feat: add support for spread args

example/index.ts

@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@
 * file that was distributed with this source code.
 */
 
-import { printHelpFor } from '../src/utils/help'
+// import { printHelpFor } from '../src/utils/help'
 import { BaseCommand } from '../src/BaseCommand'
 import { Kernel } from '../src/Kernel'
-import { arg } from '../src/Decorators/arg'
+import { args } from '../src/Decorators/args'
 import { flags } from '../src/Decorators/flags'
 
 class Greet extends BaseCommand {
   public static commandName = 'greet'
   public static description = 'Greet a user with their name'
 
-  @arg({ description: 'The name of the person you want to greet' })
+  @args.string({ description: 'The name of the person you want to greet' })
   public name: string
 
-  @arg()
+  @args.number()
   public age: number
 
   @flags.string({ description: 'The environment to use to specialize certain commands' })
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class Greet extends BaseCommand {
 
   @flags.array({ description: 'HTML fragments loaded on demand', alias: 'f' })
   public fragment: string
+
+  public async handle () {
+    console.log(typeof (this.age))
+  }
 }
 
 class MakeController extends BaseCommand {
@@ -54,4 +58,6 @@ kernel.flag('env', (value) => {
   process.env.NODE_ENV = value
 }, { type: 'string' })
 
-printHelpFor(Greet)
+kernel.handle(process.argv.splice(2))
+
+// printHelpFor(Greet)

index.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
 export { Kernel } from './src/Kernel'
 export { BaseCommand } from './src/BaseCommand'
-export { arg } from './src/Decorators/arg'
+export { args } from './src/Decorators/args'
 export { flags } from './src/Decorators/flags'
 export { printHelp, printHelpFor } from './src/utils/help'

package.json

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@poppinss/utils": "^1.0.1",
     "fast-levenshtein": "^2.0.6",
     "getopts": "^2.2.4",
     "kleur": "^3.0.3",

src/Contracts/index.ts

@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@
 
 import { ParsedOptions } from 'getopts'
 
+export type FlagTypes = 'string' | 'number' | 'boolean' | 'array' | 'numArray'
+export type ArgTypes = 'string' | 'spread'
+
 /**
  * The shape of command argument
  */
 export type CommandArg = {
   name: string,
+  type: ArgTypes,
   required: boolean,
   description?: string,
 }
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ export type CommandArg = {
  */
 export type CommandFlag = {
   name: string,
-  type: string,
+  type: FlagTypes,
   description?: string,
   alias?: string,
   default?: any,

src/Decorators/args.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+* @adonisjs/ace
+*
+* (c) Harminder Virk <virk@adonisjs.com>
+*
+* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+* file that was distributed with this source code.
+*/
+
+import { CommandArg, ArgTypes } from '../Contracts'
+
+type DecoratorArg = Partial<Pick<CommandArg, Exclude<keyof CommandArg, 'type'>>>
+
+/**
+ * Adds arg to the list of command arguments with pre-defined
+ * type.
+ */
+function addArg (type: ArgTypes, options: DecoratorArg) {
+  return function arg (target: any, propertyKey: string) {
+    const arg: CommandArg = Object.assign({
+      type,
+      name: propertyKey,
+      required: true,
+    }, options)
+
+    if (!target.constructor.hasOwnProperty('args')) {
+      Object.defineProperty(target.constructor, 'args', { value: [] })
+    }
+
+    target.constructor.args.push(arg)
+  }
+}
+
+export const args = {
+  /**
+   * Define argument that accepts string value
+   */
+  string (options?: Partial<CommandArg>) {
+    return addArg('string', options || {})
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Define argument that accepts multiple values. Must be
+   * the last argument.
+   */
+  spread (options?: Partial<CommandArg>) {
+    return addArg('spread', options || {})
+  },
+}

src/Decorators/flags.ts

@@ -7,33 +7,60 @@
 * file that was distributed with this source code.
 */
 
-import { CommandFlag } from '../Contracts'
+import { CommandFlag, FlagTypes } from '../Contracts'
 
 type DecoratorFlag = Partial<Pick<CommandFlag, Exclude<keyof CommandFlag, 'type'>>>
 
-function addFlag (target: any, propertyKey: string, options: DecoratorFlag) {
-  target.constructor.flags = target.constructor.flags || []
-  target.constructor.flags.push(Object.assign({
-    name: propertyKey,
-  }, options))
+/**
+ * Pushes flag to the list of command flags with predefined
+ * types.
+ */
+function addFlag (type: FlagTypes, options: DecoratorFlag) {
+  return function flag (target: any, propertyKey: string) {
+    if (!target.constructor.hasOwnProperty('flags')) {
+      Object.defineProperty(target.constructor, 'flags', { value: [] })
+    }
+
+    target.constructor.flags.push(Object.assign({
+      name: propertyKey,
+      type,
+    }, options))
+  }
 }
 
