Interface ICommand

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseCommand, BaseJdmpviewCommand, CdCommand, CloseCommand, DeadlockCommand, FindCommand, FindNextCommand, FindPtrCommand, HeapdumpCommand, HelpCommand, HexdumpCommand, InfoClassCommand, InfoCommand, InfoHeapCommand, InfoJitmCommand, InfoLockCommand, InfoMemoryCommand, InfoMmapCommand, InfoProcCommand, InfoSymCommand, InfoSystemCommand, InfoThreadCommand, LogCommand, OpenCommand, PluginCommand, PwdCommand, QuitCommand, ScrollCommand, SetCommand, SetHeapdumpCommand, SetLoggingCommand, ShowCommand, ShowHeapdumpCommand, ShowLoggingCommand, SimpleRedirectorCommand, WhatisCommand, XCommand, XDCommand, XJCommand, XKCommand, XXCommand

public interface ICommand

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Collection<String>	getCommandDescriptions()
Collection<String>	getCommandNames()
PluginConfig	getConfig()	Identifies the configuration from which this command was created.
boolean	recognises(String command, IContext context)	Method used by an interactive engine to decide whether this command matches the command passed in by the user
void	run(String command, String[] args, IContext context, PrintStream out)	Executes the command

Method Details

recognises

boolean recognises(String command,
 IContext context)

Method used by an interactive engine to decide whether this command matches the command passed in by the user

Parameters:

command - Command string entered by user. e.g. !j9x or info class

context - Current context

Returns:

True if this command object can process the supplied command, commands should not assume that returning true will guarantee a subsequent invocation

run

void run(String command,
 String[] args,
 IContext context,
 PrintStream out)
  throws CommandException

Executes the command

Parameters:

command - Command string e.g. !j9x

args - Arguments for command

context - Context to work in

out - PrintStream to write command output on

Throws:

CommandException - If there is any problem running the command (incorrect usage, CorruptData etc.)

getCommandDescriptions

Collection<String> getCommandDescriptions()

Returns:

Strings to be inserted in help output

getCommandNames

Collection<String> getCommandNames()

Returns:

Strings containing command names

getConfig

PluginConfig getConfig()

Identifies the configuration from which this command was created.

Returns:

configuration for this command