Commit 3aeb452f authored by keks's avatar keks

improve docs

parent f5ba524e
......@@ -19,30 +19,54 @@
description of the arguments and options, the command's
processing function and a type to let the caller know what
type will be emitted. Optionally one of the functions PostRun
and Marshaler may be defined that consumes the function's
and Encoder may be defined that consumes the function's
emitted values and generates a visual representation for e.g.
the terminal. Marshaler works on a value-by-value basis, while
the terminal. Encoders work on a value-by-value basis, while
PostRun operates on the value stream.
Emitters
An emitter has the Emit method, that takes the command's
function's output as an argument and passes it to the user.
type ResponseEmitter interface {
io.Closer
SetLength(length uint64)
SetError(err interface{}, code cmdkit.ErrorType)
Emit(value interface{}) error
}
The command's function does not know what kind of emitter it
works with, so the same function may run locally or on a
server, using an rpc interface.
server, using an rpc interface. Emitters can also send errors
using the SetError method.
The user-facing emitter usually is the cli emitter. Values
emitter here will be printed to the terminal using either the
Marshaler or the PostRun function.
Encoders or the PostRun function.
Responses
A response is a value that the user can read emitted values
from. Responses have a method Next() that returns the next
from.
type Response interface {
Request() Request
Error() *cmdkit.Error
Length() uint64
Next() (interface{}, error)
}
Responses have a method Next() that returns the next
emitted value and an error value. If the last element has been
received, the returned error value is io.EOF. Depending on the
reponse type, other errors may also occur.
received, the returned error value is io.EOF. If the
application code has sent an error using SetError, the error
ErrRcvdError is returned on next, indicating that the caller
should call Error(). Depending on the reponse type, other
errors may also occur.
Pipes
......@@ -64,5 +88,6 @@
To get a better idea of what's going on, take a look at the
examples at
https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds/tree/master/examples.
*/
package cmds
......@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
"fmt"
"strconv"
"gx/ipfs/QmPMeikDc7tQEDvaS66j1bVPQ2jBkvFwz3Qom5eA5i4xip/go-ipfs-cmdkit"
"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmdkit"
"gx/ipfs/QmezbW7VUAiu3aSV6r4TdB9pwficnnbtWYKRsoEKF2w8G2/go-ipfs-cmds"
)
......
......@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds/examples/adder"
cmdkit "gx/ipfs/QmPMeikDc7tQEDvaS66j1bVPQ2jBkvFwz3Qom5eA5i4xip/go-ipfs-cmdkit"
cmdkit "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmdkit"
cmds "gx/ipfs/QmezbW7VUAiu3aSV6r4TdB9pwficnnbtWYKRsoEKF2w8G2/go-ipfs-cmds"
cli "gx/ipfs/QmezbW7VUAiu3aSV6r4TdB9pwficnnbtWYKRsoEKF2w8G2/go-ipfs-cmds/cli"
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