 export const flags = {
+  /**
+   * Create a flag that excepts string values
+   */
   string (options?: DecoratorFlag) {
-    return function flagStringDecorator (target: any, propertyKey: string) {
-      addFlag(target, propertyKey, Object.assign({ type: 'string' }, options))
-    }
+    return addFlag('string', options || {})
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Create a flag that excepts numeric values
+   */
+  number (options?: DecoratorFlag) {
+    return addFlag('number', options || {})
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Create a flag that excepts boolean values
+   */
   boolean (options?: DecoratorFlag) {
-    return function flagStringDecorator (target: any, propertyKey: string) {
-      addFlag(target, propertyKey, Object.assign({ type: 'boolean' }, options))
-    }
+    return addFlag('boolean', options || {})
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Create a flag that excepts array of string values
+   */
   array (options?: DecoratorFlag) {
-    return function flagStringDecorator (target: any, propertyKey: string) {
-      addFlag(target, propertyKey, Object.assign({ type: 'array' }, options))
-    }
+    return addFlag('array', options || {})
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Create a flag that excepts array of numeric values
+   */
+  numArray (options?: DecoratorFlag) {
+    return addFlag('numArray', options || {})
   },
 }

src/Exceptions/InvalidArgumentException.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+* @adonisjs/ace
+*
+* (c) Harminder Virk <virk@adonisjs.com>
+*
+* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+* file that was distributed with this source code.
+*/
+
+import { Exception } from '@poppinss/utils'
+
+export class InvalidArgumentException extends Exception {
+  public static invalidType (prop: string, expected: string) {
+    const message = `${prop} must be defined as a ${expected}`
+    return new InvalidArgumentException(message, 500)
+  }
+
+  public static missingArgument (name: string) {
+    const message = `missing required argument ${name}`
+    return new InvalidArgumentException(message, 500)
+  }
+}

src/Kernel/index.ts

@@ -39,11 +39,30 @@ export class Kernel {
    * The concept is similar to Javascript function arguments, you cannot have a
    * required argument after an optional argument.
    */
-  private _validateArgs (command: CommandConstructorContract) {
+  private _validateCommand (command: CommandConstructorContract) {
+    /**
+     * Ensure command has a name
+     */
+    if (!command.commandName) {
+      throw new Error(`missing command name for ${command.name} class`)
+    }
+
     let optionalArg: CommandArg
-    command.args.forEach((arg) => {
+
+    command.args.forEach((arg, index) => {
+      /**
+       * Ensure optional arguments comes after required
+       * arguments
+       */
       if (optionalArg && arg.required) {
-        throw new Error(`Required argument {${arg.name}} cannot come after optional argument {${optionalArg.name}}`)
+        throw new Error(`option argument {${optionalArg.name}} must be after required argument {${arg.name}}`)
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Ensure spread arg is the last arg
+       */
+      if (arg.type === 'spread' && command.args.length > index + 1) {
+        throw new Error('spread arguments must be last')
       }
 
       if (!arg.required) {
@@ -52,26 +71,6 @@ export class Kernel {
     })
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Casting runtime flag value to the expected flag value of
-   * the command. Currently, we just need to normalize
-   * arrays.
-   */
-  private _castFlagValue (flag: CommandFlag, value: any): any {
-    return flag.type === 'array' && !Array.isArray(value) ? [value] : value
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Validates the runtime command line arguments to ensure they satisfy
-   * the length of required arguments for a given command.
-   */
-  private _validateRuntimeArgs (args: string[], command: CommandConstructorContract) {
-    const requiredArgs = command!.args.filter((arg) => arg.required)
-    if (args.length < requiredArgs.length) {
-      throw new Error(`Missing value for ${requiredArgs[args.length].name} argument`)
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Executing global flag handlers. The global flag handlers are
    * not async as of now, but later we can look into making them
@@ -84,10 +83,16 @@ export class Kernel {
     const globalFlags = Object.keys(this.flags)
 
     globalFlags.forEach((name) => {
-      if (options[name] || options[name] === false) {
-        const value = this._castFlagValue(this.flags[name], options[name])
-        this.flags[name].handler(value, options, command)
+      const value = options[name]
+      if (value === undefined) {
+        return
+      }
+
+      if ((typeof (value) === 'string' || Array.isArray(value)) && !value.length) {
+        return
       }
+
+      this.flags[name].handler(options[name], options, command)
     })
   }
 
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ export class Kernel {
    */
   public register (commands: CommandConstructorContract[]): this {
     commands.forEach((command) => {
-      this._validateArgs(command)
+      this._validateCommand(command)
       this.commands[command.commandName] = command
     })
 
@@ -181,12 +186,6 @@ export class Kernel {
     const parsedOptions = parser.parse(argv.splice(1), command)
     this._executeGlobalFlagsHandlers(parsedOptions, command)
 
-    /**
-     * Ensure that the runtime arguments satisfies the command
-     * arguments requirements.
-     */
-    this._validateRuntimeArgs(parsedOptions._, command)
-
     /**
      * Creating a new command instance and setting
      * parsed options on it.
@@ -198,12 +197,21 @@ export class Kernel {
      * Setup command instance argument and flag
      * properties.
      */
-    command.args.forEach((arg, index) => {
-      commandInstance[arg.name] = parsedOptions._[index]
-    })
+    for (let i = 0; i < command.args.length; i++) {
+      const arg = command.args[i]
+      if (arg.type === 'spread') {
+        commandInstance[arg.name] = parsedOptions._.slice(i)
+        break
+      } else {
+        commandInstance[arg.name] = parsedOptions._[i]
+      }
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Set flag value on the command instance
+     */
     command.flags.forEach((flag) => {
-      commandInstance[flag.name] = this._castFlagValue(flag, parsedOptions[flag.name])
+      commandInstance[flag.name] = parsedOptions[flag.name]
     })
 
     /**