file_output¶
Abstract base class for subcommands that output to a file (or stdout).
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class
FileOutputSubcommand
(parser)[source]¶ Abstract subcommand to output applications as some type of file.
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file_contents
(args, doc)[source]¶ Subtypes must override this to return the contents of the output file for the given doc.
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classmethod
files_arg
(output_type_name)[source]¶ Returns a positional arg for
files
to specify file inputs to the command.Subclasses should include this to their class
args
.Example
class Foo(FileOutputSubcommand): args = ( FileOutputSubcommand.files_arg("FOO"), # more args for Foo ) + FileOutputSubcommand.other_args()
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classmethod
other_args
()[source]¶ Return args for
-o
/--output
to specify where output should be written, and for a--args
to pass on any additional command line args to the subcommand.Subclasses should append these to their class
args
.Example
class Foo(FileOutputSubcommand): args = ( FileOutputSubcommand.files_arg("FOO"), # more args for Foo ) + FileOutputSubcommand.other_args()
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