com.unboundid.ldif

Class LDIFDiff

java.lang.Object

com.unboundid.util.CommandLineTool

com.unboundid.ldif.LDIFDiff

@ThreadSafety(level=NOT_THREADSAFE)
public final class LDIFDiff
extends CommandLineTool

This class provides a command-line tool that can be used to identify the differences between two LDIF files. The output will itself be an LDIF file that contains the add, delete, and modify operations that can be processed against the source LDIF file to result in the target LDIF file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LDIFDiff(java.io.OutputStream out, java.io.OutputStream err) Creates a new instance of this tool with the provided output and error streams.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addToolArguments(ArgumentParser parser) Adds the command-line arguments supported for use with this tool to the provided argument parser.
boolean	defaultsToInteractiveMode() Indicates whether this tool defaults to launching in interactive mode if the tool is invoked without any command-line arguments.
void	doExtendedArgumentValidation() Performs any necessary processing that should be done to ensure that the provided set of command-line arguments were valid.
ResultCode	doToolProcessing() Performs the core set of processing for this tool.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getAdditionalDescriptionParagraphs() Retrieves additional paragraphs that should be included in the description for this tool.
java.util.LinkedHashMap<java.lang.String[],java.lang.String>	getExampleUsages() Retrieves a set of information that may be used to generate example usage information.
protected java.lang.String	getToolCompletionMessage() Retrieves an optional message that may provide additional information about the way that the tool completed its processing.
java.lang.String	getToolDescription() Retrieves a human-readable description for this tool.
java.lang.String	getToolName() Retrieves the name of this tool.
java.lang.String	getToolVersion() Retrieves a version string for this tool, if available.
static ResultCode	main(java.io.OutputStream out, java.io.OutputStream err, java.lang.String... args) Invokes this tool with the provided set of command-line arguments, using the given output and error streams.
static void	main(java.lang.String... args) Invokes this tool with the provided set of command-line arguments.
boolean	supportsInteractiveMode() Indicates whether this tool should provide support for an interactive mode, in which the tool offers a mode in which the arguments can be provided in a text-driven menu rather than requiring them to be given on the command line.
boolean	supportsPropertiesFile() Indicates whether this tool supports the use of a properties file for specifying default values for arguments that aren't specified on the command line.

Methods inherited from class com.unboundid.util.CommandLineTool

addEnableSSLDebuggingArgument, createArgumentParser, doShutdownHookProcessing, err, getErr, getMaxTrailingArguments, getMinTrailingArguments, getOriginalErr, getOriginalOut, getOut, getPasswordFileReader, getTrailingArgumentsPlaceholder, logToolInvocationByDefault, out, registerShutdownHook, requestToolArgumentsInteractively, runTool, supportsOutputFile, wrapErr, wrapOut

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LDIFDiff

public LDIFDiff(@Nullable
                java.io.OutputStream out,
                @Nullable
                java.io.OutputStream err)

Creates a new instance of this tool with the provided output and error streams.

Parameters:

out - The output stream to use for standard output. It may be null if standard output should be suppressed.

err - The output stream to use for standard error. It may be null if standard error should be suppressed.

Method Detail

main

public static void main(@NotNull
                        java.lang.String... args)

Invokes this tool with the provided set of command-line arguments.

Parameters:

args - The set of arguments provided to this tool. It may be empty but must not be null.

main

@NotNull
public static ResultCode main(@Nullable
                                       java.io.OutputStream out,
                                       @Nullable
                                       java.io.OutputStream err,
                                       @NotNull
                                       java.lang.String... args)

Invokes this tool with the provided set of command-line arguments, using the given output and error streams.

Parameters:

out - The output stream to use for standard output. It may be null if standard output should be suppressed.

err - The output stream to use for standard error. It may be null if standard error should be suppressed.

args - The set of arguments provided to this tool. It may be empty but must not be null.

Returns:

A result code indicating the status of processing. Any result code other than ResultCode.SUCCESS should be considered an error.

getToolName

@NotNull
public java.lang.String getToolName()

Retrieves the name of this tool. It should be the name of the command used to invoke this tool.

Specified by:

getToolName in class CommandLineTool

Returns:

The name for this tool.

getToolDescription

@NotNull
public java.lang.String getToolDescription()

Retrieves a human-readable description for this tool. If the description should include multiple paragraphs, then this method should return the text for the first paragraph, and the CommandLineTool.getAdditionalDescriptionParagraphs() method should be used to return the text for the subsequent paragraphs.

