Remove all flag interfaces

app.go

@@ -227,9 +227,7 @@ func (a *App) Setup() {
 
 	a.flagCategories = newFlagCategories()
 	for _, fl := range a.Flags {
-		if cf, ok := fl.(CategorizableFlag); ok {
-			a.flagCategories.AddFlag(cf.GetCategory(), cf)
-		}
+		a.flagCategories.AddFlag(fl.GetCategory(), fl)
 	}
 
 	if a.Metadata == nil {

app_test.go

@@ -2268,6 +2268,10 @@ func (c *customBoolFlag) GetEnvVars() []string {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *customBoolFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
 func TestCustomFlagsUnused(t *testing.T) {
 	app := &App{
 		Flags:  []Flag{&customBoolFlag{"custom"}},

category.go

@@ -101,9 +101,7 @@ func newFlagCategories() FlagCategories {
 func newFlagCategoriesFromFlags(fs []Flag) FlagCategories {
 	fc := newFlagCategories()
 	for _, fl := range fs {
-		if cf, ok := fl.(CategorizableFlag); ok {
-			fc.AddFlag(cf.GetCategory(), cf)
-		}
+		fc.AddFlag(fl.GetCategory(), fl)
 	}
 
 	return fc
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ type VisibleFlagCategory interface {
 	// Name returns the category name string
 	Name() string
 	// Flags returns a slice of VisibleFlag sorted by name
-	Flags() []VisibleFlag
+	Flags() []Flag
 }
 
 type defaultVisibleFlagCategory struct {
@@ -150,21 +148,19 @@ func (fc *defaultVisibleFlagCategory) Name() string {
 	return fc.name
 }
 
-func (fc *defaultVisibleFlagCategory) Flags() []VisibleFlag {
+func (fc *defaultVisibleFlagCategory) Flags() []Flag {
 	vfNames := []string{}
 	for flName, fl := range fc.m {
-		if vf, ok := fl.(VisibleFlag); ok {
-			if vf.IsVisible() {
-				vfNames = append(vfNames, flName)
-			}
+		if fl.IsVisible() {
+			vfNames = append(vfNames, flName)
 		}
 	}
 
 	sort.Strings(vfNames)
 
-	ret := make([]VisibleFlag, len(vfNames))
+	ret := make([]Flag, len(vfNames))
 	for i, flName := range vfNames {
-		ret[i] = fc.m[flName].(VisibleFlag)
+		ret[i] = fc.m[flName]
 	}
 
 	return ret

context.go

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (cCtx *Context) lookupFlagSet(name string) *flag.FlagSet {
 func (cCtx *Context) checkRequiredFlags(flags []Flag) requiredFlagsErr {
 	var missingFlags []string
 	for _, f := range flags {
-		if rf, ok := f.(RequiredFlag); ok && rf.IsRequired() {
+		if f.IsRequired() {
 			var flagPresent bool
 			var flagName string
 

docs.go

@@ -116,11 +116,7 @@ func prepareFlags(
 	addDetails bool,
 ) []string {
 	args := []string{}
-	for _, f := range flags {
-		flag, ok := f.(DocGenerationFlag)
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
+	for _, flag := range flags {
 		modifiedArg := opener
 
 		for _, s := range flag.Names() {
@@ -151,7 +147,7 @@ func prepareFlags(
 }
 
 // flagDetails returns a string containing the flags metadata
-func flagDetails(flag DocGenerationFlag) string {
+func flagDetails(flag Flag) string {
 	description := flag.GetUsage()
 	value := flag.GetValue()
 	if value != "" {

fish.go

@@ -114,20 +114,15 @@ func (a *App) prepareFishCommands(commands []*Command, allCommands *[]string, pr
 
 func (a *App) prepareFishFlags(flags []Flag, previousCommands []string) []string {
 	completions := []string{}
-	for _, f := range flags {
-		flag, ok := f.(DocGenerationFlag)
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-
+	for _, flag := range flags {
 		completion := &strings.Builder{}
 		completion.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(
 			"complete -c %s -n '%s'",
 			a.Name,
 			a.fishSubcommandHelper(previousCommands),
 		))
 
-		fishAddFileFlag(f, completion)
+		fishAddFileFlag(flag, completion)
 
 		for idx, opt := range flag.Names() {
 			if idx == 0 {

flag-spec.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # `genflags.Spec` type that maps to this file structure.
 
 flag_types:
-  bool: {}
+  bool: 
+    no_default_text: true
   float64: {}
   int64: {}
   int: {}
@@ -12,12 +13,14 @@ flag_types:
   uint: {}
 
   string:
+    no_default_text: true
     struct_fields:
       - { name: TakesFile, type: bool }
   Generic:
     struct_fields:
       - { name: TakesFile, type: bool }
   Path:
+    no_default_text: true
     struct_fields:
       - { name: TakesFile, type: bool }
 

