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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ *  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ *  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ *  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ *  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ *  under the License.    
+ *
+ * 
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.tools.messagestore.commands;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.tools.messagestore.MessageStoreTool;
+import org.apache.qpid.tools.utils.Console;
+
+public abstract class AbstractCommand implements Command
+{
+    protected Console _console;
+    protected MessageStoreTool _tool;
+
+    public AbstractCommand(MessageStoreTool tool)
+    {
+        _console = tool.getConsole();
+        _tool = tool;
+    }
+
+    public void setOutput(Console out)
+    {
+        _console = out;
+    }
+
+    protected void commandError(String message, String[] args)
+    {
+        _console.print(getCommand() + " : " + message);
+
+        if (args != null)
+        {
+            for (int i = 1; i < args.length; i++)
+            {
+                _console.print(args[i]);
+            }
+        }
+        _console.println("");
+        _console.println(help());
+    }
+
+
+    public abstract String help();
+
+    public abstract String usage();
+
+    public abstract String getCommand();
+
+
+    public abstract void execute(String... args);
+}