Class List
In: optparse.rb
Parent: Object

Simple option list providing mapping from short and/or long option string to OptionParser::Switch and mapping from acceptable argument to matching pattern and converter pair. Also provides summary feature.

Methods

accept   append   complete   each_option   new   prepend   reject   search   summarize  

Attributes

atype  [R]  Map from acceptable argument types to pattern and converter pairs.
list  [R]  List of all switches and summary string.
long  [R]  Map from long style option switches to actual switch objects.
short  [R]  Map from short style option switches to actual switch objects.

Public Class methods

Just initializes all instance variables.

[Source]

# File optparse.rb, line 520
    def initialize
      @atype = {}
      @short = OptionMap.new
      @long = OptionMap.new
      @list = []
    end

Public Instance methods

See OptionParser.accept.

[Source]

# File optparse.rb, line 530
    def accept(t, pat = /.*/nm, &block)
      if pat
        pat.respond_to?(:match) or raise TypeError, "has no `match'"
      else
        pat = t if t.respond_to?(:match)
      end
      unless block
        block = pat.method(:convert).to_proc if pat.respond_to?(:convert)
      end
      @atype[t] = [pat, block]
    end

Appends switch at the tail of the list, and associates short, long and negated long options. Arguments are:

switch:OptionParser::Switch instance to be inserted.
short_opts:List of short style options.
long_opts:List of long style options.
nolong_opts:List of long style options with "no-" prefix.
  append(switch, short_opts, long_opts, nolong_opts)

[Source]

# File optparse.rb, line 594
    def append(*args)
      update(*args)
      @list.push(args[0])
    end

Searches list id for opt and the optional patterns for completion pat. If icase is true, the search is case insensitive. The result is returned or yielded if a block is given. If it isn‘t found, nil is returned.

[Source]

# File optparse.rb, line 616
    def complete(id, opt, icase = false, *pat, &block)
      __send__(id).complete(opt, icase, *pat, &block)
    end

Iterates over each option, passing the option to the block.

[Source]

# File optparse.rb, line 623
    def each_option(&block)
      list.each(&block)
    end

Inserts switch at the head of the list, and associates short, long and negated long options. Arguments are:

switch:OptionParser::Switch instance to be inserted.
short_opts:List of short style options.
long_opts:List of long style options.
nolong_opts:List of long style options with "no-" prefix.
  prepend(switch, short_opts, long_opts, nolong_opts)

[Source]

# File optparse.rb, line 578
    def prepend(*args)
      update(*args)
      @list.unshift(args[0])
    end

See OptionParser.reject.

[Source]

# File optparse.rb, line 545
    def reject(t)
      @atype.delete(t)
    end

Searches key in id list. The result is returned or yielded if a block is given. If it isn‘t found, nil is returned.

[Source]

# File optparse.rb, line 603
    def search(id, key)
      if list = __send__(id)
        val = list.fetch(key) {return nil}
        block_given? ? yield(val) : val
      end
    end

Creates the summary table, passing each line to the block (without newline). The arguments args are passed along to the summarize method which is called on every option.

[Source]

# File optparse.rb, line 632
    def summarize(*args, &block)
      list.each do |opt|
        if opt.respond_to?(:summarize) # perhaps OptionParser::Switch
          opt.summarize(*args, &block)
        elsif !opt or opt.empty?
          yield("")
        else
          opt.each(&block)
        end
      end
    end

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