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Classes
ActivityIndicator
- Instance Properties
- var activity: A
- Instance Methods
- func fail()
- func start(refreshRate: Int)
- func succeed()
Argument
- Initializers
- init(name: String, help: String, completion: CompletionAction)
- Instance Properties
- let completion: CompletionAction
- let help: String
- var initialized: Bool
- let name: String
- var projectedValue: Argument<Value>
- var wrappedValue: Value
Flag
- Initializers
- init(name: String, short: Character?, help: String)
- Instance Properties
- let help: String
- var initialized: Bool
- let name: String
- var projectedValue: Flag
- let short: Character?
- var wrappedValue: Bool
Option
- Initializers
- init(name: String, short: Character?, help: String, completion: CompletionAction)
- Instance Properties
- let completion: CompletionAction
- let help: String
- var initialized: Bool
- var isPresent: Bool
- let name: String
- var projectedValue: Option<Value>
- let short: Character?
- var wrappedValue: Value?
Terminal
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Properties
- var size: (width: Int, height: Int)
- var userInfo: [AnySendableHashable : any Sendable]
- Instance Methods
- func clear(ConsoleClear)
- func input(isSecure: Bool) -> String
- func output(ConsoleText, newLine: Bool)
- func report(error: String, newLine: Bool)
Protocols
ActivityBar
- Instance Properties
- var title: String
- Instance Methods
- func renderActiveBar(tick: UInt, width: Int) -> ConsoleText
- Type Properties
- static var width: Int
ActivityIndicatorType
AnyAsyncCommand
AnyCommand
AsyncCommand
- Associated Types
- Signature
- Instance Methods
- func run(using: CommandContext, signature: Self.Signature) async throws
AsyncCommandGroup
Command
- Associated Types
- Signature
- Instance Methods
- func run(using: CommandContext, signature: Self.Signature) throws
CommandGroup
CommandSignature
- Initializers
- init()
- init(from: inout CommandInput) throws
- Instance Methods
- func outputHelp(help: String, using: inout CommandContext)
Console
LoggerFragment
TimestampSource
- Instance Methods
- func now() -> tm
Structures
AndFragment
- Initializers
- init(T, U)
- Instance Properties
- let first: T
- let second: U
- Instance Methods
- func hasContent(record: inout LogRecord) -> Bool
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
AnySendableHashable
AsyncCommands
- Initializers
- init(commands: [String : any AnyAsyncCommand], defaultCommand: (any AnyAsyncCommand)?, enableAutocomplete: Bool)
- Instance Properties
- var commands: [String : any AnyAsyncCommand]
- var defaultCommand: (any AnyAsyncCommand)?
- var enableAutocomplete: Bool
- Instance Methods
- func group(help: String) -> any AsyncCommandGroup
- func use(any AnyAsyncCommand, as: String, isDefault: Bool)
CommandContext
- Initializers
- init(console: any Console, input: CommandInput)
- Instance Properties
- var console: any Console
- var input: CommandInput
- var userInfo: [AnySendableHashable : any Sendable]
CommandInput
- Initializers
- init(arguments: [String])
- Instance Properties
- var arguments: [String]
- var executable: String
- var executablePath: [String]
Commands
- Initializers
- init(commands: [String : any AnyCommand], defaultCommand: (any AnyCommand)?, enableAutocomplete: Bool)
- Instance Properties
- var commands: [String : any AnyCommand]
- var defaultCommand: (any AnyCommand)?
- var enableAutocomplete: Bool
- Instance Methods
- func group(help: String) -> any CommandGroup
- func use(any AnyCommand, as: String, isDefault: Bool)
CompletionAction
- Initializers
- init([Shell : String])
- Instance Properties
- let expressions: [Shell : String]
- Subscripts
- subscript(Shell) -> String?
- Type Properties
- static var `default`: CompletionAction
- Type Methods
- static func directories() -> CompletionAction
- static func files(withExtensions: [String]) -> CompletionAction
- static func values([String]) -> CompletionAction
- static func values<C>(of: C.Type) -> CompletionAction
- Default Implementations
- ExpressibleByDictionaryLiteral Implementations
  - Initializers
  - init(dictionaryLiteral: (Shell, String)...)
