Package org.lateralnz.common.cli

A simple command line interface API, for creating command line applications using XML in a method similar to XHTML forms.

See:
Description

Interface Summary

CLIOHandler
CLValidator

Class Summary

CLElement
CLInterface
CLInterfaceFactory
CLStdIOHandler
CLTemplate
EInput
EOutput
EParagraph
VStdString

Package org.lateralnz.common.cli Description

A simple command line interface API, for creating command line applications using XML in a method similar to XHTML forms. For example, a simple login form might look something like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<textform name="frmLogin">
  <p>My CLI Application</p>
        <input type="text" name="username">
                <text>Username: </text>
                <message type="0"></message>
        </input>
        <input type="password" name="password">
                <text>Password: </text>
                <message type="0"></message>
        </input>
  <p></p>
</textform>

Which would prompt the user with:
My CLI Application
Username: _
Password: _

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