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diff --git a/examples/argparse_completion.py b/examples/argparse_completion.py
index 68da442b..5355cd87 100644
--- a/examples/argparse_completion.py
+++ b/examples/argparse_completion.py
@@ -12,62 +12,22 @@ from typing import (
from cmd2 import (
Cmd,
Cmd2ArgumentParser,
+ CompletionError,
CompletionItem,
with_argparser,
)
-from cmd2.utils import (
- CompletionError,
- basic_complete,
-)
# Data source for argparse.choices
food_item_strs = ['Pizza', 'Ham', 'Ham Sandwich', 'Potato']
-def choices_function() -> List[str]:
- """Choices functions are useful when the choice list is dynamically generated (e.g. from data in a database)"""
- return ['a', 'dynamic', 'list', 'goes', 'here']
-
-
-def completer_function(text: str, line: str, begidx: int, endidx: int) -> List[str]:
- """
- A tab completion function not dependent on instance data. Since custom tab completion operations commonly
- need to modify cmd2's instance variables related to tab completion, it will be rare to need a completer
- function. completer_method should be used in those cases.
- """
- match_against = ['a', 'dynamic', 'list', 'goes', 'here']
- return basic_complete(text, line, begidx, endidx, match_against)
-
-
-def choices_completion_item() -> List[CompletionItem]:
- """Return CompletionItem instead of strings. These give more context to what's being tab completed."""
- items = {1: "My item", 2: "Another item", 3: "Yet another item"}
- return [CompletionItem(item_id, description) for item_id, description in items.items()]
-
-
-def choices_arg_tokens(arg_tokens: Dict[str, List[str]]) -> List[str]:
- """
- If a choices or completer function/method takes a value called arg_tokens, then it will be
- passed a dictionary that maps the command line tokens up through the one being completed
- to their argparse argument name. All values of the arg_tokens dictionary are lists, even if
- a particular argument expects only 1 token.
- """
- # Check if choices_function flag has appeared
- values = ['choices_function', 'flag']
- if 'choices_function' in arg_tokens:
- values.append('is {}'.format(arg_tokens['choices_function'][0]))
- else:
- values.append('not supplied')
- return values
-
-
class ArgparseCompletion(Cmd):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.sport_item_strs = ['Bat', 'Basket', 'Basketball', 'Football', 'Space Ball']
- def choices_method(self) -> List[str]:
- """Choices methods are useful when the choice list is based on instance data of your application"""
+ def choices_provider(self) -> List[str]:
+ """A choices provider is useful when the choice list is based on instance data of your application"""
return self.sport_item_strs
def choices_completion_error(self) -> List[str]:
@@ -82,6 +42,33 @@ class ArgparseCompletion(Cmd):
return self.sport_item_strs
raise CompletionError("debug must be true")
+ # noinspection PyMethodMayBeStatic
+ def choices_completion_item(self) -> List[CompletionItem]:
+ """Return CompletionItem instead of strings. These give more context to what's being tab completed."""
+ items = \
+ {
+ 1: "My item",
+ 2: "Another item",
+ 3: "Yet another item"
+ }
+ return [CompletionItem(item_id, description) for item_id, description in items.items()]
+
+ # noinspection PyMethodMayBeStatic
+ def choices_arg_tokens(self, arg_tokens: Dict[str, List[str]]) -> List[str]:
+ """
+ If a choices or completer function/method takes a value called arg_tokens, then it will be
+ passed a dictionary that maps the command line tokens up through the one being completed
+ to their argparse argument name. All values of the arg_tokens dictionary are lists, even if
+ a particular argument expects only 1 token.
+ """
+ # Check if choices_provider flag has appeared
+ values = ['choices_provider', 'flag']
+ if 'choices_provider' in arg_tokens:
+ values.append('is {}'.format(arg_tokens['choices_provider'][0]))
+ else:
+ values.append('not supplied')
+ return values
+
# Parser for example command
example_parser = Cmd2ArgumentParser(
description="Command demonstrating tab completion with argparse\n" "Notice even the flags of this command tab complete"
@@ -91,40 +78,29 @@ class ArgparseCompletion(Cmd):
# want the entire choices list showing in the usage text for this command.
example_parser.add_argument('--choices', choices=food_item_strs, metavar="CHOICE", help="tab complete using choices")
- # Tab complete from choices provided by a choices function and choices method
- example_parser.add_argument(
- '--choices_function', choices_function=choices_function, help="tab complete using a choices_function"
- )
- example_parser.add_argument('--choices_method', choices_method=choices_method, help="tab complete using a choices_method")
+ example_parser.add_argument('--choices', choices=food_item_strs, metavar="CHOICE",
+ help="tab complete using choices")
- # Tab complete using a completer function and completer method
- example_parser.add_argument(
- '--completer_function', completer_function=completer_function, help="tab complete using a completer_function"
- )
- example_parser.add_argument(
- '--completer_method', completer_method=Cmd.path_complete, help="tab complete using a completer_method"
- )
+ # Tab complete from choices provided by a choices_provider
+ example_parser.add_argument('--choices_provider', choices_provider=choices_provider,
+ help="tab complete using a choices_provider")
+
+ # Tab complete using a completer
+ example_parser.add_argument('--completer', completer=Cmd.path_complete,
+ help="tab complete using a completer")
# Demonstrate raising a CompletionError while tab completing
- example_parser.add_argument(
- '--completion_error',
- choices_method=choices_completion_error,
- help="raise a CompletionError while tab completing if debug is False",
- )
+ example_parser.add_argument('--completion_error', choices_provider=choices_completion_error,
+ help="raise a CompletionError while tab completing if debug is False")
# Demonstrate returning CompletionItems instead of strings
- example_parser.add_argument(
- '--completion_item',
- choices_function=choices_completion_item,
- metavar="ITEM_ID",
- descriptive_header="Description",
- help="demonstrate use of CompletionItems",
- )
+ example_parser.add_argument('--completion_item', choices_provider=choices_completion_item, metavar="ITEM_ID",
+ descriptive_header="Description",
+ help="demonstrate use of CompletionItems")
# Demonstrate use of arg_tokens dictionary
- example_parser.add_argument(
- '--arg_tokens', choices_function=choices_arg_tokens, help="demonstrate use of arg_tokens dictionary"
- )
+ example_parser.add_argument('--arg_tokens', choices_provider=choices_arg_tokens,
+ help="demonstrate use of arg_tokens dictionary")
@with_argparser(example_parser)
def do_example(self, _: argparse.Namespace) -> None: