org.apache.maven.shared.utils.cli
Class Commandline

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.maven.shared.utils.cli.Commandline

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

public class Commandline
extends Object
implements Cloneable

Commandline objects help handling command lines specifying processes to execute.

The class can be used to define a command line as nested elements or as a helper to define a command line by an application.

<someelement>
  <acommandline executable="/executable/to/run">
    <argument value="argument 1" />
    <argument line="argument_1 argument_2 argument_3" />
    <argument value="argument 4" />
  </acommandline>
</someelement>


The element someelement must provide a method createAcommandline which returns an instance of this class.

Author:

thomas.haas@softwired-inc.com, Stefan Bodewig

Commandline

public Commandline(Shell shell)

Create a new command line object. Shell is autodetected from operating system

Commandline

public Commandline(String toProcess)

Create a new command line object. Shell is autodetected from operating system

Parameters:

toProcess - The command to process

Commandline

public Commandline()

Create a new command line object. Shell is autodetected from operating system

createArg

public Arg createArg()

Creates an argument object.

Each commandline object has at most one instance of the argument class. This method calls this.createArgument(false).

Returns:

the argument object.

createArg

public Arg createArg(boolean insertAtStart)

Creates an argument object and adds it to our list of args.

Each commandline object has at most one instance of the argument class.

Parameters:

insertAtStart - if true, the argument is inserted at the beginning of the list of args, otherwise it is appended.

setExecutable

public void setExecutable(String executable)

Sets the executable to run.

getExecutable

public String getExecutable()

addArguments

public void addArguments(String... line)

addEnvironment

public void addEnvironment(String name,
                           String value)

Add an environment variable

addSystemEnvironment

public void addSystemEnvironment()

Add system environment variables

getEnvironmentVariables

public String[] getEnvironmentVariables()

Return the list of environment variables

getCommandline

public String[] getCommandline()

Returns the executable and all defined arguments.

getArguments

public String[] getArguments()

Returns all arguments defined by addLine, addValue or the argument object.

getArguments

public String[] getArguments(boolean mask)

Returns all arguments defined by addLine, addValue or the argument object.

Parameters:

mask - flag to mask any arguments (having his mask field to true).

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

clone

public Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class Object

setWorkingDirectory

public void setWorkingDirectory(String path)

Sets execution directory.

setWorkingDirectory

public void setWorkingDirectory(File workingDirectory)

Sets execution directory.

getWorkingDirectory

public File getWorkingDirectory()

clearArgs

public void clearArgs()

Clear out the arguments but leave the executable in place for another operation.

execute

public Process execute()
                throws CommandLineException

Executes the command.

Throws:

CommandLineException

getShell

public Shell getShell()

Get the shell to be used in this command line.