move PrintOptions to genericclioptions

hack/.golint_failures

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/editor
 pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/jsonmerge
 pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/sanity
 pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions
+pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers
 pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource
 pkg/kubectl/metricsutil
 pkg/kubectl/util
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ pkg/kubemark
 pkg/master
 pkg/master/controller/crdregistration
 pkg/master/tunneler
+pkg/printers
 pkg/printers/internalversion
 pkg/printers/storage
 pkg/probe

hack/import-restrictions.yaml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   - k8s.io/client-go
   # TODO this one should be tightened.  We depend on it for testing, but we should instead create our own scheme
   - k8s.io/api/core/v1
+  - k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers
 
 - baseImportPath: "./vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/"
   allowedImports:

pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/explain:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/metricsutil:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/plugins:go_default_library",
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/plugins:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers:go_default_library",

pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate.go

@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 // AnnotateOptions have the data required to perform the annotate operation
 type AnnotateOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	PrintObj   printers.ResourcePrinterFunc
 
 	// Filename options
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewAnnotateOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *AnnotateOptions {
 	return &AnnotateOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("annotated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("annotated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 		Recorder:    genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},

pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply.go

@@ -49,19 +49,19 @@ import (
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/validation"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 type ApplyOptions struct {
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 	Recorder    genericclioptions.Recorder
 
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
-	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
+	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 
 	DeleteFlags   *DeleteFlags
 	DeleteOptions *DeleteOptions
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func NewApplyOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *ApplyOptions {
 	return &ApplyOptions{
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 		DeleteFlags: NewDeleteFlags("that contains the configuration to apply"),
-		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("created").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("created").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		Overwrite:    true,
 		OpenApiPatch: true,
@@ -191,17 +191,13 @@ func (o *ApplyOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	o.DryRun = cmdutil.GetDryRunFlag(cmd)
 
 	// allow for a success message operation to be specified at print time
-	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error) {
+	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		o.PrintFlags.NamePrintFlags.Operation = operation
 		if o.DryRun {
 			o.PrintFlags.Complete("%s (dry run)")
 		}
 
-		printer, err := o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return printer.PrintObj, nil
+		return o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
 	}
 
 	var err error
@@ -592,7 +588,7 @@ type pruner struct {
 
 	scaler scaleclient.ScalesGetter
 
-	toPrinter func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	toPrinter func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 
 	out io.Writer
 }

pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply_set_last_applied.go

@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ import (
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/editor"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 type SetLastAppliedOptions struct {
 	CreateAnnotation bool
 
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	PrintObj   printers.ResourcePrinterFunc
 
 	FilenameOptions resource.FilenameOptions
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewSetLastAppliedOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SetLastAppliedOptions {
 	return &SetLastAppliedOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("configured").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("configured").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		IOStreams:  ioStreams,
 	}
 }

pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/BUILD

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/registry/rbac/reconciliation:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",

pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/reconcile.go

@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/rbac/reconciliation"
 )
 
 // ReconcileOptions is the start of the data required to perform the operation.  As new fields are added, add them here instead of
 // referencing the cmd.Flags()
 type ReconcileOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags      *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags      *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	FilenameOptions *resource.FilenameOptions
 
 	Visitor         resource.Visitor
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var (
 func NewReconcileOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *ReconcileOptions {
 	return &ReconcileOptions{
 		FilenameOptions: &resource.FilenameOptions{},
-		PrintFlags:      printers.NewPrintFlags("reconciled").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:      genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("reconciled").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		IOStreams:       ioStreams,
 	}
 }

pkg/kubectl/cmd/autoscale.go

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ type AutoscaleOptions struct {
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 	Recorder    genericclioptions.Recorder
 
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
-	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
+	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 
 	Name       string
 	Generator  string
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ type AutoscaleOptions struct {
 
 func NewAutoscaleOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *AutoscaleOptions {
 	return &AutoscaleOptions{
-		PrintFlags:      printers.NewPrintFlags("autoscaled").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:      genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("autoscaled").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		FilenameOptions: &resource.FilenameOptions{},
 		RecordFlags:     genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 		Recorder:        genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
@@ -170,18 +170,13 @@ func (o *AutoscaleOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args
 		return err
 	}
 
-	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error) {
+	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		o.PrintFlags.NamePrintFlags.Operation = operation
 		if o.dryRun {
 			o.PrintFlags.Complete("%s (dry run)")
 		}
 
