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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:`~argparse.ArgumentParser.add_argument` are predefined (or
47 overwritten), so the value following the switch is passed to the registered handler method.
48 """
50 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:
51 """
52 Initializes a flag argument taking a value.
54 .. admonition:: ArgParse parameterization
56 :meth:`~argparse.ArgumentParser.add_argument` is called with the option strings from ``short`` and ``long``
57 as positional parameters, and with these named parameters:
59 * ``dest=dest``
60 * ``metavar=metaName``
61 * ``default=None``
62 * ``help=help``
63 * ``required=not optional``
65 No ``action`` is set, so argparse's default ``"store"`` applies and the handler method receives the value.
67 :param short: Optional, short option name including the dash, e.g. ``"-o"``. Default: ``None``.
68 :param long: Optional, long option name including the dashes, e.g. ``"--output"``. Default: ``None``.
69 :param dest: Optional, name the value is stored under in the :class:`~argparse.Namespace`. Default: ``None``.
70 :param metaName: Optional, name shown for the value in the help page (``metavar``). Default: ``None``.
71 :param optional: Optional, if ``True``, the value may be omitted. Default: ``False``.
72 :param help: Optional, help text shown for this argument. Default: ``None``.
73 """
74 args = []
75 if short is not None:
76 args.append(short)
77 if long is not None:
78 args.append(long)
80 kwargs = {
81 "dest": dest,
82 "metavar": metaName,
83 "default": None,
84 "help": help,
85 "required": not optional
86 }
87 super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
90@export
91class ShortValuedFlag(ValuedFlag):
92 """Defines a switch argument with a value in short form like ``-c=25``."""
94 def __init__(self, short: Nullable[str] = None, dest: Nullable[str] = None, metaName: Nullable[str] = None, optional: bool = False, help: Nullable[str] = None) -> None:
95 """
96 Initialize a switch argument with a value in its short form.
98 :param short: Optional, short form of the option, including its dash, e.g. :pycode:`short="-v"`.
99 :param dest: Optional, name of the parameter the parsed value is passed to the handler method as.
100 :param metaName: Optional, name of the value in the help page.
101 :param optional: Optional, if ``True``, the option may be omitted.
102 :param help: Optional, help text of the option, displayed in the help page.
103 """
104 super().__init__(short, None, dest, metaName, optional, help)
107@export
108class LongValuedFlag(ValuedFlag):
109 """Defines a switch argument with a value in long form like ``--count=25``."""
111 def __init__(self, long: Nullable[str] = None, dest: Nullable[str] = None, metaName: Nullable[str] = None, optional: bool = False, help: Nullable[str] = None) -> None:
112 """
113 Initialize a switch argument with a value in its long form.
115 :param long: Optional, long form of the option, including its dashes, e.g. :pycode:`long="--verbose"`.
116 :param dest: Optional, name of the parameter the parsed value is passed to the handler method as.
117 :param metaName: Optional, name of the value in the help page.
118 :param optional: Optional, if ``True``, the option may be omitted.
119 :param help: Optional, help text of the option, displayed in the help page.
120 """
121 super().__init__(None, long, dest, metaName, optional, help)