Returns a new Range object with the {@code isUnspecified} value replaced by the specified value. @param unspecified the {@code unspecified} value of t

Equivalent to {@code new CommandLine(command).usage(out)}. See {@link #usage(PrintStream)} for details. @param command the object annotated with {@lin

Adds the specified negative replacement and synopsis replacement for the specified regular expression. For example, to add negative forms for short op

Returns whether line breaks should take wide Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters into account for line-breaking purposes. @return true if wide Chi

Returns the list of aliases for the command in this Help. @since 3.9

Returns a new Text object where all the specified styles are applied to the full length of the specified plain text. @param plainText the string to ap

Returns the default value provider for this command. @return the default value provider or {@code null} @since 3.6

* filter depending on the action done * */

@see CommandLine#getEndOfOptionsDelimiter() @since 3.5

Returns the stream to print diagnostic messages to. Defaults to {@code System.err}, unless {@link #useErr(PrintStream)} was called with a different st

Returns {@code true} if this Range contains a relative index like {@code "1+"}, or {@code false} if this Range does not contain any relative indices.

Returns whether a negative version for this boolean option is automatically added. The form of the negative name is determined by the {@link INegatabl

Returns the {@code INegatableOptionTransformer} used to create the negative form of {@linkplain Option#negatable() negatable} options. @see Option#neg

Returns a custom {@code IParameterConsumer} to temporarily suspend picocli's parsing logic and process one or more command line arguments in a custom

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

Returns a text rendering of the option parameter or positional parameter; returns an empty string {@code ""} if the option is a boolean and does not t

Returns a new Text object for this Ansi mode, encapsulating the specified string which may contain markup like {@code @|bg(red),white,underline some t

Sets the maximum usage help message width to the specified value. Longer values are wrapped. @param newValue the new maximum usage help message width.

FAILURE_PRESENT or FAILURE_PARTIAL

Returns whether the user input is echoed to the console or not for an interactive option or positional parameter when asking for user input. @see Opti

Returns command footer text as a string. Footer text can be zero or more lines, and can be specified declaratively with the {@link Command#footer()} a

Creates and returns a new {@code CommandSpec} initialized from the specified associated user object. The specified user object must have at least one

Returns the component class of an array, or the parameter type of a generic Collection, or the parameter types of the key and the value of a generic M

Returns {@code true} if this type is an array multi-value type. Note that from picocli 4.7, {@code char[]} arrays are considered single values (simila

@deprecated use {@link #execute(String...)} and {@link #getExecutionResult()} instead @since 2.0

Sets whether to show a {@code [--]} (End of Options) entry in the synopsis and options list of the usage help message. @see Command#showEndOfOptionsDe

Returns the text displayed before the synopsis text; the result of {@code String.format(synopsisHeading, params)}. @param params the parameters to use

Returns whether the next argument can be assigned to a vararg option/positional parameter. <p> Usually, we stop if we encounter '--', a command, or an

Returns a {@code Layout} instance configured with the user preferences captured in this Help instance. @return a Layout

Returns command custom synopsis as a string. A custom synopsis can be zero or more lines, and can be specified declaratively with the {@link Command#c

Returns whether this is a mutually exclusive group; {@code true} by default. If {@code false}, this is a co-occurring group. Ignored if {@link #valida

Returns the annotated user object that this {@code CommandLine} instance was constructed with. @param <T> the type of the variable that the return val

Returns the command name (also called program name) displayed in the usage help synopsis. @return the command name (also called program name) displaye

Returns the command that this is a subcommand of, or {@code null} if this is a top-level command. @return the command that this is a subcommand of, or

Returns the String value found in the resource bundle for the specified key, or the specified default value if not found. @param key unqualified resou

Returns whether this option disables validation of the other arguments. @see Option#help() @deprecated Use {@link #usageHelp()} and {@link #versionHel

Returns the initial value of this option or positional parameter: the value that, if {@link #hasInitialValue()} is true, the option will be reset to b

Returns {@code true} if {@link #getType()} is {@code java.util.Optional} @since 4.6

Returns {@code true} if this argument is a positional parameter, {@code false} otherwise.

Returns the non-abbreviated name if found, otherwise returns the specified original abbreviation name.

Returns {@code true} if the standard help options have been mixed in with this command, {@code false} otherwise.

Returns the position in the options list in the usage help message at which this element should be shown. Elements with a lower number are shown befor

Returns the character used to prefix required options in the options list.

Returns whether the options list in the usage help message should show default values for all non-boolean options.

Returns whether the options in the synopsis should be sorted alphabetically. @since 4.7.2-SNAPSHOT

Returns whether the subcommands are case-insensitive. @since 4.3

Returns a synopsis for the command without reserving space for the synopsis heading. @return a synopsis @see #abbreviatedSynopsis() @see #detailedSyno

Returns the String representing the subcommands in the synopsis. Initialized from {@link Command#synopsisSubcommandLabel()}, {@code "[COMMANDS]"} by d

Given an original CommandSpec, return the object that should be used instead. Implementors may modify the specified CommandSpec and return it, or crea

Returns the type info for the annotated program element associated with this group. @return type information that does not require {@code Class} objec

Returns whether the synopsis line(s) should show an abbreviated synopsis without detailed option names.

@see CommandLine#isAbbreviatedSubcommandsAllowed()

Delegates to {@link #addRowValues(CommandLine.Help.Ansi.Text...)}, after ensuring that multi-line values are layed out in the correct row and column.