Class CommandParser

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.java.diagnostics.utils.commands.CommandParser

public class CommandParser
extends Object

Handles command line entries and does extra interpretation, such as handling quoted strings (whilst discarding quotes themselves and handling escaped characters), recognising redirection to file etc. NOTE: As of Nov 2011, another copy of this class lives in com.ibm.j9ddr.command. Any changes to this file must be copied across.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CommandParser(String commandLine)
CommandParser(String command, String[] arguments)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String[]	getArguments()	Just the command arguments, strips the ">" or ">>" and all strings that follow (i.e. file redirection).
String	getCommand()
String	getOriginalLine()
PrintStream	getOutputFile()	Returns a PrintStream, which either writes to a new file or overwrites or appends to an existing one, depending on the command.
boolean	isRedirectedToFile()

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

CommandParser

public CommandParser(String commandLine)
              throws ParseException

Throws:

ParseException

CommandParser

public CommandParser(String command,
 String[] arguments)
              throws ParseException

Throws:

ParseException

Method Details

getOriginalLine

public String getOriginalLine()

getCommand

public String getCommand()

isRedirectedToFile

public boolean isRedirectedToFile()

getArguments

public String[] getArguments()

Just the command arguments, strips the ">" or ">>" and all strings that follow (i.e. file redirection).

Returns:

getOutputFile

public PrintStream getOutputFile()
                          throws IOException

Returns a PrintStream, which either writes to a new file or overwrites or appends to an existing one, depending on the command.

Returns:

Throws:

IOException

IllegalStateException - - thrown if the command is not redirected to file. Use isRedirectedToFile() to check.