start interaction module

ts/smartcli.classes.interaction.helpers.ts

@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-import "typings-global";
-
-import "./smartcli.interfaces";
-import plugins = require("./smartcli.plugins");
-
-/**
- * executes callback with answer to question as argument
- * @param questionString the question you want to ask the user
- * @param cb the function to execute with answer as param
- * @returns {null}
- */
-export let getAnswer = function(questionString:string, cb) {
-    if (typeof questionString != 'string') {
-        plugins.beautylog.error('no question specified');
-        return null;
-    }
-    //make inquirer compatible question object
-    let question = {
-        type: "input",
-        name: "userFeedback",
-        message: questionString,
-        validate: function( value ) {
-            return true;
-        }
-    };
-
-    plugins.inquirer.prompt([question],function(answers){
-        let answer = answers.userFeedback;
-        cb(answer);
-    });
-};
-
-/**
- *
- * @param questionString
- * @param choiceOptions
- * @param cb
- * @returns {null}
- */
-export let getChoice = function(questionString:string, choiceOptions:string[], cb) {
-    if(!Array.isArray(choiceOptions)) {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    //make inquirer compatible question object
-    let question = {
-        type: "list",
-        name: "userFeedback",
-        message: questionString,
-        choices: choiceOptions,
-        filter: function( val ) { return val.toLowerCase(); }
-    };
-
-    plugins.inquirer.prompt(question,function(answers){
-        let answer = answers.userFeedback;
-        cb(answer);
-    });
-
-};

ts/smartcli.classes.interaction.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,60 @@
 import "typings-global";
 import * as plugins from "./smartcli.plugins";
 
-export class Question {
-    constructor(){
-        
+/**
+ * allows to specify an user interaction during runtime
+ */
+
+export type questionType = "input" | "confirm" | "list" | "rawlist" | "expand" | "checkbox" | "password" | "editor"
+export interface choiceObject {
+    name: string;
+    value: any
+}
+export interface validateFunction {
+    (any):boolean
+}
+
+export class Interaction {
+    constructor() {
+    };
+
+    askQuestion(optionsArg: {
+        type: questionType,
+        message: string
+        default: any
+        choices: string[] | choiceObject[];
+        validate: validateFunction
+    }) {
+        let done = plugins.q.defer();
+        plugins.inquirer.prompt([{
+            type: optionsArg.type,
+            message: optionsArg.message,
+            default: optionsArg.default,
+            choices:optionsArg.choices,
+            validate: optionsArg.validate
+        }]).then(answers => {
+            done.resolve(answers);
+        });
+    };
+    askQuestionArray
+}
+
+
+export class QuestionTree {
+
+    constructor(questionString: string, optionsArray) {
+
+    };
+};
+
+export class QuestionTreeNode {
+    constructor() {
+
+    }
+};
+
+export class QuestionStorage {
+    constructor() {
+
     }
 }

ts/smartcli.classes.smartcli.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 import "typings-global";
 
 import * as plugins from "./smartcli.plugins";
-import {Question} from "./smartcli.classes.interaction";
+import * as interaction from "./smartcli.classes.interaction";
+
+// import classes
+import {Objectmap} from "lik";
+
+// interfaces
+export interface commandPromiseObject {
+    commandName:string;
+    promise: plugins.q.Promise<any>;
+};
 
 export class Smartcli {
     argv;
@@ -10,6 +19,9 @@ export class Smartcli {
     commands;
     questions;
     version:string;
+
+    // maps
+    allCommandPromises = new Objectmap<commandPromiseObject>();
     constructor(){
         this.argv = plugins.argv;
         this.questionsDone = plugins.q.defer();
@@ -44,15 +56,28 @@ export class Smartcli {
     /**
      * gets a Promise for a command word
      */
-    getCommandPromise(commandNameArg){
-        //TODO
-    }
-    addQuestion(definitionArg:{questionString:string,questionType:string}){
-        
+    getCommandPromiseByName(commandNameArg:string){
+        return this.allCommandPromises.find(commandPromiseObjectArg => {
+            return commandPromiseObjectArg.commandName === commandNameArg;
+        }).promise;
     };
-    addHelp(){
 
-    }
+    /**
+     * allows to specify help text to be printed above the rest of the help text
+     */
+    addHelp(optionsArg:{
+        helpText:string
+    }){
+        this.addCommand({
+            commandName:"help"
+        }).then(argvArg => {
+            plugins.beautylog.log(optionsArg.helpText);
+        })
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * specify version to be printed for -v --version
+     */
     addVersion(versionArg:string){
         this.version = versionArg;
         this.addAlias("v","version");
@@ -62,7 +87,11 @@ export class Smartcli {
                     console.log(this.version);
                 }
             })
-    }
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * returns promise that is resolved when no commands are specified
+     */
     standardTask(){
         let done = plugins.q.defer();
         this.parseStarted.promise

ts/smartcli.plugins.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import "typings-global";
 export let argv = require('yargs');
 export import beautylog = require("beautylog");
 export let cliff = require("cliff");
-export let inquirer = require("inquirer");
+export import inquirer = require("inquirer");
 export import lik = require("lik");
 export let path = require("path");
 export import q = require("q");