@nomiclabs/buidler > ArgumentType

# Interface: ArgumentType

Provides an interface for every valid task argument type.

# Type parameters

# T

# Hierarchy

ArgumentType

# Index

# Properties

• name

# Methods

• parse

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# Properties

# name

● name: string

Defined in internal/core/params/argumentTypes.ts:13

Type's name.

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# Methods

# parse

▸ parse(argName: string, strValue: string): T

Defined in internal/core/params/argumentTypes.ts:25

Parses strValue. This function MUST throw BDLR301 if it can parse the given value.

throws: BDLR301 if an invalid value is given.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
argName	string	argument's name.
strValue	string	argument's value.

Returns: T the parsed value.

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