ConsoleError
- Instance Properties
- let identifier: String
- let reason: String
ConsoleFragmentLogger
ConsoleStyle
- Initializers
- init(color: ConsoleColor?, background: ConsoleColor?, isBold: Bool)
- Instance Properties
- let background: ConsoleColor?
- let color: ConsoleColor?
- let isBold: Bool
- Type Properties
- static var error: ConsoleStyle
- static var info: ConsoleStyle
- static var plain: ConsoleStyle
- static var success: ConsoleStyle
- static var warning: ConsoleStyle
ConsoleText
ConsoleTextFragment
- Initializers
- init(string: String, style: ConsoleStyle)
- Instance Properties
- var string: String
- var style: ConsoleStyle
CustomActivity
- Initializers
- init(frames: [ConsoleText], success: String, failure: String)
- init(frames: [String], success: String, failure: String, color: ConsoleColor)
- Instance Properties
- let failure: String
- let frames: [ConsoleText]
- let success: String
- Instance Methods
- func outputActivityIndicator(to: any Console, state: ActivityIndicatorState)
FragmentOutput
- Operators
- static func += (inout FragmentOutput, ConsoleText)
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Properties
- var needsSeparator: Bool
- var text: ConsoleText
IfMaxLevelFragment
- Initializers
- init(T, maxLevel: Logger.Level)
- Instance Properties
- let fragment: T
- let maxLevel: Logger.Level
- Instance Methods
- func hasContent(record: inout LogRecord) -> Bool
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
LabelFragment
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Methods
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
LevelFragment
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Methods
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
LiteralFragment
- Initializers
- init(ConsoleText)
- Instance Properties
- let literal: ConsoleText
- Instance Methods
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
LoadingBar
- Instance Properties
- var title: String
- Instance Methods
- func renderActiveBar(tick: UInt, width: Int) -> ConsoleText
LogRecord
LoggerSourceFragment
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Methods
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
MergedAsyncCommandGroup
- Instance Properties
- let commands: [String : any AnyAsyncCommand]
- let defaultCommand: (any AnyAsyncCommand)?
- var help: String
MessageFragment
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Methods
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
MetadataFragment
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Methods
- func hasContent(record: inout LogRecord) -> Bool
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
ProgressBar
- Instance Properties
- var currentProgress: Double
- var title: String
- Instance Methods
- func renderActiveBar(tick: UInt, width: Int) -> ConsoleText
SeparatorFragment
- Initializers
- init(ConsoleText, fragment: T)
- Instance Properties
- var fragment: T
- let literal: ConsoleText
- Instance Methods
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
SourceLocationFragment
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Methods
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
SystemTimestampSource
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Methods
- func now() -> tm
TimestampFragment
- Initializers
- init(S)
- Instance Methods
- func write(inout LogRecord, to: inout FragmentOutput)
Functions
func defaultLoggerFragment() -> DefaultLoggerFragmentType
func timestampDefaultLoggerFragment(timestampSource: some TimestampSource) -> some LoggerFragment
Operators
func + (ConsoleText, ConsoleText) -> ConsoleText
func += (inout ConsoleText, ConsoleText)
Type Aliases
ConsoleLogger
DefaultLoggerFragmentType
Enumerations
ActivityIndicatorState
- Enumeration Cases
- case active(tick: UInt)
- case failure
- case ready
- case success
CommandError
- Operators
- static func == (CommandError, CommandError) -> Bool
- Enumeration Cases
- case invalidArgumentType(String, type: any Any.Type)
- case invalidOptionType(String, type: any Any.Type)
- case missingCommand
- case missingRequiredArgument(String)
- case unknownCommand(String, available: [String])
- case unknownInput(String)
- Instance Properties
- var debugDescription: String
- var description: String
ConsoleClear
- Enumeration Cases
- case line
- case screen
ConsoleColor
- Enumeration Cases
- case black
- case blue
- case brightBlack
- case brightBlue
- case brightCyan
- case brightGreen
- case brightMagenta
- case brightRed
- case brightWhite
- case brightYellow
- case custom(r: UInt8, g: UInt8, b: UInt8)
- case cyan
- case green
- case magenta
- case palette(UInt8)
- case red
- case white
- case yellow
Shell
- Enumeration Cases
- case bash
- case zsh
- Initializers
- init?(String)
- init?(rawValue: String)
- Instance Properties
- var description: String
Extended Modules
Logging
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