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[JGIT PATCH 3/9] Create an optional documentation annotation for TextBuiltin

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Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jul 25, 2008, 19:46 UTC
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This new annotation can be used for automatic command list creation, or additional help generation by the default help generator.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
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 .../src/org/spearce/jgit/pgm/Command.java          |   72 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 org.spearce.jgit.pgm/src/org/spearce/jgit/pgm/Command.java
diff --git a/org.spearce.jgit.pgm/src/org/spearce/jgit/pgm/Command.java b/org.spearce.jgit.pgm/src/org/spearce/jgit/pgm/Command.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40be1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.spearce.jgit.pgm/src/org/spearce/jgit/pgm/Command.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package org.spearce.jgit.pgm;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation to document a {@link TextBuiltin}.
+ * <p>
+ * This is an optional annotation for TextBuiltin subclasses and it carries
+ * documentation forward into the runtime system describing what the command is
+ * and why users may want to invoke it.
+ */
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@Target( { TYPE })
+public @interface Command {
+	/**
+	 * @return name the command is invoked as from the command line. If the
+	 *         (default) empty string is supplied the name will be generated
+	 *         from the class name.
+	 */
+	public String name() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * @return one line description of the command's feature set.
+	 */
+	public String usage() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * @return true if this command is considered to be commonly used.
+	 */
+	public boolean common() default false;
+}
-- 
1.6.0.rc0.182.gb96c7
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Message 4 of 12 in “List commonly used (or recognized) commands”
  1. 0/9 List commonly used (or recognized) commandsShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  2. 1/9 Switch jgit.pgm to J2SE-1.5 execution environmentShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  3. 2/9 Remove unnecessary duplicate if (help) test inside TextBuiltinShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  4. 3/9 Create an optional documentation annotation for TextBuiltinShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  5. 4/9 Create a lightweight registration wrapper for TextBuiltinShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  6. 5/9 Create a catalog of CommandRefs for lookup and enumerationShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  7. 6/9 Document some common commands with the new Command annotationShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  8. 7/9 Include commonly used commands in main help outputShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  9. 8/9 Refactor SubcommandHandler to use CommandCatalog instead of reflectionShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  10. 9/9 Add debug-show-commands to display the command tableShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  11. 5/9 Create a catalog of CommandRefs for lookup and enumerationShawn O. Pearce, Jul 25, 2008
  12. Shawn O. PearceJul 25, 2008

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