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README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # @sapphirecode/console-app
 
-version: 1.8.x
+version: 2.0.x
 
-read parameters from env, console args or interactively
+read parameters from env, config files, console args or interactively
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -26,17 +26,27 @@ const {
   PathOption, // paths that exist in the file system
   StringOption,
 } = require('@sapphirecode/console-app');
+
+const input = await new BooleanOption({
+  name: 'foo', // option name used in configs and console arguments
+  
+  // optional settings:
+  default: false, // default value
+  sources: {
+    configs: [], // config files to read from. none by default
+    interactive: true, // use interactive prompts
+    console: true // read from console arguments
+    // environment is always on if the 'env' option below is specified
+  },
+  alias: 'f', // shorthand console argument name
+  env: 'foo_env', // name of the environment variable to read from
+  message: 'input foo', // message to display in interactive prompt
+  error: 'failed to read foo', // message to display when input was invalid
+  error_callback: (opt, val, err)=>{...}, // function to call when an option value could not be read
+  exit_on_interrupt: true,  // exit program when user cancels the interactive prompt
+}).parse();
 ```
 
-####################################
-
-  configs: ['json files to search for options'],
-  exit_on_interrupt: true,  // exit program when user cancels prompt
-  error_callback: (opt, val, err)=>{...} // function to call when an option value could not be read
-
-the parameter sources specifies which sources should be used. It reads from all,
-except config files by default
-
 config files can import other config files with #include. example:
 
 ```json

lib/Option.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { ErrorCallback } from './ErrorCallback';
 interface SourceConfig {
   console?: boolean,
   configs?: string[],
-  env?: boolean,
   interactive?: boolean,
 }
 

lib/Options/BaseOption.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export abstract class BaseOption<T> {
       ));
     }
 
-    if (sources.env !== false)
     this.sources.push (new EnvSource (config.error_callback));
 
     if (sources.console !== false)

lib/Sources/EnvSource.ts

@@ -11,10 +11,20 @@ import { OptionSource } from './OptionSource';
 
 export class EnvSource extends OptionSource {
   public async parse (opt: Option, val:OptionValue): Promise<void> {
-    if (
+    if (typeof opt.env === 'undefined')
-      typeof opt.env !== 'undefined'
+      return;
-        && typeof process.env[opt.env] !== 'undefined'
+
-    )
+    if (typeof process.env[opt.env] === 'undefined') {
+      if (typeof this.error_callback !== 'undefined') {
+        this.error_callback (
+          opt.name,
+          null,
+          new Error ('environment variable does not exist')
+        );
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
     await this.assign_arg (opt, val, process.env[opt.env]);
   }
 }