jbock alternatives and similar libraries
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Jansi
Jansi is a small java library that allows you to use ANSI escape sequences to format your console output which works even on windows. -
ASCII Table
Several implementations of a text table, originally using ASCII and UTF-8 characters for borders. -
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BuildCLI
BuildCLI is a command-line interface (CLI) tool for managing and automating common tasks in Java project development. -
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Jexer
Advanced console (and Swing) text user interface (TUI) library, with mouse-draggable windows, built-in terminal window manager, and sixel image support. Looks like Turbo Vision.
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README
jbock is a command line parser, which uses the same annotation names as JCommander and picocli. However it does not use reflection. It is an annotation processor that generates a custom parser at compile time.
Quick start
Create an abstract class, or alternatively a Java interface,
and add the @Command annotation.
In your command class, each abstract method must have no arguments,
and be annotated with either @Option, @Parameter or @VarargsParameter.
The multiplicity of options and parameters is determined by their return type. List and Optional are "special".
@Command
abstract class DeleteCommand {
@Option(names = {"-v", "--verbosity"},
description = "A named option. The return type reflects optionality.")
abstract OptionalInt verbosity();
@Parameter(
index = 0,
description = {"A required positional parameter. Return type is non-optional.",
"Path is a standard type, so no custom converter is needed."})
abstract Path path();
@Parameter(
index = 1,
description = "An optional positional parameter.")
abstract Optional<Path> anotherPath();
@VarargsParameter(
description = {"A varargs parameter. There can be only one of these.",
"The return type must be List."})
abstract List<Path> morePaths();
@Option(names = "--dry-run",
description = "A nullary option, a.k.a. mode flag. Return type is boolean.")
abstract boolean dryRun();
@Option(names = "-h",
description = "A repeatable option. Return type is List.")
abstract List<String> headers();
@Option(names = "--charset",
description = "Named option with a custom converter",
converter = CharsetConverter.class)
abstract Optional<Charset> charset();
// sample converter class
static class CharsetConverter extends StringConverter<Charset> {
@Override
protected Charset convert(String token) { return StandardCharsets.UTF_8; }
}
}
The generated DeleteCommandParser converts a string array to an instance of DeleteCommand:
public static void main(String[] args) {
DeleteCommand command = new DeleteCommandParser().parseOrExit(args);
// ...
}
In addition to parseOrExit, the generated parser has a basic parse method
that you can build upon to fine-tune the help and error messages for your users.
Standard types
Some types don't need a custom converter. See JbockAutoTypes.java.