py-utils/src/byteb4rb1e/utils/argparse/command.py
2026-03-04 13:11:07 +01:00

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"""Base command dataclass for composable CLI trees."""
from __future__ import annotations
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, Optional, Type
@dataclass
class CLICommand:
"""Base class for CLI commands.
Subclasses define their identity (name, help, description) as
dataclass fields. These are passed as kwargs to
``subparsers.add_parser()``.
Override ``add_arguments`` to register flags and positionals.
Override ``execute`` to implement the command's logic.
Nest subcommands by setting ``_subcommands`` as a class variable.
"""
name: str = ""
help: str = ""
description: str = ""
_subcommands: ClassVar[List[Type[Command]]] = []
def add_arguments(self, parser: ArgumentParser) -> None:
"""Add arguments to the parser. Override in subclasses."""
def execute(self, args: Any) -> int:
"""Run the command. Override in subclasses.
Returns an exit code (0 = success).
"""
return 0
def parser_kwargs(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Return the dataclass fields as kwargs for add_parser.
Excludes ``name`` (used as the positional parser name) and
any empty-string fields so argparse defaults apply.
"""
skip = {"name"}
kwargs = {}
for f in fields(self):
if f.name in skip or f.name.startswith("_"):
continue
val = getattr(self, f.name)
if val != "":
kwargs[f.name] = val
return kwargs