[jboss-as7-dev] proposed cli changes

[Brian Stansberry]

On 3/7/11 8:59 AM, Alexey Loubyansky wrote:
> On 03/07/2011 03:50 PM, Brian Stansberry wrote:
>> On 3/7/11 8:41 AM, Alexey Loubyansky wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/07/2011 03:33 PM, Alexey Loubyansky wrote:
>>>> Max, Emanuel and I discussed the usability aspects of the cli today. We
>>>> agreed on the following:
>>>>
>>>> 1) drop the '/' prefix for the commands;
>>>>
>>
>> How does this relate to the discussion of low-level commands vs high level?
>>
>> Other than that question, what you describe here sounds fine (including
>> the 'cd' alias, which I know would be what I'd naturally use).
>
> It's basically a switch. In the current impl commands require '/' as a
> prefix and operations don't require anything. Here it's the opposite.
>
> Operations performed at the current level (prefix address) would require
> ':'.
> Operations performed at a deeper level than the current one (if they
> need to specify additional address part) would start with './' then the
> address part, then ':' + operation name.
> Or, if you want to start from the root node, you'll have to start with '/'.
>
> Commands won't require any prefix.
>

Thanks. I realize now my question was stupid. "1) drop the '/' prefix 
for the commands" tells me the answer pretty clearly!

> Alexey
>
>>>> 2) instead of '~' signifying the root node use '/';
>>>>
>>>> 3) instead of ',' as a node separator in the address (node path) use
>>>> '/'. so the format of an operation will look like
>>>>
>>>> [node-type=node-name (/node-type=node-name)*] : operation-name
>>>> ['('param=value (,param=value)*')']
>>>>
>>>> This (2 and 3) will make the path look more linux-like, so hopefully
>>>> more friendly for an admin.
>>>>
>>>> 4) in the same spirit, the tab-completion for operations will start with
>>>> './', e.g. './subsystem=web/connector=http:read-resource'
>>>
>>> or '/' to start from the root (if the current address (prefix) is
>>> something other than the root). e.g.
>>>
>>> [subsystem=web/connector=http] /subsystem-threads:read-resource
>>>
>>>> 5) for the command names, Max likes
>>>> cn (change node) - current /prefix or /to.
>>>> cwn (current working node) - again current /prefix or /to w/o arguments.
>>>>
>>>> I'd even go for cd to change the node. The reason I didn't add it
>>>> originally was 'directory' doesn't belong here. But cd is kind of habit
>>>> for this kind of thing, so I could add it as an alias.
>>>>
>>>> Any objections or suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Alexey
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