})"
	elsif @required
		usage << "(required)"
	end
	
	return usage
end

#to_s ⇒ Object

Generate a string representation for usage output.



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# File 'lib/samovar/many.rb', line 54

def to_s
	"<#{key}...>"
end