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32"""
33Attributes describing options carrying a value, like ``--count=25``.
34"""
35from typing import Optional as Nullable
37from pyTooling.Decorators import export
38from pyTooling.Attributes.ArgParse.Argument import NamedAndValuedArgument
41@export
42class ValuedFlag(NamedAndValuedArgument):
43 """
44 Defines a switch argument like ``--count=25``.
46 Some of the named parameters passed to :meth:`~ArgumentParser.add_argument` are predefined (or overwritten) to create
47 a boolean parameter passed to the registered handler method. The boolean parameter is ``True`` if the switch argument
48 is present in the commandline arguments, otherwise ``False``.
49 """
51 def __init__(self, short: Nullable[str] = None, long: Nullable[str] = None, dest: Nullable[str] = None, metaName: Nullable[str] = None, optional: bool = False, help: Nullable[str] = None) -> None:
52 """
53 The constructor expects positional (``*args``), the destination parameter name ``dest`` and/or named parameters
54 (``**kwargs``) which are passed to :meth:`~ArgumentParser.add_argument`.
56 To implement a switch argument, the following named parameters are predefined:
58 * ``action="store_const"``
59 * ``const=True``
60 * ``default=False``
62 This implements a boolean parameter passed to the handler method.
63 """
64 args = []
65 if short is not None:
66 args.append(short)
67 if long is not None:
68 args.append(long)
70 kwargs = {
71 "dest": dest,
72 "metavar": metaName,
73 "default": None,
74 "help": help,
75 "required": not optional
76 }
77 super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
80@export
81class ShortValuedFlag(ValuedFlag):
82 """Defines a switch argument with a value in short form like ``-c=25``."""
84 def __init__(self, short: Nullable[str] = None, dest: Nullable[str] = None, metaName: Nullable[str] = None, optional: bool = False, help: Nullable[str] = None) -> None:
85 """
86 Initialize a switch argument with a value in its short form.
88 :param short: Optional, short form of the option, including its dash, e.g. :pycode:`short="-v"`.
89 :param dest: Optional, name of the parameter the parsed value is passed to the handler method as.
90 :param metaName: Optional, name of the value in the help page.
91 :param optional: Optional, if ``True``, the option may be omitted.
92 :param help: Optional, help text of the option, displayed in the help page.
93 """
94 super().__init__(short, None, dest, metaName, optional, help)
97@export
98class LongValuedFlag(ValuedFlag):
99 """Defines a switch argument with a value in long form like ``--count=25``."""
101 def __init__(self, long: Nullable[str] = None, dest: Nullable[str] = None, metaName: Nullable[str] = None, optional: bool = False, help: Nullable[str] = None) -> None:
102 """
103 Initialize a switch argument with a value in its long form.
105 :param long: Optional, long form of the option, including its dashes, e.g. :pycode:`long="--verbose"`.
106 :param dest: Optional, name of the parameter the parsed value is passed to the handler method as.
107 :param metaName: Optional, name of the value in the help page.
108 :param optional: Optional, if ``True``, the option may be omitted.
109 :param help: Optional, help text of the option, displayed in the help page.
110 """
111 super().__init__(None, long, dest, metaName, optional, help)