-		printer, err := o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		return printer.PrintObj, nil
+		return o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
 	}
 
 	return nil

pkg/kubectl/cmd/certificates.go

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func NewCmdCertificate(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams)
 type CertificateOptions struct {
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	PrintObj   printers.ResourcePrinterFunc
 
 	csrNames    []string
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (o *CertificateOptions) Validate() error {
 
 func NewCmdCertificateApprove(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	options := CertificateOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("approved").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("approved").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		IOStreams:  ioStreams,
 	}
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (o *CertificateOptions) RunCertificateApprove(force bool) error {
 
 func NewCmdCertificateDeny(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	options := CertificateOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("denied").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("denied").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		IOStreams:  ioStreams,
 	}
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{

pkg/kubectl/cmd/clusterinfo_dump.go

@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 type ClusterInfoDumpOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	PrintObj   printers.ResourcePrinterFunc
 
 	OutputDir     string
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type ClusterInfoDumpOptions struct {
 // NewCmdCreateSecret groups subcommands to create various types of secrets
 func NewCmdClusterInfoDump(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	o := &ClusterInfoDumpOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		IOStreams: ioStreams,
 	}

pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_printing_test.go

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	genericprinters "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ func TestIllegalPackageSourceCheckerThroughPrintFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		printFlags := printers.NewPrintFlags("succeeded").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
+		printFlags := genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("succeeded").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
 		printFlags.OutputFormat = &tc.output
 
 		printer, err := printFlags.ToPrinter()
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ func TestIllegalPackageSourceCheckerThroughPrintFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
 			}
 
-			if !printers.IsInternalObjectError(err) {
+			if !genericprinters.IsInternalObjectError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected error - expecting internal object printer error, got %q", err)
 			}
 			continue
@@ -143,13 +145,13 @@ func TestIllegalPackageSourceCheckerDirectlyThroughPrinters(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:                 "json printer: object containing package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
 			expectInternalObjErr: true,
-			printer:              &printers.JSONPrinter{},
+			printer:              &genericprinters.JSONPrinter{},
 			obj:                  internalPod(),
 		},
 		{
 			name:                 "yaml printer: object containing package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
 			expectInternalObjErr: true,
-			printer:              &printers.YAMLPrinter{},
+			printer:              &genericprinters.YAMLPrinter{},
 			obj:                  internalPod(),
 		},
 		{
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ func TestIllegalPackageSourceCheckerDirectlyThroughPrinters(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
 			}
 
-			if !printers.IsInternalObjectError(err) {
+			if !genericprinters.IsInternalObjectError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected error - expecting internal object printer error, got %q", err)
 			}
 			continue

pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/BUILD

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",

pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/flags.go

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	genericprinters "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
@@ -27,11 +29,11 @@ import (
 // used across all config commands, and provides a method
 // of retrieving a known printer based on flag values provided.
 type kubectlConfigPrintFlags struct {
-	JSONYamlPrintFlags *printers.JSONYamlPrintFlags
-	NamePrintFlags     *printers.NamePrintFlags
+	JSONYamlPrintFlags *genericclioptions.JSONYamlPrintFlags
+	NamePrintFlags     *genericclioptions.NamePrintFlags
 	TemplateFlags      *printers.KubeTemplatePrintFlags
 
-	TypeSetter *printers.TypeSetterPrinter
+	TypeSetter *genericprinters.TypeSetterPrinter
 
 	OutputFormat *string
 }
@@ -46,19 +48,19 @@ func (f *kubectlConfigPrintFlags) ToPrinter() (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 		outputFormat = *f.OutputFormat
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.JSONYamlPrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.JSONYamlPrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return f.TypeSetter.WrapToPrinter(p, err)
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.NamePrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.NamePrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return f.TypeSetter.WrapToPrinter(p, err)
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.TemplateFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.TemplateFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return f.TypeSetter.WrapToPrinter(p, err)
 	}
 
-	return nil, printers.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f}
+	return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f}
 }
 
 func (f *kubectlConfigPrintFlags) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
@@ -83,10 +85,10 @@ func newKubeConfigPrintFlags(scheme runtime.ObjectTyper) *kubectlConfigPrintFlag
 	return &kubectlConfigPrintFlags{
 		OutputFormat: &outputFormat,
 
