explain.go

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package cmd

import (
	"io"

	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/latest"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"
	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
)

const (
	explainExamples = `# Get the documentation of the resource and its fields
$ kubectl explain pods

# Get the documentation of a specific field of a resource
$ kubectl explain pods.spec.containers`

	explainLong = `Documentation of resources.

Possible resource types include: pods (po), services (svc),
replicationcontrollers (rc), nodes (no), events (ev), componentstatuses (cs),
limitranges (limits), persistentvolumes (pv), persistentvolumeclaims (pvc),
resourcequotas (quota), namespaces (ns), horizontalpodautoscalers (hpa)
or endpoints (ep).`
)

// NewCmdExplain returns a cobra command for swagger docs
func NewCmdExplain(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{
		Use:     "explain RESOURCE",
		Short:   "Documentation of resources.",
		Long:    explainLong,
		Example: explainExamples,
		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
			err := RunExplain(f, out, cmd, args)
			cmdutil.CheckErr(err)
		},
	}
	cmd.Flags().Bool("recursive", false, "Print the fields of fields (Currently only 1 level deep)")
	return cmd
}

// RunExplain executes the appropriate steps to print a model's documentation
func RunExplain(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	if len(args) != 1 {
		return cmdutil.UsageError(cmd, "We accept only this format: explain RESOURCE")
	}

	client, err := f.Client()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	recursive := cmdutil.GetFlagBool(cmd, "recursive")
	apiV := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "api-version")

	mapper, _ := f.Object()
	// TODO: After we figured out the new syntax to separate group and resource, allow
	// the users to use it in explain (kubectl explain <group><syntax><resource>).
	// Refer to issue #16039 for why we do this. Refer to PR #15808 that used "/" syntax.
	inModel, fieldsPath, err := kubectl.SplitAndParseResourceRequest(args[0], mapper)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// TODO: We should deduce the group for a resource by discovering the supported resources at server.
	group, err := mapper.GroupForResource(inModel)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if len(apiV) == 0 {
		groupMeta, err := latest.Group(group)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		apiV = groupMeta.GroupVersion
	}
	swagSchema, err := kubectl.GetSwaggerSchema(apiV, client)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	return kubectl.PrintModelDescription(inModel, fieldsPath, out, swagSchema, recursive)
}