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package com.redhat.thermostat.common.cli;

import com.redhat.thermostat.annotations.ExtensionPoint;

/**
 * Represents a command on the command line.
 * <p>
 * In order to be runnable, a command must be registered as an OSGi service
 * with the {@link #NAME} set to the name of the command.
 * <p>
 * It is also possible to use an instance of {@link CommandRegistry}, registering the
 * {@link Command}s when the bundle starts and and unregistering them when the
 * bundle stops.
 * <p>
 * Most {@link Command} implementations will want to choose one of the {@link AbstractCommand}
 * or {@link AbstractStateNotifyingCommand} classes to descend from, as they provide
 * sensible default implementations of most methods and/or provide some other functionality.
 * <p>
 * @see CommandRegistry
 * @see AbstractCommand
 * @see AbstractStateNotifyingCommand
 */
@ExtensionPoint
public interface Command {

    public static final String NAME = "COMMAND_NAME";

    /**
     * Execute the command.  A CommandException may be thrown to indicate a failure
     * condition; if so the {@link com.redhat.thermostat.launcher.Launcher} will
     * present the exception message to the user.
     */
    public void run(CommandContext ctx) throws CommandException;

    /**
     * Whether the command depends on {@link Storage}
     * @return true if {@link Storage} is required.
     */
    public boolean isStorageRequired();

}