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.TH "cmdr::actor" n 1\&.3\&.1 doc "Cmdr, a framework for command line parsing and dispatch"
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.SH NAME
cmdr::actor \- Cmdr - (Internal) Base class for officers and privates
.SH SYNOPSIS
package require \fBcmdr::actor \fR
.sp
\fB::cmdr::actor\fR \fBnew\fR
.sp
\fB::cmdr::actor\fR \fBcreate\fR \fIobj\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBcompletions\fR \fIparse\fR \fIcmdlist\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBdescription\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBdescription:\fR \fItext\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBdname\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBdo\fR ?\fIword\&.\&.\&.\fR?
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBdocumented\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBexists\fR \fIkey\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBfullname\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBget\fR \fIkey\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBhelp\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBkeys\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBlappend\fR \fIkey\fR \fIdata\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBmatch\fR \fIparse\fR \fIcmdlist\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBname\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBname:\fR \fIname\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBparse-line\fR \fIline\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBroot\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBset\fR \fIkey\fR \fB-extend\fR \fB--\fR \fIdata\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBsuper\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBsuper:\fR \fIobj\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBundocumented\fR
.sp
\fB<actor>\fR \fBunset\fR \fIkey\fR
.sp
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Welcome to the Cmdr project, written by Andreas Kupries\&.
.PP
For availability please read \fICmdr - How To Get The Sources\fR\&.
.PP
This internal package implements the base class containing functionality
common to \fBcmdr::officer\fR and \fBcmdr::private\fR\&.
.SH "CLASS API"
The class API is not public\&. It is used internally by the framework
when parsing a command hierarchy specification to create the necessary
command instances\&.
.PP
It is described here for use by developers maintaining,
modifying and extending the framework itself\&. A user of the framework
has no need for it\&.
.TP
\fB::cmdr::actor\fR \fBnew\fR
Create an auto-named instance of \fBcmdr::actor\fR\&.
.sp
\fINot used\fR\&.
.TP
\fB::cmdr::actor\fR \fBcreate\fR \fIobj\fR
Create a new instance of \fBcmdr::actor\fR, named \fIobj\fR\&.
.PP
.SH "INSTANCE API"
Most of the instance API is not public\&.
.PP
It is described here for use by developers maintaining,
modifying and extending the framework itself\&. A user of the framework
has no need for it\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBcompletions\fR \fIparse\fR \fIcmdlist\fR
This method is part of command line completion\&. For the details of
its workings please read \fICmdr - Internals of command line completion\fR\&.
.sp
Given the completion state \fIparse\fR of a partial command
line and a list of completions at the end of the line it returns a
list of strings which are the valid completions of the whole line,
properly quoted\&.
.RS
.TP
dict \fIparse\fR
A dictionary holding the current completion state of a partial command
line\&.
.TP
list \fIcmdlist\fR
List of valid completions\&.
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBdescription\fR
This accessor method returns the human-readable description of the
actor\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBdescription:\fR \fItext\fR
This method sets the description of the actor to the \fItext\fR\&.
.RS
.TP
string \fItext\fR
The description to remember\&.
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBdname\fR
This accessor method returns the display name of the actor\&. This is
the \fBname\fR of the actor prefixed with the contents of the
reserved common block \fB*prefix*\fR, set during command line
processing with the actual command path to reach the current actor\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBdo\fR ?\fIword\&.\&.\&.\fR?
This method processes the command-line given as a list of words\&. Here
in the bse class it does nothing\&. It is a virtual method expecting to
be redefined by the derived classes\&.
.RS
.TP
list \fIword\fR
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBdocumented\fR
This accessor method returns the "documented" flag of the actor\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBexists\fR \fIkey\fR
This method returns a boolean value indicating whether the common
block named by \fIkey\fR exists in the actor and its parents
(\fBtrue\fR), or not (\fBfalse\fR)\&.
.RS
.TP
string \fIkey\fR
The name of the common block to check for\&.
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBfullname\fR
This method returns the full name of the actor\&.
This is the \fBname\fR of the actor prefixed with the path to it in
the specification, i\&.e\&. the names of all actors in the chain of
supers\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBget\fR \fIkey\fR
This method returns the content of the common block named by
\fIkey\fR\&. An error is thrown if the block is not known to the actor,
nor its parents\&.
.RS
.TP
string \fIkey\fR
The name of the common block to retrieve\&.
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBhelp\fR
This accessor method returns the empty string\&. It is a virtual method
expecting to be redefined by the derived classes\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBkeys\fR
This accessor method returns a list of names for the set of common
blocks known to this actor, and all of its parents\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBlappend\fR \fIkey\fR \fIdata\fR
This method extends the contents of the common block named
by \fIkey\fR with \fIdata\fR\&.
Conceptually this is a get/lappend/set operation, i\&.e\&. while the
existing block content is taken from the actor or its parents, the new
content is always stored in the actor\&.
.RS
.TP
string \fIkey\fR
The name of the common block to extend\&.
.TP
any \fIdata\fR
The data to add to the block\&.
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBmatch\fR \fIparse\fR \fIcmdlist\fR
This method is part of command line completion\&. For the details of
its workings please read \fICmdr - Internals of command line completion\fR\&.
