cmd/options

Parse a command line options & environment variables and create a configuration object.

     var
        cmdLineOpt = require('cmd/options'),
        argv = require('cmd/argv');

     var opts = cmdLineOpt.describe('cmd/generateDDL', 'Check database structure for application domain. Generate DDL (both create and alter) if need and optionally run it')
        .add(argv.establishConnectionFromCmdLineAttributes._cmdLineParams)
        .add({short: 'm',  long: 'models', param: 'modelsList', defaultValue: '*',  help: 'Comma separated model names for DDL generation. If -e specified this options is ignored'})
        .add({short: 'e',  long: 'entities', param: 'entitiesList', defaultValue: '*',  help: 'Comma separated entity names list for DDL generation'})
        .add({short: 'out',  long: 'out', param: 'outputPath', defaultValue: process.cwd(),  help: 'Folder to output generated DDLs (one file per connection)'})
        .add({short: 'autorun',  long: 'autorun', defaultValue: false,  help: 'execute DDL statement after generation. BE CAREFUL! DO NOT USE ON PRODUCTION'});
     options = opts.parseVerbose({}, true);

Author:

pavel.mash

Classes

Options

Methods

describe(commandName, commandDescription) → Options static

Create a new options definition.

Arguments:

commandName (String) Name of a command then executed from a command line
commandDescription (String) Command description for help (-help switch)

Example

var cmdLineOpt = require('cmd/options');
 var opts = cmdLineOpt.describe('cmd/createStore',
        'Create internal store structure (folders) for specifies FileSystem store'
     )
     .add({short: 'cfg',  long: 'cfg', param: 'serverConfig', defaultValue: 'ubConfig.json',  help: 'Server config'})
     .add({short: 'store',  long: 'store', param: 'storesList', defaultValue: '*',  help: 'Comma separated blob stores list'});
 options = opts.parseVerbose({}, true);

switchIndex(switchName) → Number static

Determines whether a switchName was passed as a command-line argument to the application Switch may be specified in the following ways on the command line: -switchName or /switchName

Arguments:

switchName

switchValue(switchName) → String static

Determines whether a switchName was passed as a command-line argument to the application and have VALUE Switch values may be specified in the following ways on the command line: -switchName Value or /switchName Value

Arguments:

switchName

Type Definitions

Option

Properties:

Name	Type	Attributes	Default	Description
`short`	String			a short option name
`long`	String			a long option name. This name are used in `parse` result
`param`	String	<optional>		if parameter has a value - help string for a parameter name `-short param`
`defaultValue`	*	<optional>		a default value for a property. For a string properties what allow empty value set it to `*`
`searchInEnv`	Boolean	<optional>	false	if property do not passed as a cmd line switch then perform search of `UB_`+long.toUpperCase() in environment variables
`help`	String			a help string for a `usage()` call