Source code for aiida.cmdline.params.types.multiple

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"""Module to define custom click param type for multiple values"""

import click

__all__ = ('MultipleValueParamType',)




class MultipleValueParamType(click.ParamType):
    """An extension of click.ParamType that can parse multiple values for a given ParamType"""



    def __init__(self, param_type):
        """Construct a new instance."""
        super().__init__()
        self._param_type = param_type

        if hasattr(param_type, 'name'):
            self.name = f'{param_type.name}...'
        else:
            self.name = f'{param_type.__name__.upper()}...'




    def get_metavar(self, param):
        try:
            return self._param_type.get_metavar(param)
        except AttributeError:
            return self.name




    def convert(self, value, param, ctx):
        try:
            return tuple(self._param_type(entry) for entry in value)
        except ValueError:
            self.fail(f'could not convert {value} into type {self._param_type}')