commandshell.rb

This file is a collection of classes which are used in the MUES command shell. The command shell is a command interface for user interaction with the MUES::Engine. This file contains the following classes:

MUES::CommandShell

The main command shell class; it is a derivative of MUES::InputFilter.

MUES::CommandShell::Command

The Flyweight class for all shell commands.

MUES::CommandShell::Context

A shell context class that is used by the shell to maintain command invocation context.

MUES::CommandShell::CommandTable

A command table for looking up command objects by name, synonym, or abbreviation.

MUES::CommandShell::Factory

An Abstract Factory object class that loads and maintains a registry of MUES::CommandShell::Command objects and creates MUES::CommandShell objects for MUES::User objects according to parameters specified at creation.

MUES::CommandShell::CommandParser

A parser class for parsing command specifications.

Synopsis

 require 'mues/filters/commandshell'

 MUES::CommandShell::Factory::configure( config )
 cshell = MUES::CommandShell::Factory::getShellForUser( user )

To Do

• Perhaps add soundex matching if there are no abbrev matches for a command?

Subversion ID

$Id: commandshell.rb 1206 2004-05-09 21:25:11Z deveiant $

Authors

• Michael Granger <ged@FaerieMUD.org>

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2000-2003 The FaerieMUD Consortium. All rights reserved.

This module is free software. You may use, modify, and/or redistribute this software under the terms of the Perl Artistic License. (See language.perl.com/misc/Artistic.html)

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