Specified by:

getToolDescription in class CommandLineTool

Returns:

A human-readable description for this tool.

getAdditionalDescriptionParagraphs

@NotNull
public java.util.List<java.lang.String> getAdditionalDescriptionParagraphs()

Retrieves additional paragraphs that should be included in the description for this tool. If the tool description should include multiple paragraphs, then the CommandLineTool.getToolDescription() method should return the text of the first paragraph, and each item in the list returned by this method should be the text for each subsequent paragraph. If the tool description should only have a single paragraph, then this method may return null or an empty list.

Overrides:

getAdditionalDescriptionParagraphs in class CommandLineTool

Returns:

Additional paragraphs that should be included in the description for this tool, or null or an empty list if only a single description paragraph (whose text is returned by the getToolDescription method) is needed.

getToolVersion

@NotNull
public java.lang.String getToolVersion()

Retrieves a version string for this tool, if available.

Overrides:

getToolVersion in class CommandLineTool

Returns:

A version string for this tool, or null if none is available.

supportsInteractiveMode

public boolean supportsInteractiveMode()

Indicates whether this tool should provide support for an interactive mode, in which the tool offers a mode in which the arguments can be provided in a text-driven menu rather than requiring them to be given on the command line. If interactive mode is supported, it may be invoked using the "--interactive" argument. Alternately, if interactive mode is supported and CommandLineTool.defaultsToInteractiveMode() returns true, then interactive mode may be invoked by simply launching the tool without any arguments.

Overrides:

supportsInteractiveMode in class CommandLineTool

Returns:

true if this tool supports interactive mode, or false if not.

defaultsToInteractiveMode

public boolean defaultsToInteractiveMode()

Indicates whether this tool defaults to launching in interactive mode if the tool is invoked without any command-line arguments. This will only be used if CommandLineTool.supportsInteractiveMode() returns true.

Overrides:

defaultsToInteractiveMode in class CommandLineTool

Returns:

true if this tool defaults to using interactive mode if launched without any command-line arguments, or false if not.

supportsPropertiesFile

public boolean supportsPropertiesFile()

Indicates whether this tool supports the use of a properties file for specifying default values for arguments that aren't specified on the command line.

Overrides:

supportsPropertiesFile in class CommandLineTool

Returns:

true if this tool supports the use of a properties file for specifying default values for arguments that aren't specified on the command line, or false if not.

getToolCompletionMessage

@Nullable
protected java.lang.String getToolCompletionMessage()

Retrieves an optional message that may provide additional information about the way that the tool completed its processing. For example if the tool exited with an error message, it may be useful for this method to return that error message.

The message returned by this method is intended for informational purposes and is not meant to be parsed or programmatically interpreted.

Overrides:

getToolCompletionMessage in class CommandLineTool

Returns:

An optional message that may provide additional information about the completion state for this tool, or null if no completion message is available.

addToolArguments

public void addToolArguments(@NotNull
                             ArgumentParser parser)
                      throws ArgumentException

Adds the command-line arguments supported for use with this tool to the provided argument parser. The tool may need to retain references to the arguments (and/or the argument parser, if trailing arguments are allowed) to it in order to obtain their values for use in later processing.

Specified by:

addToolArguments in class CommandLineTool

Parameters:

parser - The argument parser to which the arguments are to be added.

Throws:

ArgumentException - If a problem occurs while adding any of the tool-specific arguments to the provided argument parser.

doExtendedArgumentValidation

public void doExtendedArgumentValidation()
                                  throws ArgumentException

Performs any necessary processing that should be done to ensure that the provided set of command-line arguments were valid. This method will be called after the basic argument parsing has been performed and immediately before the CommandLineTool.doToolProcessing() method is invoked. Note that if the tool supports interactive mode, then this method may be invoked multiple times to allow the user to interactively fix validation errors.

Overrides:

doExtendedArgumentValidation in class CommandLineTool

Throws:

ArgumentException - If there was a problem with the command-line arguments provided to this program.

doToolProcessing

@NotNull
public ResultCode doToolProcessing()

Performs the core set of processing for this tool.

Specified by:

doToolProcessing in class CommandLineTool

Returns:

A result code that indicates whether the processing completed successfully.

getExampleUsages

@NotNull
public java.util.LinkedHashMap<java.lang.String[],java.lang.String> getExampleUsages()

Retrieves a set of information that may be used to generate example usage information. Each element in the returned map should consist of a map between an example set of arguments and a string that describes the behavior of the tool when invoked with that set of arguments.

Overrides:

getExampleUsages in class CommandLineTool

Returns:

A set of information that may be used to generate example usage information. It may be null or empty if no example usage information is available.