flag.go

@@ -101,38 +101,13 @@ type Flag interface {
 	GetUsage() string
 	// GetEnvVars returns the env vars for this flag
 	GetEnvVars() []string
-}
-
-// RequiredFlag is an interface that allows us to mark flags as required
-// it allows flags required flags to be backwards compatible with the Flag interface
-type RequiredFlag interface {
-	Flag
-}
-
-// DocGenerationFlag is an interface that allows documentation generation for the flag
-type DocGenerationFlag interface {
-	Flag
-
 	// TakesValue returns true if the flag takes a value, otherwise false
 	TakesValue() bool
-
+	// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
+	GetDefaultText() string
 	// GetValue returns the flags value as string representation and an empty
 	// string if the flag takes no value at all.
 	GetValue() string
-
-	// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
-	GetDefaultText() string
-}
-
-// VisibleFlag is an interface that allows to check if a flag is visible
-type VisibleFlag interface {
-	Flag
-}
-
-// CategorizableFlag is an interface that allows us to potentially
-// use a flag in a categorized representation.
-type CategorizableFlag interface {
-	VisibleFlag
 }
 
 func flagSet(name string, flags []Flag) (*flag.FlagSet, error) {
@@ -192,7 +167,7 @@ func normalizeFlags(flags []Flag, set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 func visibleFlags(fl []Flag) []Flag {
 	var visible []Flag
 	for _, f := range fl {
-		if vf, ok := f.(VisibleFlag); ok && vf.IsVisible() {
+		if f.IsVisible() {
 			visible = append(visible, f)
 		}
 	}
@@ -288,29 +263,23 @@ func formatDefault(format string) string {
 }
 
 func stringifyFlag(f Flag) string {
-	// enforce DocGeneration interface on flags to avoid reflection
-	df, ok := f.(DocGenerationFlag)
-	if !ok {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	placeholder, usage := unquoteUsage(df.GetUsage())
-	needsPlaceholder := df.TakesValue()
+	placeholder, usage := unquoteUsage(f.GetUsage())
+	needsPlaceholder := f.TakesValue()
 
 	if needsPlaceholder && placeholder == "" {
 		placeholder = defaultPlaceholder
 	}
 
 	defaultValueString := ""
 
-	if s := df.GetDefaultText(); s != "" {
+	if s := f.GetDefaultText(); s != "" {
 		defaultValueString = fmt.Sprintf(formatDefault("%s"), s)
 	}
 
 	usageWithDefault := strings.TrimSpace(usage + defaultValueString)
 
-	return withEnvHint(df.GetEnvVars(),
-		fmt.Sprintf("%s\t%s", prefixedNames(df.Names(), placeholder), usageWithDefault))
+	return withEnvHint(f.GetEnvVars(),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s\t%s", prefixedNames(f.Names(), placeholder), usageWithDefault))
 }
 
 func stringifyIntSliceFlag(f *IntSliceFlag) string {

flag_duration.go

@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ func (f *DurationFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return f.Value.String()
 }
 
-// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
-func (f *DurationFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
-	if f.DefaultText != "" {
-		return f.DefaultText
-	}
-	return f.GetValue()
-}
-
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *DurationFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, source, found := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); found {

flag_float64.go

@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ func (f *Float64Flag) GetValue() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", f.Value)
 }
 
-// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
-func (f *Float64Flag) GetDefaultText() string {
-	if f.DefaultText != "" {
-		return f.DefaultText
-	}
-	return f.GetValue()
-}
-
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *Float64Flag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, source, found := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); found {

flag_float64_slice.go

@@ -95,14 +95,6 @@ func (f *Float64SliceFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
-func (f *Float64SliceFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
-	if f.DefaultText != "" {
-		return f.DefaultText
-	}
-	return f.GetValue()
-}
-
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *Float64SliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	// apply any default

flag_generic.go

@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@ func (f *GenericFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
-func (f *GenericFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
-	if f.DefaultText != "" {
-		return f.DefaultText
-	}
-	return f.GetValue()
-}
-
 // Apply takes the flagset and calls Set on the generic flag with the value
 // provided by the user for parsing by the flag
 func (f GenericFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {

flag_int.go

@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ func (f *IntFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%d", f.Value)
 }
 
-// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
-func (f *IntFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
-	if f.DefaultText != "" {
-		return f.DefaultText
-	}
-	return f.GetValue()
-}
-
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *IntFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, source, found := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); found {

flag_int64.go

@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ func (f *Int64Flag) GetValue() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%d", f.Value)
 }
 
-// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
-func (f *Int64Flag) GetDefaultText() string {
-	if f.DefaultText != "" {
-		return f.DefaultText
-	}
-	return f.GetValue()
-}
-
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *Int64Flag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, source, found := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); found {

flag_int64_slice.go

@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@ func (f *Int64SliceFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
-func (f *Int64SliceFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
-	if f.DefaultText != "" {
-		return f.DefaultText
-	}
-	return f.GetValue()
-}
-
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *Int64SliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	// apply any default

flag_int_slice.go

@@ -107,14 +107,6 @@ func (f *IntSliceFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
-func (f *IntSliceFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
-	if f.DefaultText != "" {
-		return f.DefaultText
-	}
-	return f.GetValue()
-}
-
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *IntSliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	// apply any default

flag_string_slice.go

@@ -85,14 +85,6 @@ func (f *StringSliceFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
-func (f *StringSliceFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
-	if f.DefaultText != "" {
-		return f.DefaultText
-	}
-	return f.GetValue()
-}
-
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *StringSliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	// apply any default