+/*
+ * Commands should be registered by filling in one or more of these
+ * structures and passing them to register_command().
+ *
+ * A conventioal format should be used for help strings, to provide both
+ * usage and basic information:
+ * @code
+ * "@<options@> ... - some explanation text"
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @param name The name of the command to register, which must not have
+ * been registered previously in the intended context.
+ * @param handler The callback function that will be called. If NULL,
+ * then the command serves as a placeholder for its children or a script.
+ * @param mode The command mode(s) in which this command may be run.
+ * @param help The help text that will be displayed to the user.
+ */
+struct command_registration {
+ const char *name;
+ command_handler_t handler;
+ Jim_CmdProc *jim_handler;
+ void *jim_handler_data;
+ enum command_mode mode;
+ const char *help;
+ /** a string listing the options and arguments, required or optional */
+ const char *usage;
+
+ /**
+ * If non-NULL, the commands in @c chain will be registered in
+ * the same context and scope of this registration record.
+ * This allows modules to inherit lists commands from other
+ * modules.
+ */
+ const struct command_registration *chain;
+};
+
+/** Use this as the last entry in an array of command_registration records. */
+#define COMMAND_REGISTRATION_DONE { .name = NULL, .chain = NULL }
+
+/**
+ * Register a command @c handler that can be called from scripts during
+ * the execution @c mode specified.
+ *
+ * If @c parent is non-NULL, the new command will be registered as a
+ * sub-command under it; otherwise, it will be available as a top-level
+ * command.
+ *
+ * @param cmd_ctx The command_context in which to register the command.
+ * @param parent Register this command as a child of this, or NULL to
+ * register a top-level command.
+ * @param rec A command_registration record that contains the desired
+ * command parameters.
+ * @returns The new command, if successful; otherwise, NULL.
+ */
+struct command *register_command(struct command_context *cmd_ctx,
+ struct command *parent, const struct command_registration *rec);
+
+/**
+ * Register one or more commands in the specified context, as children
+ * of @c parent (or top-level commends, if NULL). In a registration's
+ * record contains a non-NULL @c chain member and name is NULL, the
+ * commands on the chain will be registered in the same context.
+ * Otherwise, the chained commands are added as children of the command.
+ *
+ * @param cmd_ctx The command_context in which to register the command.
+ * @param parent Register this command as a child of this, or NULL to
+ * register a top-level command.
+ * @param cmds Pointer to an array of command_registration records that
+ * contains the desired command parameters. The last record must have
+ * NULL for all fields.
+ * @returns ERROR_OK on success; ERROR_FAIL if any registration fails.
+ */
+int register_commands(struct command_context *cmd_ctx, struct command *parent,
+ const struct command_registration *cmds);
+