ArgumentParser Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for ArgumentParser:

Public Member Functions
def	__init__ (self, prog=None, usage=None, description=None, epilog=None, version=None, parents=None, formatter_class=BriefHelpFormatter, prefix_chars='-', fromfile_prefix_chars=None, argument_default=None, conflict_handler='error', add_help=True)
def	format_help (self)
def	add_argument_group (self, *args, **kwargs)
def	add_output_argument_group (self, *args, **kwargs)
def	add_argument (self, *args, **kwargs)
def	parse_args (self, args=None, namespace=None)
def	generate_proxy_cls (self)
	construct class from a dict containing object definition (name, attributes) More...
def	print_single_help (self, values)
def	print_doxygen_help (self, file=None)

Public Attributes
	user_actions
	action_extras
	doxygen_description_width
	epilog

Detailed Description

 Custom OPALS style ArgumentParser class to enable similar parameter style with C++ version

Member Function Documentation

add_argument()

def add_argument	(		self,
		*	args,
		**	kwargs
	)

     accept more items in add_arguments and remove before fall-back to superclass' implementation

     additional keyword:
     - remarks : mandatory, deprecated, Estimable()
     - brief and description : short and long help text

References ArgumentGroup.action_extras, ArgumentParser.action_extras, ArgumentParser.epilog, python.tools.opalsargparse.preprocess_kwargs(), ArgumentGroup.user_actions, and ArgumentParser.user_actions.

generate_proxy_cls()

def generate_proxy_cls

(

self

)

construct class from a dict containing object definition (name, attributes)

print_doxygen_help()

def print_doxygen_help	(		self,
			file = None
	)

             generate doxygen documentation for each action

         argument group unique identifier

         recursively generates doxygen documentation for each argument group

References ArgumentParser._group_ctr, ArgumentParser.doxygen_description_width, ArgumentGroup.user_actions, and ArgumentParser.user_actions.

print_single_help()

def print_single_help	(		self,
			values
	)

     print detailed help information for a single parameter option