AlastairLundy.CliInvoke.Core 2.0.0-beta.7

CliInvoke.Core

This package contains Process Running and handling abstractions as well as common types used by implementing classes.

For an implementing package, check out CliInvoke.

Key Abstractions:

• IProcessConfi Invoker

• Piping:

  • IProcessPipeHandler

• Fluent Builders:

  • IArgumentsBuilder - An interface to assist with Argument Building and argument escaping.
  • IEnvironmentVariablesBuilder - An interface to assist with setting Environment variables.
  • IProcessConfigurationBuilder - An interface to fluently configure and build ProcessConfiguration objects.
  • IProcessExitConfigurationBuilder - An interface to fluently configure and build ProcessExitConfiguration objects.
  • IProcessResourcePolicyBuilder - An interface to fluently configure and build ProcessResourcePolicy objects.
  • IProcessTimeoutPolicyBuilder
  • IUserCredentialBuilder

How to install and use CliInvoke.Core

CliInvoke.Core is available on the Nuget Gallery here.

Installing CliInvoke.Core

CliInvoke.Core packages can be installed via the .NET SDK CLI, Nuget via your IDE or code editor's package interface, or via the Nuget website.

Supported Platforms

CliInvoke.Core can be added to any .NET Standard 2.0, .NET 8, or .NET 9 or newer supported project.

The following table details which target platforms are supported for running Processes.

^2 - See the Process class documentation for more info.

^3 - lack of IOS support implies lack of watchOS support since watchOS is based on IOS.

Note: This library has not been tested on Android or Tizen.

Examples

Approach Examples

IProcessInvoker

The following examples shows how to configure and build a ProcessConfiguration depending on whether Buffering the output is desired.

Non-Buffered Execution Example

This example gets a non buffered ProcessResult that contains basic process exit code, id, and other information.

using AlastairLundy.CliInvoke;
using AlastairLundy.CliInvoke.Core;

using AlastairLundy.CliInvoke.Builders;
using AlastairLundy.CliInvoke.Core.Builders;

using AlastairLundy.CliInvoke.Core.Primitives;

  //Namespace and class code ommitted for clarity 

  // ServiceProvider and Dependency Injection setup code ommitted for clarity
  
  IProcessInvoker _processConfigInvoker = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IProcessInvoker>();

  // Fluently configure your Command.
  IProcessConfigurationBuilder builder = new ProcessConfigurationBuilder("Path/To/Executable")
                            .WithArguments(["arg1", "arg2"])
                            .WithWorkingDirectory("/Path/To/Directory");
  
  // Build it as a ProcessConfiguration object when you're ready to use it.
  ProcessConfiguration config = builder.Build();
  
  // Execute the process through ProcessInvoker and get the results.
ProcessResult result = await _processConfigInvoker.ExecuteAsync(config);

Buffered Execution Example

This example gets a BufferedProcessResult which contains redirected StandardOutput and StandardError as strings.

using AlastairLundy.CliInvoke;
using AlastairLundy.CliInvoke.Core;

using AlastairLundy.CliInvoke.Builders;
using AlastairLundy.CliInvoke.Core.Builders;

using AlastairLundy.CliInvoke.Core.Primitives;

  //Namespace and class code ommitted for clarity 

  // ServiceProvider and Dependency Injection setup code ommitted for clarity
  
  IProcessInvoker _processInvoker = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IProcessInvoker>();

  // Fluently configure your Command.
  IProcessConfigurationBuilder builder = new ProcessConfigurationBuilder("Path/To/Executable")
                            .WithArguments(["arg1", "arg2"])
                            .WithWorkingDirectory("/Path/To/Directory");
  
  // Build it as a ProcessConfiguration object when you're ready to use it.
  ProcessConfiguration config = builder.Build();
  
  // Execute the process through ProcessInvoker and get the results.
BufferedProcessResult result = await _processInvoker.ExecuteBufferedAsync(config);

Command/Program Execution

How to Build CliInvoke's code

Please see building-cliinvoke.md for how to build CliInvoke from source.

How to Contribute

Thank you in advance for considering contributing to CliInvoke.

Please see the CONTRIBUTING.md file for code and localization contributions.

If you want to file a bug report or suggest a potential feature to add, please check out the GitHub issues page to see if a similar or identical issue is already open. If there is not already a relevant issue filed, please file one here and follow the respective guidance from the appropriate issue template.

Thanks.

License

CliInvoke.Core is licensed under the MPL 2.0 license. You can learn more about it here

If you use CliInvoke.Core in your project, please make an exact copy of the contents of CliInvoke.Core's LICENSE.txt file available either in your third party licenses txt file or as a separate txt file.

Acknowledgements

Projects

This project would like to thank the following projects for their work:

• Microsoft.Bcl.HashCode for providing a backport of the HashCode class and static methods to .NET Standard 2.0
• Polyfill for simplifying .NET Standard 2.0 support

For more information, please see the THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES file.