CliContext Class

Supports command invocation by providing access to parse results and other services.

Definition

Namespace: DotMake.CommandLine
Assembly: DotMake.CommandLine (in DotMake.CommandLine.dll) Version: 2.8.2

C#

public class CliContext

Initializes a new instance of the CliContext class.

CancellationToken	Gets the token to implement cancellation handling. Available for async command handlers.
Error	Gets the standard error, to which error information should be written during the current invocation. By default, it's set to Error, it's changed via Error.
Output	Gets the standard output, to which non-error information should be written during the current invocation. By default, it's set to Out, it's changed via Output.
Result	Gets the result providing details about the parse operation and methods for binding.

IsEmpty	Gets a value indicating whether current command and all its parents are specified without any subcommands, directives, options or arguments. Note that arguments and options should be optional, if they are required (no default values), then handler will not run and missing error message will be shown.
IsEmptyCommand	Gets a value indicating whether current command is specified without any arguments or options. Note that this may return even if any arguments or options were specified for parent commands. because only arguments or options specified for the current command, are checked. Note that arguments and options should be optional, if they are required (no default values), then handler will not run and missing error message will be shown.
ShowHelp	Shows help for current command.
ShowHierarchy	Shows hierarchy for all commands. It will start from the root command and show a tree. Useful for testing a command.
ShowValues	Shows parsed values for current command and its arguments and options. Useful for testing a command.