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+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+//! Common API for all rust-book subcommands.
+
+use error::CliResult;
+use error::CommandResult;
+use term::Term;
+
+use help;
+use build;
+use serve;
+use test;
+
+pub trait Subcommand {
+    /// Mutate the subcommand by parsing its arguments.
+    ///
+    /// Returns `Err` on a parsing error.
+    fn parse_args(&mut self, args: &[String]) -> CliResult<()>;
+    /// Print the CLI usage information.
+    fn usage(&self);
+    /// Actually execute the subcommand.
+    fn execute(&mut self, term: &mut Term) -> CommandResult<()>;
+}
+
+/// Create a Subcommand object based on its name.
+pub fn parse_name(name: &str) -> Option<Box<Subcommand>> {
+    for parser in [
+        help::parse_cmd as fn(&str) -> Option<Box<Subcommand>>,
+        build::parse_cmd as fn(&str) -> Option<Box<Subcommand>>,
+        serve::parse_cmd as fn(&str) -> Option<Box<Subcommand>>,
+        test::parse_cmd as fn(&str) -> Option<Box<Subcommand>>].iter() {
+        let parsed = (*parser)(name);
+        if parsed.is_some() { return parsed }
+    }
+    None
+}