com.github.rvesse.airline.annotations.restrictions

Annotation Type Pattern

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=FIELD)
public @interface Pattern

An annotation that indicates that an options raw values must match a given regular expression

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	description Provides a description describing the intent of the regular expression, this is often more helpful to end users than an error that their input did not match a regular expression when they may not understand regular expressions
int	flags The flags for the regular expression
String	pattern The regular expression that must be matched

Element Detail

pattern

public abstract String pattern

The regular expression that must be matched

Returns:

Pattern

Default:

".*"

flags

public abstract int flags

The flags for the regular expression

Returns:

Flags

Default:

0

description

public abstract String description

Provides a description describing the intent of the regular expression, this is often more helpful to end users than an error that their input did not match a regular expression when they may not understand regular expressions

Returns:

Description

Default:

""