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author | Zachary T Welch <zw@superlucidity.net> | 2009-11-17 05:38:17 -0800 |
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committer | Zachary T Welch <zw@superlucidity.net> | 2009-11-17 11:40:21 -0800 |
commit | 789d47c18097abb5ee6cc8544e0ba030000fd418 (patch) | |
tree | 349442e6ce2f224b87a1b91e3c1b8b0185bc0515 /doc/manual | |
parent | cfaf7bdd0aedb23a4837078db808be450e5efc30 (diff) | |
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update command_handler documentation
Improve the developer manual and primer sections which talk about
writing command handlers. Notably, it documents the new CMD_* macros.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/helper.txt | 30 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/primer/commands.txt | 13 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/helper.txt b/doc/manual/helper.txt index 247d7b42..e7454b69 100644 --- a/doc/manual/helper.txt +++ b/doc/manual/helper.txt @@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ another layer of handlers. @subsection helpercmdhandlerdef Defining and Calling Command Handlers -These functions should be defined using the COMMAND_HANDLER macro. +These functions should be defined using the @c COMMAND_HANDLER macro. These methods must be defined as static, as their principle entry point should be the run_command dispatch mechanism. Command helper functions that require access to the full set of -parameters should be defined using the COMMAND_HELPER. These must be +parameters should be defined using the @c COMMAND_HELPER. These must be declared static by you, as sometimes you might want to share a helper -among several files (e.g. s3c24xx_nand.h). +among several files (e.g. @c s3c24xx_nand.h). -Both types of routines must be called using the CALL_COMMAND_HANDLER macro. +Both types of routines must be called using the @c CALL_COMMAND_HANDLER macro. Calls using this macro to normal handlers require the name of the command handler (which can a name or function pointer). Calls to helpers and derived handlers must pass those extra parameters specified by their @@ -67,22 +67,18 @@ will be able to use direct invocations. Thus, the following macros can be used to define and call command handlers or helpers: -- COMMAND_HANDLER - declare or define a command handler. -- COMMAND_HELPER - declare or define a derived command handler or helper. -- CALL_COMMAND_COMMAND - call a command handler/helper. - -@subsection helpercmdhandlerparam Command Handler Parameters - -The following parameters are defined in the scope of all command -handlers and helpers: -- <code>struct command_context *cmd_ctx</code> - the command's context -- <code>unsigned argc</code> - the number of command arguments -- <code>const char *args[]</code> - contains the command arguments +- @c COMMAND_HANDLER - declare or define a command handler. +- @c COMMAND_HELPER - declare or define a derived command handler or helper. +- @c CALL_COMMAND_COMMAND - call a command handler/helper. @subsection helpercmdhandlermacros Command Handler Macros -In addition, the following macro may be used: -- <code>COMMAND_NAME</code> - contains the command name +In addition, the following macros may be used in the context of +command handlers and helpers: +- @c CMD_CTX - the current @c command_context +- @c CMD_NAME - invoked command name +- @c CMD_ARGC - the number of command arguments +- @c CMD_ARGV - array of command argument strings @section helpercmdprimer Command Development Primer diff --git a/doc/manual/primer/commands.txt b/doc/manual/primer/commands.txt index 9efcca2e..b15f6697 100644 --- a/doc/manual/primer/commands.txt +++ b/doc/manual/primer/commands.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COMMAND_HANDLER(handle_hello_command) const char *sep, *name; int retval = CALL_COMMAND_HANDLER(handle_hello_args); if (ERROR_OK == retval) - command_print(cmd_ctx, "Greetings%s%s!", sep, name); + command_print(CMD_CTX, "Greetings%s%s!", sep, name); return retval; } @endcode @@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ static COMMAND_HELPER(handle_hello_args, const char **sep, const char **name) { if (argc > 1) { - LOG_ERROR("%s: too many arguments", COMMAND_NAME); + LOG_ERROR("%s: too many arguments", CMD_NAME); return ERROR_COMMAND_SYNTAX_ERROR; } - if (1 == argc) + if (1 == CMD_ARGC) { *sep = ", "; - *name = args[0]; + *name = CMD_ARGV[0]; } else *sep = *name = ""; @@ -96,4 +96,9 @@ Greetings, John Doe! Error: ocd_hello: too many arguments @endcode +This difference between the registered and displayed command name comes from +the fact that the TCL scripts are provided with a stub that calls the munged +name. This stub wraps the internal <code>ocd_</code>-prefixed routine, +providing a measure of high-level error handling. + */ |