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## org.apache.commons.cli
Class PatternOptionBuilder

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.commons.cli.PatternOptionBuilder

    public class PatternOptionBuilder

extends Object

Allows Options to be created from a single String. The pattern contains various single character flags and via an optional punctuation character, their expected type.

a | -a flag
b@ | -b [classname]
c> | -c [filename]
d+ | -d [classname] (creates object via empty contructor)
e% | -e [number] (creates Double/Long instance depeding on existing of a '.')
f/ | -f [url]
g: | -g [string]

For example, the following allows command line flags of '-v -p string-value -f /dir/file'. The exclamation mark precede a mandatory option.

`Options options = PatternOptionBuilder.parsePattern("vp:!f/");`

TODO These need to break out to OptionType and also to be pluggable.

Version:
  $Revision: 734339 $, $Date: 2009-01-13 21:56:47 -0800 (Tue, 13 Jan 2009) $

Field Summary
`static Class` | `CLASS_VALUE` Class class
`static Class` | `DATE_VALUE` Date class
`static Class` | `EXISTING_FILE_VALUE` FileInputStream class
`static Class` | `FILE_VALUE` File class
`static Class` | `FILES_VALUE` File array class
`static Class` | `NUMBER_VALUE` Number class
`static Class` | `OBJECT_VALUE` Object class
`static Class` | `STRING_VALUE` String class
`static Class` | `URL_VALUE` URL class

Constructor Summary
`PatternOptionBuilder()`

Method Summary
`static Object` | `getValueClass(char ch)` Retrieve the class that `ch` represents.
`static boolean` | `isValueCode(char ch)` Returns whether `ch` is a value code, i.e.
`static Options` | `parsePattern(String pattern)` Returns the `Options` instance represented by `pattern`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### STRING_VALUE

    public static final Class STRING_VALUE

  String class

### OBJECT_VALUE

    public static final Class OBJECT_VALUE

  Object class

### NUMBER_VALUE

    public static final Class NUMBER_VALUE

  Number class

### DATE_VALUE

    public static final Class DATE_VALUE

  Date class

### CLASS_VALUE

    public static final Class CLASS_VALUE

  Class class

### EXISTING_FILE_VALUE

    public static final Class EXISTING_FILE_VALUE

  FileInputStream class

### FILE_VALUE

    public static final Class FILE_VALUE

  File class

### FILES_VALUE

    public static final Class FILES_VALUE

  File array class

### URL_VALUE

    public static final Class URL_VALUE

  URL class

Constructor Detail

### PatternOptionBuilder

    public PatternOptionBuilder()

Method Detail

### getValueClass

    public static Object getValueClass(char ch)

  Retrieve the class that `ch` represents.

  Parameters:
    `ch` - the specified character
  Returns:
    The class that `ch` represents

### isValueCode

    public static boolean isValueCode(char ch)

  Returns whether `ch` is a value code, i.e. whether it represents a class in a pattern.

  Parameters:
    `ch` - the specified character
  Returns:
    true if `ch` is a value code, otherwise false.

### parsePattern

    public static Options parsePattern(String pattern)

  Returns the `Options` instance represented by `pattern`.

  Parameters:
    `pattern` - the pattern string
  Returns:
    The `Options` instance

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