vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/args.go

package cobra

import (
	"fmt"
)

type PositionalArgs func(cmd *Command, args []string) error

// Legacy arg validation has the following behaviour:
// - root commands with no subcommands can take arbitrary arguments
// - root commands with subcommands will do subcommand validity checking
// - subcommands will always accept arbitrary arguments
func legacyArgs(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
	// no subcommand, always take args
	if !cmd.HasSubCommands() {
		return nil
	}

	// root command with subcommands, do subcommand checking
	if !cmd.HasParent() && len(args) > 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("unknown command %q for %q%s", args[0], cmd.CommandPath(), cmd.findSuggestions(args[0]))
	}
	return nil
}

// NoArgs returns an error if any args are included
func NoArgs(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
	if len(args) > 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("unknown command %q for %q", args[0], cmd.CommandPath())
	}
	return nil
}

// OnlyValidArgs returns an error if any args are not in the list of ValidArgs
func OnlyValidArgs(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
	if len(cmd.ValidArgs) > 0 {
		for _, v := range args {
			if !stringInSlice(v, cmd.ValidArgs) {
				return fmt.Errorf("invalid argument %q for %q%s", v, cmd.CommandPath(), cmd.findSuggestions(args[0]))
			}
		}
	}
	return nil
}

func stringInSlice(a string, list []string) bool {
	for _, b := range list {
		if b == a {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

// ArbitraryArgs never returns an error
func ArbitraryArgs(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
	return nil
}

// MinimumNArgs returns an error if there is not at least N args
func MinimumNArgs(n int) PositionalArgs {
	return func(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
		if len(args) < n {
			return fmt.Errorf("requires at least %d arg(s), only received %d", n, len(args))
		}
		return nil
	}
}

// MaximumNArgs returns an error if there are more than N args
func MaximumNArgs(n int) PositionalArgs {
	return func(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
		if len(args) > n {
			return fmt.Errorf("accepts at most %d arg(s), received %d", n, len(args))
		}
		return nil
	}
}

// ExactArgs returns an error if there are not exactly n args 
func ExactArgs(n int) PositionalArgs {
	return func(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
		if len(args) != n {
			return fmt.Errorf("accepts %d arg(s), received %d", n, len(args))
		}
		return nil
	}
}

// RangeArgs returns an error if the number of args is not within the expected range 
func RangeArgs(min int, max int) PositionalArgs {
	return func(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
		if len(args) < min || len(args) > max {
			return fmt.Errorf("accepts between %d and %d arg(s), received %d", min, max, len(args))
		}
		return nil
	}
}