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package flags
import (
"fmt"
)
// ErrorType represents the type of error.
type ErrorType uint
const (
// ErrUnknown indicates a generic error.
ErrUnknown ErrorType = iota
// ErrExpectedArgument indicates that an argument was expected.
ErrExpectedArgument
// ErrUnknownFlag indicates an unknown flag.
ErrUnknownFlag
// ErrUnknownGroup indicates an unknown group.
ErrUnknownGroup
// ErrMarshal indicates a marshalling error while converting values.
ErrMarshal
// ErrHelp indicates that the built-in help was shown (the error
// contains the help message).
ErrHelp
// ErrNoArgumentForBool indicates that an argument was given for a
// boolean flag (which don't not take any arguments).
ErrNoArgumentForBool
// ErrRequired indicates that a required flag was not provided.
ErrRequired
// ErrShortNameTooLong indicates that a short flag name was specified,
// longer than one character.
ErrShortNameTooLong
// ErrDuplicatedFlag indicates that a short or long flag has been
// defined more than once
ErrDuplicatedFlag
// ErrTag indicates an error while parsing flag tags.
ErrTag
// ErrCommandRequired indicates that a command was required but not
// specified
ErrCommandRequired
// ErrUnknownCommand indicates that an unknown command was specified.
ErrUnknownCommand
// ErrInvalidChoice indicates an invalid option value which only allows
// a certain number of choices.
ErrInvalidChoice
)
func (e ErrorType) String() string {
switch e {
case ErrUnknown:
return "unknown"
case ErrExpectedArgument:
return "expected argument"
case ErrUnknownFlag:
return "unknown flag"
case ErrUnknownGroup:
return "unknown group"
case ErrMarshal:
return "marshal"
case ErrHelp:
return "help"
case ErrNoArgumentForBool:
return "no argument for bool"
case ErrRequired:
return "required"
case ErrShortNameTooLong:
return "short name too long"
case ErrDuplicatedFlag:
return "duplicated flag"
case ErrTag:
return "tag"
case ErrCommandRequired:
return "command required"
case ErrUnknownCommand:
return "unknown command"
case ErrInvalidChoice:
return "invalid choice"
}
return "unrecognized error type"
}
// Error represents a parser error. The error returned from Parse is of this
// type. The error contains both a Type and Message.
type Error struct {
// The type of error
Type ErrorType
// The error message
Message string
}
// Error returns the error's message
func (e *Error) Error() string {
return e.Message
}
func newError(tp ErrorType, message string) *Error {
return &Error{
Type: tp,
Message: message,
}
}
func newErrorf(tp ErrorType, format string, args ...interface{}) *Error {
return newError(tp, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
}
func wrapError(err error) *Error {
ret, ok := err.(*Error)
if !ok {
return newError(ErrUnknown, err.Error())
}
return ret
}