-		JSONYamlPrintFlags: printers.NewJSONYamlPrintFlags(),
-		NamePrintFlags:     printers.NewNamePrintFlags(""),
+		JSONYamlPrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewJSONYamlPrintFlags(),
+		NamePrintFlags:     genericclioptions.NewNamePrintFlags(""),
 		TemplateFlags:      printers.NewKubeTemplatePrintFlags(),
 
-		TypeSetter: printers.NewTypeSetter(scheme),
+		TypeSetter: genericprinters.NewTypeSetter(scheme),
 	}
 }

pkg/kubectl/cmd/convert.go

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func NewCmdConvert(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *co
 
 // ConvertOptions have the data required to perform the convert operation
 type ConvertOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	PrintObj   printers.ResourcePrinterFunc
 
 	resource.FilenameOptions
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ type ConvertOptions struct {
 
 func NewConvertOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *ConvertOptions {
 	return &ConvertOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("converted").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme).WithDefaultOutput("yaml"),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("converted").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme).WithDefaultOutput("yaml"),
 		local:      true,
 		IOStreams:  ioStreams,
 	}

pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/BUILD

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/editor:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",

pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/flags.go

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package create
 
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	genericprinters "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
@@ -27,11 +29,11 @@ import (
 // used across all create commands, and provides a method
 // of retrieving a known printer based on flag values provided.
 type PrintFlags struct {
-	JSONYamlPrintFlags *printers.JSONYamlPrintFlags
-	NamePrintFlags     *printers.NamePrintFlags
+	JSONYamlPrintFlags *genericclioptions.JSONYamlPrintFlags
+	NamePrintFlags     *genericclioptions.NamePrintFlags
 	TemplateFlags      *printers.KubeTemplatePrintFlags
 
-	TypeSetter *printers.TypeSetterPrinter
+	TypeSetter *genericprinters.TypeSetterPrinter
 
 	OutputFormat *string
 }
@@ -46,19 +48,19 @@ func (f *PrintFlags) ToPrinter() (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		outputFormat = *f.OutputFormat
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.JSONYamlPrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.JSONYamlPrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return f.TypeSetter.WrapToPrinter(p, err)
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.NamePrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.NamePrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return f.TypeSetter.WrapToPrinter(p, err)
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.TemplateFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.TemplateFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return f.TypeSetter.WrapToPrinter(p, err)
 	}
 
-	return nil, printers.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f}
+	return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f}
 }
 
 func (f *PrintFlags) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
@@ -77,10 +79,10 @@ func NewPrintFlags(operation string, scheme runtime.ObjectTyper) *PrintFlags {
 	return &PrintFlags{
 		OutputFormat: &outputFormat,
 
-		JSONYamlPrintFlags: printers.NewJSONYamlPrintFlags(),
-		NamePrintFlags:     printers.NewNamePrintFlags(operation),
+		JSONYamlPrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewJSONYamlPrintFlags(),
+		NamePrintFlags:     genericclioptions.NewNamePrintFlags(operation),
 		TemplateFlags:      printers.NewKubeTemplatePrintFlags(),
 
-		TypeSetter: printers.NewTypeSetter(scheme),
+		TypeSetter: genericprinters.NewTypeSetter(scheme),
 	}
 }

pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain.go

@@ -40,21 +40,21 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 type DrainOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
 
 	Namespace          string
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewCmdCordon(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	options := &DrainOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("cordoned").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("cordoned").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		IOStreams: ioStreams,
 	}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewCmdUncordon(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	options := &DrainOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("uncordoned").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("uncordoned").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		IOStreams:  ioStreams,
 	}
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewDrainOptions(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *DrainOptions {
 	return &DrainOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("drained").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("drained").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		IOStreams:          ioStreams,
 		backOff:            clockwork.NewRealClock(),
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ func (o *DrainOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []st
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+
 		return printer.PrintObj, nil
 	}
 
