avrora.util.help
Interface HelpItem

All Known Implementing Classes:
ClassMapValueItem, HelpCategory, SubcategoryItem, ValueItem

public interface HelpItem


Method Summary
 java.lang.String getHelp()
          The getHelp() method returns a string that is suitable to being formatted into a single paragraph.
 void printHelp()
          The printHelp() method prints a representation of the help to the console, formatted appropriately according to the terminal size.
 

Method Detail

getHelp

public java.lang.String getHelp()
The getHelp() method returns a string that is suitable to being formatted into a single paragraph. This string should contain a few sentences about what the option, action, input format, etc represents and how to use it.

Returns:
a string representation of the help for this item

printHelp

public void printHelp()
The printHelp() method prints a representation of the help to the console, formatted appropriately according to the terminal size.