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package io.vertx.ext.shell.cli;

import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.VertxGen;
import io.vertx.ext.shell.cli.impl.CliTokenImpl;

import java.util.List;

A parsed token in the command line interface.
Author:
Julien Viet/**
 * A parsed token in the command line interface.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:julien@julienviet.com">Julien Viet</a>
 */
@VertxGen
public interface CliToken {

  
Create a text token.
Params:
text – the text
Returns:
the token/**
   * Create a text token.
   *
   * @param text the text
   * @return the token
   */
  static CliToken createText(String text) {
    return new CliTokenImpl(true, text, text);
  }

  
Create a new blank token.
Params:
blank – the blank value
Returns:
the token/**
   * Create a new blank token.
   *
   * @param blank the blank value
   * @return the token
   */
  static CliToken createBlank(String blank) {
    return new CliTokenImpl(false, blank, blank);
  }

  
Returns:
the token value/**
   * @return the token value
   */
  String value();

  
Returns:
the raw token value, that may contain unescaped chars, for instance "ab\"cd"/**
   * @return the raw token value, that may contain unescaped chars, for instance {@literal "ab\"cd"}
   */
  String raw();

  
Returns:
true when it's a text token/**
   * @return true when it's a text token
   */
  boolean isText();

  
Returns:
true when it's a blank token/**
   * @return true when it's a blank token
   */
  boolean isBlank();

  
Tokenize the string argument and return a list of tokens.
Params:
s – the tokenized string
Returns:
the tokens/**
   * Tokenize the string argument and return a list of tokens.
   *
   * @param s the tokenized string
   * @return the tokens
   */
  static List<CliToken> tokenize(String s) {
    return CliTokenImpl.tokenize(s);
  }
}