tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.remote.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/remote/core/shell/ICommandInput.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson
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 * Contributors:
 *   Bernd Hufmann - Initial API and implementation
 *   Markus Schorn - Bug 448058: Use org.eclipse.remote in favor of RSE
 **********************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.remote.core.shell;

import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * Interface for creating a command input to executued in a
 * {@link ICommandShell} implementation.
 *
 * @author Bernd Hufmann
 */
public interface ICommandInput {

    /**
     * Return the command output.
     *
     * It should not be null, but could be empty.
     * It should return an immutable list.
     *
     * @return the command output.
     */
    List<String> getInput();

    /**
     * Adds a command segment to the command
     *
     * @param segment
     *            the command segment to add. Ignored if null.
     */
    void add(@Nullable String segment);

    /**
     * Adds a command segments to the command
     *
     * @param segments
     *            the command segments to add. Ignored if null.
     *            Any null segment in list will be ignored too.
     */
    void addAll(List<String> segments);
}