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ func (o *DrainOptions) RunDrain() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	printer, err := o.ToPrinter("drained")
+	printObj, err := o.ToPrinter("drained")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ func (o *DrainOptions) RunDrain() error {
 		}
 		if err == nil || o.DryRun {
 			drainedNodes.Insert(info.Name)
-			printer.PrintObj(info.Object, o.Out)
+			printObj(info.Object, o.Out)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "error: unable to drain node %q, aborting command...\n\n", info.Name)
 			remainingNodes := []string{}
@@ -650,7 +651,7 @@ func (o *DrainOptions) waitForDelete(pods []corev1.Pod, interval, timeout time.D
 	} else {
 		verbStr = "deleted"
 	}
-	printer, err := o.ToPrinter(verbStr)
+	printObj, err := o.ToPrinter(verbStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return pods, err
 	}
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ func (o *DrainOptions) waitForDelete(pods []corev1.Pod, interval, timeout time.D
 		for i, pod := range pods {
 			p, err := getPodFn(pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
 			if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) || (p != nil && p.ObjectMeta.UID != pod.ObjectMeta.UID) {
-				printer.PrintObj(&pod, o.Out)
+				printObj(&pod, o.Out)
 				continue
 			} else if err != nil {
 				return false, err
@@ -736,12 +737,12 @@ func (o *DrainOptions) RunCordonOrUncordon(desired bool) error {
 			}
 			unsched := node.Spec.Unschedulable
 			if unsched == desired {
-				printer, err := o.ToPrinter(already(desired))
+				printObj, err := o.ToPrinter(already(desired))
 				if err != nil {
 					fmt.Printf("error: %v", err)
 					continue
 				}
-				printer.PrintObj(cmdutil.AsDefaultVersionedOrOriginal(nodeInfo.Object, nodeInfo.Mapping), o.Out)
+				printObj(cmdutil.AsDefaultVersionedOrOriginal(nodeInfo.Object, nodeInfo.Mapping), o.Out)
 			} else {
 				if !o.DryRun {
 					helper := resource.NewHelper(o.restClient, nodeInfo.Mapping)
@@ -762,20 +763,20 @@ func (o *DrainOptions) RunCordonOrUncordon(desired bool) error {
 						continue
 					}
 				}
-				printer, err := o.ToPrinter(changed(desired))
+				printObj, err := o.ToPrinter(changed(desired))
 				if err != nil {
 					fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "%v", err)
 					continue
 				}
-				printer.PrintObj(cmdutil.AsDefaultVersionedOrOriginal(nodeInfo.Object, nodeInfo.Mapping), o.Out)
+				printObj(cmdutil.AsDefaultVersionedOrOriginal(nodeInfo.Object, nodeInfo.Mapping), o.Out)
 			}
 		} else {
-			printer, err := o.ToPrinter("skipped")
+			printObj, err := o.ToPrinter("skipped")
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "%v", err)
 				continue
 			}
-			printer.PrintObj(cmdutil.AsDefaultVersionedOrOriginal(nodeInfo.Object, nodeInfo.Mapping), o.Out)
+			printObj(cmdutil.AsDefaultVersionedOrOriginal(nodeInfo.Object, nodeInfo.Mapping), o.Out)
 		}
 	}
 

pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain_test.go

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
 	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ func TestDeletePods(t *testing.T) {
 			defer tf.Cleanup()
 
 			o := DrainOptions{
-				PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("drained").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+				PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("drained").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 			}
 			o.Out = os.Stdout
 

pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go

@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ var (
 type ExposeServiceOptions struct {
 	FilenameOptions resource.FilenameOptions
 	RecordFlags     *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
-	PrintFlags      *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags      *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	PrintObj        printers.ResourcePrinterFunc
 
 	DryRun           bool
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ type ExposeServiceOptions struct {
 func NewExposeServiceOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *ExposeServiceOptions {
 	return &ExposeServiceOptions{
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
-		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("exposed").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("exposed").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		Recorder:  genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
 		IOStreams: ioStreams,

pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/BUILD

@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",

pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ const (
 // NewGetOptions returns a GetOptions with default chunk size 500.
 func NewGetOptions(parent string, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *GetOptions {
 	return &GetOptions{
-		PrintFlags: NewGetPrintFlags(legacyscheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: NewGetPrintFlags(),
 		CmdParent:  parent,
 
 		IOStreams:   streams,

pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get_flags.go

@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 // PrintFlags composes common printer flag structs
 // used in the Get command.
 type PrintFlags struct {
-	JSONYamlPrintFlags *printers.JSONYamlPrintFlags
-	NamePrintFlags     *printers.NamePrintFlags
+	JSONYamlPrintFlags *genericclioptions.JSONYamlPrintFlags
+	NamePrintFlags     *genericclioptions.NamePrintFlags
 	TemplateFlags      *printers.KubeTemplatePrintFlags
 	CustomColumnsFlags *printers.CustomColumnsPrintFlags
 	HumanReadableFlags *HumanPrintFlags
@@ -107,27 +107,27 @@ func (f *PrintFlags) ToPrinter() (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		f.CustomColumnsFlags.TemplateArgument = *f.TemplateFlags.TemplateArgument
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.JSONYamlPrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.JSONYamlPrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return p, err
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.HumanReadableFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.HumanReadableFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return p, err
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.TemplateFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.TemplateFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return p, err
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.CustomColumnsFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.CustomColumnsFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return p, err
 	}
 