.sp
Given the completion state \fIparse\fR of a partial command
line and a list of possible completions it returns a list of valid
completions, filtered against the current word in the command line\&.
.RS
.TP
dict \fIparse\fR
A dictionary holding the current completion state of a partial command
line\&.
.TP
list \fIcmdlist\fR
List of possible completions\&.
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBname\fR
This accessor method returns the name of the actor\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBname:\fR \fIname\fR
This method sets the name of the actor\&.
.RS
.TP
string \fIname\fR
The name to remember\&.
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBparse-line\fR \fIline\fR
This method is part of command line completion\&. For the details of
its workings please read \fICmdr - Internals of command line completion\fR\&.
.sp
Is the main helper to begin command completion\&. Given the
entered command \fIline\fR it parses it into words and returns a
parse structure as is taken by all other methods taking part in
command completion\&.
.RS
.TP
string \fIline\fR
The command line\&.
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBroot\fR
This accessor method returns the root actor instance the actor belongs
to\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBset\fR \fIkey\fR \fB-extend\fR \fB--\fR \fIdata\fR
This method sets the contents of the common block named by \fIkey\fR
to \fIdata\fR\&. If the block does not exist it is created\&. Otherwise
its existing content is written over\&.
.sp
Using option \fB-extend\fR will change the behaviour to
extend inherited content instead of writing over it\&.
.sp
Using option \fB--\fR will prevent misinterpretation of the
following argument as option, even if it begins with a dash\&.
.RS
.TP
string \fIkey\fR
The name of the common block to write\&.
.TP
any \fIdata\fR
The data to store in the block\&.
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBsuper\fR
This accessor method returns the parent actor instance\&. For the root
of the tree this is the empty string\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBsuper:\fR \fIobj\fR
This method links the actor to its parent actor\&.
.RS
.TP
cmdr::actor \fIobj\fR
The parent actor instance to remember\&.
.RE
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBundocumented\fR
This method marks the actor as undocumented\&.
.TP
\fB<actor>\fR \fBunset\fR \fIkey\fR
This method removes the common block named by \fIkey\fR
from the actor\&. Note that definitions in parents are
not touched by this\&.
.RS
.TP
string \fIkey\fR
The name of the common block to remove\&.
.RE
.PP
.SH "HELP INFORMATION"
The help information generated by various places of the framework
is a dictionary containing the following keys:
.TP
arguments
A list of strings, the names of the command arguments, in order\&.
These names are keys into the \fBparameters\fR sub-dictionary\&.
.TP
desc
The command's description, i\&.e\&. help text\&.
.TP
opt2para
A dictionary mapping option flags to option names\&.
These names are keys into the \fBparameters\fR sub-dictionary\&.
.TP
options
A dictionary mapping option names to their descriptions\&.
.TP
parameters
A dictionary mapping parameter names to their definition\&.
Each definition is a dictionary containing the keys below\&.
See also package \fBcmdr::parameter\fR\&.
.RS
.TP
cmdline
Output of method \fBcmdline\fR\&.
.TP
code
Output of method \fBcode\fR\&.
.TP
default
Output of method \fBdefault\fR\&.
.TP
defered
Output of method \fBdefered\fR\&.
.TP
description
Output of method \fBdescription\fR\&.
.TP
documented
Output of method \fBdocumented\fR\&.
.TP
flags
A dictionary mapping flag names to flag
types, i\&.e\&. \fBprimary\fR, \fBalias\fR,
or \fBinverted\fR\&.
.TP
generator
Output of method \fBgenerator\fR\&.
.TP
interactive
Output of method \fBinteractive\fR\&.
.TP
isbool
Output of method \fBisbool\fR\&.
.TP
label
Output of method \fBlabel\fR\&.
.TP
list
Output of method \fBlist\fR\&.
.TP
ordered
Output of method \fBordered\fR\&.
.TP
presence
Output of method \fBpresence\fR\&.
.TP
prompt
Output of method \fBprompt\fR\&.
.TP
required
Output of method \fBrequired\fR\&.
.TP
threshold
Output of method \fBthreshold\fR\&.
.TP
type
Output of method \fBtype\fR\&.
.TP
validator
Output of method \fBvalidator\fR\&.
.RE
.TP
sections
A list of sections the command belongs to\&.
Each section name is a list itself, the path of the section and sub-sections\&.
.TP
states
A list of strings, the names of the command's hidden state parameters\&.
These names are keys into the \fBparameters\fR sub-dictionary\&.
.PP
.SH "BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK"
Both the package(s) and this documentation will undoubtedly contain
bugs and other problems\&.
Please report such at
\fICmdr Tickets\fR [https:/core\&.tcl\&.tk/akupries/cmdr]\&.
.PP
Please also report any ideas you may have for enhancements of
either package(s) and/or documentation\&.
.SH KEYWORDS
arguments, command hierarchy, command line completion, command line handling, command tree, editing command line, help for command line, hierarchy of commands, interactive command shell, optional arguments, options, parameters, processing command line, tree of commands
.SH COPYRIGHT
.nf
Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Andreas Kupries
Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Documentation, Andreas Kupries
.fi
