ConsoleApplication Struct Reference

Represents a the set of commands that a console app can perform, and provides helper functions for performing them. More...

#include <juce_ConsoleApplication.h>

Classes
struct	Command
	Represents a command that can be executed if its command-line arguments are matched. More...

Public Member Functions
void	addCommand (Command)
	Adds a command to the list.
void	addDefaultCommand (Command)
	Adds a command to the list, and marks it as one which is invoked if no other command matches.
void	addVersionCommand (String versionArgument, String versionText)
	Adds a command that will print the given text in response to the "--version" option.
void	addHelpCommand (String helpArgument, String helpMessage, bool makeDefaultCommand)
	Adds a help command to the list.
void	printCommandList (const ArgumentList &) const
	Prints out the list of commands and their short descriptions in a format that's suitable for use as help.
void	printCommandDetails (const ArgumentList &, const Command &) const
	Prints out a longer description of a particular command, based on its longDescription member.
int	findAndRunCommand (const ArgumentList &, bool optionMustBeFirstArg=false) const
	Looks for the first command in the list which matches the given arguments, and tries to invoke it.
int	findAndRunCommand (int argc, char *argv[]) const
	Creates an ArgumentList object from the argc and argv variablrs, and invokes findAndRunCommand() using it.
const Command *	findCommand (const ArgumentList &, bool optionMustBeFirstArg) const
	Looks for the first command in the list which matches the given arguments.
const std::vector< Command > &	getCommands () const
	Gives read-only access to the list of registered commands.

Static Public Member Functions
static void	fail (String errorMessage, int returnCode=1)
	Throws a failure exception to cause a command-line app to terminate.
static int	invokeCatchingFailures (std::function< int()> &&functionToCall)
	Invokes a function, catching any fail() calls that it might trigger, and handling them by printing their error message and returning their error code.

Detailed Description

Represents a the set of commands that a console app can perform, and provides helper functions for performing them.

When using these helper classes to implement a console app, you probably want to do something along these lines:

int main (int argc, char* argv[])
{
    ConsoleApplication app;
 
    app.addHelpCommand ("--help|-h", "Usage:", true);
    app.addVersionCommand ("--version|-v", "MyApp version 1.2.3");
 
    app.addCommand ({ "--foo",
                      "--foo filename",
                      "Performs a foo operation on the given file",
                      [] (const auto& args) { doFoo (args); }});
 
    return app.findAndRunCommand (argc, argv);
}

See also

ArgumentList

Member Function Documentation

addCommand()

void ConsoleApplication::addCommand

(

Command

)

Adds a command to the list.

addDefaultCommand()

void ConsoleApplication::addDefaultCommand

(

Command

)

Adds a command to the list, and marks it as one which is invoked if no other command matches.

addVersionCommand()

void ConsoleApplication::addVersionCommand	(	String	versionArgument,
		String	versionText )

Adds a command that will print the given text in response to the "--version" option.

addHelpCommand()

void ConsoleApplication::addHelpCommand	(	String	helpArgument,
		String	helpMessage,
		bool	makeDefaultCommand )

Adds a help command to the list.

This command will print the user-supplied message that's passed in here as an argument, followed by a list of all the registered commands.

printCommandList()

void ConsoleApplication::printCommandList

(

const ArgumentList &

)

const

Prints out the list of commands and their short descriptions in a format that's suitable for use as help.

printCommandDetails()

void ConsoleApplication::printCommandDetails	(	const ArgumentList &	,
		const Command &	) const

Prints out a longer description of a particular command, based on its longDescription member.

fail()

static void ConsoleApplication::fail ( String errorMessage, int returnCode = 1 )

static

Throws a failure exception to cause a command-line app to terminate.

This is intended to be called from code in a Command, so that the exception will be automatically caught and turned into a printed error message and a return code which will be returned from main().

See also

ConsoleApplication::invokeCatchingFailures()

invokeCatchingFailures()

static int ConsoleApplication::invokeCatchingFailures ( std::function< int()> && functionToCall )

static

Invokes a function, catching any fail() calls that it might trigger, and handling them by printing their error message and returning their error code.

See also

ConsoleApplication::fail()

findAndRunCommand() [1/2]

int ConsoleApplication::findAndRunCommand	(	const ArgumentList &	,
		bool	optionMustBeFirstArg = false ) const

Looks for the first command in the list which matches the given arguments, and tries to invoke it.

If no command is found, and if there is no default command to run, it fails with a suitable error message. If the command calls the fail() function, this will throw an exception that gets automatically caught and handled, and this method will return the error code that was passed into the fail() call.

If optionMustBeFirstArg is true, then only the first argument will be looked at when searching the available commands - this lets you do 'git' style commands where the executable name is followed by a verb.

findAndRunCommand() [2/2]

int ConsoleApplication::findAndRunCommand	(	int	argc,
		char *	argv[] ) const

Creates an ArgumentList object from the argc and argv variablrs, and invokes findAndRunCommand() using it.

findCommand()

const Command * ConsoleApplication::findCommand	(	const ArgumentList &	,
		bool	optionMustBeFirstArg ) const

Looks for the first command in the list which matches the given arguments.

If none is found, this returns either the default command (if one is set) or nullptr. If optionMustBeFirstArg is true, then only the first argument will be looked at when searching the available commands - this lets you do 'git' style commands where the executable name is followed by a verb.

getCommands()

const std::vector< Command > & ConsoleApplication::getCommands

(

)

const

Gives read-only access to the list of registered commands.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• juce_ConsoleApplication.h