Package com.facebook.buck.support.cli.args

Interface PluginBasedCommand

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    ProjectCommand
    public interface PluginBasedCommand
    An abstract class that provides basic capabilities for commands that use subcommands loaded from plugins.

    Implementations of this class will have logic to control common logic of a particular plugin-based command. For example, buck project command will have an implementation that implements this class and adds some common domain-independent logic to route a particular invocation to some implementation loaded from plugins.

    Typical example of usage: 

       class ExamplePluginBasedCommand extends PluginBasedCommand {
    @PluginBasedSubCommands(factoryClass = ExamplePluginBasedSubCommandFactory.class)
    @SuppressFieldNotInitialized
     private ImmutableList modes;

    @Override
     protected ImmutableList getSubCommands() {
       return modes;
     }

    @Override
     protected String getTypeOptionName() {
       return "--mode";
     }
   }

   interface ExamplePluginBasedSubCommandFactory extends PluginBasedSubCommandFactory {
   }

   @Extention
   class SomeExamplePluginBasedSubCommand implements ExamplePluginBasedSubCommandFactory {
     @Override
     SomeExamplePluginBasedSubCommand createSubCommand() {
       return new SomeExamplePluginBasedSubCommand();
     }
   }

    Key points:

    • Sub commands needs to be instantiated using factories
    • Plugin subcommand factories have to implement PluginBasedSubCommandFactory.
    • Plugin subcommands have to implement PluginBasedSubCommand.
    • getTypeOptionName() is used to control which option is used to select a subcommand. The logic in this class uses that method for help screen only. The particular implementations need to use the option with that name to select a particular subcommand.

    • Method Detail

      • getSubCommands

        com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList<? extends PluginBasedSubCommand> getSubCommands()
        Returns:
        all subcommands known to this command.

      • getTypeOptionName

        String getTypeOptionName()
        Returns:
        the name of the option that is used to control which subcommand is invoked.

      • getShortDescription

        String getShortDescription()
        Returns:
        a pharse that describes the purpose of this command.

      • printUsage

        default void printUsage​(PrintStream stream)
        Prints the usage to the provided stream.