Returns the position in the options list in the usage help message at which this option should be shown. Options with a lower number are shown before

Returns the position in the options list in the usage help message at which this option should be shown. Options with a lower number are shown before

Returns the position in the options list in the usage help message at which this group should be shown. Groups with a lower number are shown before gr

Returns the position in the options list in the usage help message at which this group should be shown. Groups with a lower number are shown before gr

Sets the specified original command line arguments that were passed to the {@link CommandLine#parseArgs(String...)} method, before {@linkplain Command

Returns the original command line arguments matched by this option or positional parameter spec. @return the matched arguments as found on the command

Returns the original String value that this range was constructed with. @since 4.3

Returns the name of the option or positional parameter used in the usage help message. @see Option#paramLabel() @see Parameters#paramLabel()

Returns the custom parameter handler for this option or positional parameter, or {@code null}. @since 4.0

Returns the optional heading preceding the parameter list. Initialized from {@link Command#parameterListHeading()}, or null.

Returns the IParameterRenderer used to render positional params to Text before adding this text to the TextTable in this layout. @since 4.6

Returns the registered styles for positional parameters in this color scheme builder.

Entry point into parsing command line arguments. @param args the command line arguments @return a list with all commands and subcommands initialized b

Converts the specified markup styles to an array of {@link IStyle} objects. If no {@linkplain #customMarkupMap() custom markup mapping} is specified,

<p> Convenience method that initializes the specified annotated object from the specified command line arguments. </p><p> This is equivalent to </p><p

<p> Convenience method that derives the command specification from the specified interface class, and returns an instance of the specified interface.

Returns the preprocessor for this CommandSpec instance. @since 4.6

Returns the custom {@code IParameterPreprocessor} to either replace or complement picocli's parsing logic for the parameter(s) of this option or posit

Returns the text displayed to the end user for an interactive option or positional parameter when asking for user input. @see Option#prompt() @see Par

Registers the specified type converter for the specified class. When initializing fields annotated with {@link Option}, the field's type is used as a

Removes the negative replacement and synopsis replacement for the specified regular expression. @param regex regular expression to remove @return this

Removes the subcommand with the specified name or alias from this CommandSpec and returns the {@code CommandLine} instance that was associated with th

Returns a text representation of the specified positional parameter. @param param the positional parameter to show online usage help for @param parame

@deprecated Use {@link #description()} instead

Returns whether this is a required option or positional parameter. @see Option#required()

* retrieve value at [address] in * the loaded memory * */

Returns a String with the {@link #errorStyles() error styles} applied to the stack trace lines showing the throwable class name and error message (inc

Returns the root command: the top-level command of the hierarchy, never {@code null}. @since 4.3

Returns the root option or positional parameter (on the parent command), if this option or positional parameter was inherited; or {@code null} if it w

Invokes {@link #usage(PrintStream, Help.ColorScheme) usage} for the specified command, or for the parent command.

Returns the binding {@link IScope} that determines on which object to set the value (or from which object to get the value) of this argument.

Returns the binding {@link IScope} that determines the instance of the enclosing element where the setter sets the value (or the getter gets the value

Returns the {@link IScope} that determines where the setter sets the value (or the getter gets the value) of the annotated program element associated

Returns the scope of this argument. @return whether this argument applies to all descendent subcommands of the command where it is defined @since 4.3

Returns this builder.

Returns this builder.

Returns the String to use as the separator between options and option parameters. {@code "="} by default, initialized from {@link Command#separator()}

Sets whether options can have parameter values that match the name of an option in this command, or whether such values should be rejected with a miss

Sets whether options can have parameter values that match subcommand names or aliases, or whether such values should be rejected with a missing parame

Sets the character that starts a single-line comment or {@code null} if all content of argument files should be interpreted as arguments (without comm

Sets whether the parser should ignore case when converting arguments to {@code enum} values. The default is {@code false}. When set to true, for examp

Sets the command name (also called program name) displayed in the usage help synopsis to the specified value. Note that this method only modifies the

Sets a default value provider for the command and sub-commands <p>The specified setting will be registered with this {@code CommandLine} and the full

Sets the end-of-options delimiter that signals that the remaining command line arguments should be treated as positional parameters. @param delimiter

Sets a custom handler for dealing with exceptions that occurred in the {@code Callable}, {@code Runnable} or {@code Method} user object of a command w

Sets the execution strategy that the {@link #execute(String...) execute} method should use to invoke the business logic on the user objects of this co

Sets the mapper used by the {@link #execute(String...) execute} method to map exceptions to exit codes. <p>The specified setting will be registered wi

Sets whether arguments starting with {@code '@'} should be treated as the path to an argument file and its contents should be expanded into separate a

Sets a new {@code IHelpFactory} to customize the usage help message. <p>The specified setting will be registered with this {@code CommandLine} and the

Sets the section keys in the order that the usage help message should render the sections. <p>The specified setting will be registered with this {@cod

Sets the map of section keys and renderers used to construct the usage help message. <p>The specified setting will be registered with this {@code Comm

Sets whether variables should be interpolated in String values. The default is {@code true}. <p>The specified setting will be registered with this {@c

Sets the trace level that needs to be matched or exceeded for internal tracing statements to be printed. The initial trace level is WARN, unless syste

During annotation processing, resource bundles may not be available on the classpath and thereby cause failures. This method allows for disabling load

Sets the {@code INegatableOptionTransformer} used to create the negative form of {@linkplain Option#negatable() negatable} options. <p>The specified s

Sets whether options for single-value fields can be specified multiple times on the command line without a {@link OverwrittenOptionException} being th

Sets the handler for dealing with invalid user input when the command is {@linkplain #execute(String...) executed}. <p>The specified setting will be r

Sets whether short options like {@code -x -v -f SomeFile} can be clustered together like {@code -xvfSomeFile}. The default is {@code true}. <p>The spe

Sets the ResourceBundle containing usage help message strings. <p>The specified bundle will be registered with this {@code CommandLine} and the full h

Sets the String the parser uses to separate option names from option values to the specified value. The separator may also be set declaratively with t

Sets whether the parser is allowed to split quoted Strings. The default is {@code false}, so quotes are respected: quoted strings are treated as a sin

Sets whether the parser interprets the first positional parameter as "end of options" so the remaining arguments are all treated as positional paramet

Sets whether the parser should stop interpreting options and positional parameters as soon as it encounters an unmatched option. Unmatched options are

Sets whether the value of boolean flag options should be "toggled" when the option is matched. The default is {@code false}, and when a flag option is

Sets whether the parser should trim quotes from command line arguments before processing them. The default is read from the system property "picocli.t

Sets whether options can have parameter values that resemble an option, or whether such values should be rejected as unknown options. The default is {

Sets whether arguments on the command line that resemble an option should be treated as positional parameters. The default is {@code false}. <p>The sp