Enum clap::error::ErrorKind

#[non_exhaustive]
pub enum ErrorKind {
    InvalidValue,
    UnknownArgument,
    InvalidSubcommand,
    UnrecognizedSubcommand,
    EmptyValue,
    NoEquals,
    ValueValidation,
    TooManyValues,
    TooFewValues,
    TooManyOccurrences,
    WrongNumberOfValues,
    ArgumentConflict,
    MissingRequiredArgument,
    MissingSubcommand,
    UnexpectedMultipleUsage,
    InvalidUtf8,
    DisplayHelp,
    DisplayHelpOnMissingArgumentOrSubcommand,
    DisplayVersion,
    ArgumentNotFound,
    Io,
    Format,
}

Command line argument parser kind of error

Variants (Non-exhaustive)

Non-exhaustive enums could have additional variants added in future. Therefore, when matching against variants of non-exhaustive enums, an extra wildcard arm must be added to account for any future variants.

InvalidValue

Occurs when an Arg has a set of possible values, and the user provides a value which isn’t in that set.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("speed")
        .value_parser(["fast", "slow"]))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "other"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::InvalidValue);

UnknownArgument

Occurs when a user provides a flag, option, argument or subcommand which isn’t defined.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(arg!(--flag "some flag"))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "--other"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::UnknownArgument);

InvalidSubcommand

Occurs when the user provides an unrecognized Subcommand which meets the threshold for being similar enough to an existing subcommand. If it doesn’t meet the threshold, or the ‘suggestions’ feature is disabled, the more general UnknownArgument error is returned.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
   .subcommand(Command::new("config")
       .about("Used for configuration")
       .arg(Arg::new("config_file")
           .help("The configuration file to use")))
   .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "confi"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::InvalidSubcommand);

UnrecognizedSubcommand

Occurs when the user provides an unrecognized Subcommand which either doesn’t meet the threshold for being similar enough to an existing subcommand, or the ‘suggestions’ feature is disabled. Otherwise the more detailed InvalidSubcommand error is returned.

This error typically happens when passing additional subcommand names to the help subcommand. Otherwise, the more general UnknownArgument error is used.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .subcommand(Command::new("config")
        .about("Used for configuration")
        .arg(Arg::new("config_file")
            .help("The configuration file to use")))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "help", "nothing"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::UnrecognizedSubcommand);

EmptyValue

Occurs when the user provides an empty value for an option that does not allow empty values.

Examples

let res = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("color")
         .takes_value(true)
         .forbid_empty_values(true)
         .long("color"))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "--color="]);
assert!(res.is_err());
assert_eq!(res.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::EmptyValue);

NoEquals

Occurs when the user doesn’t use equals for an option that requires equal sign to provide values.

let res = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("color")
         .takes_value(true)
         .require_equals(true)
         .long("color"))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "--color", "red"]);
assert!(res.is_err());
assert_eq!(res.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::NoEquals);

ValueValidation

Occurs when the user provides a value for an argument with a custom validation and the value fails that validation.

Examples

fn is_numeric(val: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
    match val.parse::<i64>() {
        Ok(..) => Ok(()),
        Err(..) => Err(String::from("Value wasn't a number!")),
    }
}

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("num")
         .validator(is_numeric))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "NotANumber"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::ValueValidation);

TooManyValues

Occurs when a user provides more values for an argument than were defined by setting Arg::max_values.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("arg")
        .max_values(2))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "too", "many", "values"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::TooManyValues);

TooFewValues

Occurs when the user provides fewer values for an argument than were defined by setting Arg::min_values.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("some_opt")
        .long("opt")
        .min_values(3))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "--opt", "too", "few"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::TooFewValues);

TooManyOccurrences

Occurs when a user provides more occurrences for an argument than were defined by setting Arg::max_occurrences.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("verbosity")
        .short('v')
        .max_occurrences(2))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "-vvv"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::TooManyOccurrences);

WrongNumberOfValues

Occurs when the user provides a different number of values for an argument than what’s been defined by setting Arg::number_of_values or than was implicitly set by Arg::value_names.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("some_opt")
        .long("opt")
        .takes_value(true)
        .number_of_values(2))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "--opt", "wrong"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::WrongNumberOfValues);

ArgumentConflict

Occurs when the user provides two values which conflict with each other and can’t be used together.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("debug")
        .long("debug")
        .conflicts_with("color"))
    .arg(Arg::new("color")
        .long("color"))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "--debug", "--color"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::ArgumentConflict);

MissingRequiredArgument

Occurs when the user does not provide one or more required arguments.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("debug")
        .required(true))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::MissingRequiredArgument);

MissingSubcommand

Occurs when a subcommand is required (as defined by Command::subcommand_required), but the user does not provide one.

Examples

let err = Command::new("prog")
    .subcommand_required(true)
    .subcommand(Command::new("test"))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec![
        "myprog",
    ]);
assert!(err.is_err());
assert_eq!(err.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::MissingSubcommand);

UnexpectedMultipleUsage

Occurs when the user provides multiple values to an argument which doesn’t allow that.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg(Arg::new("debug")
        .long("debug")
        .multiple_occurrences(false))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "--debug", "--debug"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::UnexpectedMultipleUsage);

InvalidUtf8

Occurs when the user provides a value containing invalid UTF-8.

To allow arbitrary data

• Set Arg::allow_invalid_utf8 for argument values
• Set Command::allow_invalid_utf8_for_external_subcommands for external-subcommand values

Platform Specific

Non-Windows platforms only (such as Linux, Unix, OSX, etc.)

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
   .arg(Arg::new("utf8")
       .short('u')
       .takes_value(true))
   .try_get_matches_from(vec![OsString::from("myprog"),
                               OsString::from("-u"),
                               OsString::from_vec(vec![0xE9])]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::InvalidUtf8);

DisplayHelp

Not a true “error” as it means --help or similar was used. The help message will be sent to stdout.

Note: If the help is displayed due to an error (such as missing subcommands) it will be sent to stderr instead of stdout.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "--help"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::DisplayHelp);

DisplayHelpOnMissingArgumentOrSubcommand

Occurs when either an argument or a Subcommand is required, as defined by Command::arg_required_else_help , but the user did not provide one.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .arg_required_else_help(true)
    .subcommand(Command::new("config")
        .about("Used for configuration")
        .arg(Arg::new("config_file")
            .help("The configuration file to use")))
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::DisplayHelpOnMissingArgumentOrSubcommand);

DisplayVersion

Not a true “error” as it means --version or similar was used. The message will be sent to stdout.

Examples

let result = Command::new("prog")
    .version("3.0")
    .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "--version"]);
assert!(result.is_err());
assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err().kind(), ErrorKind::DisplayVersion);

ArgumentNotFound

Occurs when using the ArgMatches::value_of_t and friends to convert an argument value into type T, but the argument you requested wasn’t used. I.e. you asked for an argument with name config to be converted, but config wasn’t used by the user.

Io

Represents an I/O error. Can occur when writing to stderr or stdout or reading a configuration file.

Format

Represents a Format error (which is a part of Display). Typically caused by writing to stderr or stdout.

Implementations

impl ErrorKind

pub fn as_str(self) -> Option<&'static str>

End-user description of the error case, where relevant

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for ErrorKind

fn clone(&self) -> ErrorKind

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for ErrorKind

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Display for ErrorKind

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl PartialEq<ErrorKind> for ErrorKind

fn eq(&self, other: &ErrorKind) -> bool

This method tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl Copy for ErrorKind

impl StructuralPartialEq for ErrorKind