uk.ac.ncl.cs.instantsoap.commandlineprocessor.commandFormat
Interface CommandFormatter

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultFormatter

public interface CommandFormatter

Format a commandline using a command format.

Author:

Matthew Pocock

Method Summary

List<String>

format(CommandFormat format, List<Argument<String>> args) Convert a command format and a list of string arguments into a list of strings making up all of the individual components of a command line.

Method Detail

format

List<String> format(CommandFormat format,
                    List<Argument<String>> args)

Convert a command format and a list of string arguments into a list of strings making up all of the individual components of a command line.

Parameters:

format - the commandFormat specifying how options are to be handled

args - a List of Argument objects to format

Returns:

the formatted arguments as a List of Strings.