Package uk.ac.starlink.ttools.task
Interface ExtraParameter
- All Known Implementing Classes:
FilterParameter
,InputFormatParameter
,LayerTypeParameter
,MatchEngineParameter
,MultiOutputFormatParameter
,OutputFormatParameter
,OutputModeParameter
,XmlEncodingParameter
public interface ExtraParameter
Interface which defines additional information available from a Parameter.
The intention is that Parameter implementations implement this
interface if they have more to say about usage than the one-line
text returned by their
Parameter.getUsage()
method.- Since:
- 15 Aug 2005
- Author:
- Mark Taylor
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionReturns an extended usage message.
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Method Details
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getExtraUsage
Returns an extended usage message. This should not repeat the content of the normal usage message. It should be preformatted, that is it should contain newlines to keep the line length down to less than 80 characters.- Parameters:
env
- execution envrionment- Returns:
- extended usage message
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