src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/BlazeCommand.java

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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.runtime;

import com.google.devtools.common.options.OptionsParser;
import com.google.devtools.common.options.OptionsProvider;

/**
 * Interface implemented by Blaze commands. In addition to implementing this interface, each
 * command must be annotated with a {@link Command} annotation.
 */
public interface BlazeCommand {
  /**
   * This method provides the imperative portion of the command. It takes a {@link OptionsProvider}
   * instance {@code options}, which provides access to the options instances via {@link
   * OptionsProvider#getOptions(Class)}, and access to the residue (the remainder of the command
   * line) via {@link OptionsProvider#getResidue()}. The framework parses and makes available
   * exactly the options that the command class specifies via the annotation {@link
   * Command#options()}. The command indicates success / failure via its return value, which becomes
   * the Unix exit status of the Blaze client process. It may indicate that the server needs to be
   * shut down or that a particular binary needs to be exec()ed on the terminal where Blaze was
   * invoked from by returning the appropriate {@link BlazeCommandResult}.
   *
   * @param env The environment for the current command invocation
   * @param options A parsed options instance initialized with the values for the options specified
   *     in {@link Command#options()}.
   * @return The Unix exit status for the Blaze client.
   */
  BlazeCommandResult exec(CommandEnvironment env, OptionsProvider options);

  /**
   * Allows the command to provide command-specific option defaults and/or
   * requirements. This method is called after all command-line and rc file options have been
   * parsed.
   *
   * @param optionsParser the options parser for the current command
   */
  void editOptions(OptionsParser optionsParser);
}