package cli import ( "fmt" "io/ioutil" "os" ) // App is the main structure of a cli application. It is recomended that // and app be created with the cli.NewApp() function type App struct { // The name of the program. Defaults to os.Args[0] Name string // Description of the program. Usage string // Version of the program Version string // List of commands to execute Commands []Command // List of flags to parse Flags []Flag // The action to execute when no subcommands are specified Action func(context *Context) } // Creates a new cli Application with some reasonable defaults for Name, Usage, Version and Action. func NewApp() *App { return &App{ Name: os.Args[0], Usage: "A new cli application", Version: "0.0.0", Action: helpCommand.Action, } } // Entry point to the cli app. Parses the arguments slice and routes to the proper flag/args combination func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) error { // append help to commands if a.Command(helpCommand.Name) == nil { a.Commands = append(a.Commands, helpCommand) } //append version/help flags a.appendFlag(BoolFlag{"version", "print the version"}) a.appendFlag(helpFlag{"show help"}) // parse flags set := flagSet(a.Name, a.Flags) set.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard) err := set.Parse(arguments[1:]) context := NewContext(a, set, set) if err != nil { fmt.Println("Incorrect Usage.\n") ShowAppHelp(context) fmt.Println("") return err } checkHelp(context) checkVersion(context) args := context.Args() if len(args) > 0 { name := args[0] c := a.Command(name) if c != nil { c.Run(context) return nil } } // Run default Action a.Action(context) return nil } // Returns the named command on App. Returns nil if the command does not exist func (a *App) Command(name string) *Command { for _, c := range a.Commands { if c.HasName(name) { return &c } } return nil } func (a *App) hasFlag(flag Flag) bool { for _, f := range a.Flags { if flag == f { return true } } return false } func (a *App) appendFlag(flag Flag) { if !a.hasFlag(flag) { a.Flags = append(a.Flags, flag) } }