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#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding=utf-8
"""A simple example demonstrating how to use Argparse to support subcommands.


This example shows an easy way for a single command to have many subcommands, each of which takes different arguments
and provides separate contextual help.
"""
import argparse

import cmd2
from cmd2 import with_argparser, with_argparser_and_unknown_args

sport_item_strs = ['Bat', 'Basket', 'Basketball', 'Football', 'Space Ball']

class SubcommandsExample(cmd2.Cmd):
    """
    Example cmd2 application where we a base command which has a couple subcommands
    and the "sport" subcommand has tab completion enabled.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

    # subcommand functions for the base command
    def base_foo(self, args):
        """foo subcommand of base command"""
        self.poutput(args.x * args.y)

    def base_bar(self, args):
        """bar subcommand of base command"""
        self.poutput('((%s))' % args.z)

    def base_sport(self, args):
        """sport subcommand of base command"""
        self.poutput('Sport is {}'.format(args.sport))

    # create the top-level parser for the base command
    base_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='base')
    base_subparsers = base_parser.add_subparsers(title='subcommands', help='subcommand help')

    # create the parser for the "foo" subcommand
    parser_foo = base_subparsers.add_parser('foo', help='foo help')
    parser_foo.add_argument('-x', type=int, default=1, help='integer')
    parser_foo.add_argument('y', type=float, help='float')
    parser_foo.set_defaults(func=base_foo)

    # create the parser for the "bar" subcommand
    parser_bar = base_subparsers.add_parser('bar', help='bar help')
    parser_bar.set_defaults(func=base_bar)

    bar_subparsers = parser_bar.add_subparsers(title='layer3', help='help for 3rd layer of commands')
    parser_bar.add_argument('z', help='string')

    bar_subparsers.add_parser('apple', help='apple help')
    bar_subparsers.add_parser('artichoke', help='artichoke help')
    bar_subparsers.add_parser('cranberries', help='cranberries help')

    # create the parser for the "sport" subcommand
    parser_sport = base_subparsers.add_parser('sport', help='sport help')
    sport_arg = parser_sport.add_argument('sport', help='Enter name of a sport')
    setattr(sport_arg, 'arg_choices', sport_item_strs)

    # Set both a function and tab completer for the "sport" subcommand
    parser_sport.set_defaults(func=base_sport)

    @with_argparser(base_parser)
    def do_base(self, args):
        """Base command help"""
        func = getattr(args, 'func', None)
        if func is not None:
            # Call whatever subcommand function was selected
            func(self, args)
        else:
            # No subcommand was provided, so call help
            self.do_help('base')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = SubcommandsExample()
    app.cmdloop()