-	if p, err := f.NamePrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.NamePrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return p, err
 	}
 
-	return nil, printers.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f}
+	return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f}
 }
 
 // AddFlags receives a *cobra.Command reference and binds
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (f *PrintFlags) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 // NewGetPrintFlags returns flags associated with humanreadable,
 // template, and "name" printing, with default values set.
-func NewGetPrintFlags(scheme runtime.ObjectConvertor) *PrintFlags {
+func NewGetPrintFlags() *PrintFlags {
 	outputFormat := ""
 	noHeaders := false
 
@@ -161,9 +161,10 @@ func NewGetPrintFlags(scheme runtime.ObjectConvertor) *PrintFlags {
 		OutputFormat: &outputFormat,
 		NoHeaders:    &noHeaders,
 
-		JSONYamlPrintFlags: printers.NewJSONYamlPrintFlags(),
-		NamePrintFlags:     printers.NewNamePrintFlags(""),
+		JSONYamlPrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewJSONYamlPrintFlags(),
+		NamePrintFlags:     genericclioptions.NewNamePrintFlags(""),
 		TemplateFlags:      printers.NewKubeTemplatePrintFlags(),
+
 		HumanReadableFlags: NewHumanPrintFlags(),
 		CustomColumnsFlags: printers.NewCustomColumnsPrintFlags(),
 	}

pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/humanreadable_flags.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package get
 
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func (f *HumanPrintFlags) EnsureWithNamespace() error {
 // handling human-readable output.
 func (f *HumanPrintFlags) ToPrinter(outputFormat string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 	if len(outputFormat) > 0 && outputFormat != "wide" {
-		return nil, printers.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f}
+		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f}
 	}
 
 	decoder := scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder()

pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/humanreadable_flags_test.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 )
 
 func TestHumanReadablePrinterSupportsExpectedOptions(t *testing.T) {
@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ func TestHumanReadablePrinterSupportsExpectedOptions(t *testing.T) {
 
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(tc.outputFormat)
 			if tc.expectNoMatch {
-				if !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+				if !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 					t.Fatalf("expected no printer matches for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 				}
 				return
 			}
-			if printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 			}
 

pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go

@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 // LabelOptions have the data required to perform the label operation
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ type LabelOptions struct {
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
-	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
+	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 
 	// Common user flags
 	overwrite       bool
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func NewLabelOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *LabelOptions {
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 		Recorder:    genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
 
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("labeled").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("labeled").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		IOStreams: ioStreams,
 	}
@@ -168,17 +168,13 @@ func (o *LabelOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []st
 	o.outputFormat = cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "output")
 	o.dryrun = cmdutil.GetDryRunFlag(cmd)
 
-	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error) {
+	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		o.PrintFlags.NamePrintFlags.Operation = operation
 		if o.dryrun {
 			o.PrintFlags.Complete("%s (dry run)")
 		}
 
-		printer, err := o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return printer.PrintObj, nil
+		return o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
 	}
 
 	resources, labelArgs, err := cmdutil.GetResourcesAndPairs(args, "label")

pkg/kubectl/cmd/patch.go

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 var patchTypes = map[string]types.PatchType{"json": types.JSONPatchType, "merge": types.MergePatchType, "strategic": types.StrategicMergePatchType}
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ type PatchOptions struct {
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
-	PrintFlags  *printers.PrintFlags
-	ToPrinter   func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	PrintFlags  *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
+	ToPrinter   func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 	Recorder    genericclioptions.Recorder
 
 	Local     bool
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func NewPatchOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *PatchOptions {
 	return &PatchOptions{
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 		Recorder:    genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
-		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("patched").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("patched").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		IOStreams:   ioStreams,
 	}
 }
@@ -143,17 +143,13 @@ func (o *PatchOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []st
 	o.outputFormat = cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "output")
 	o.dryRun = cmdutil.GetFlagBool(cmd, "dry-run")
 
-	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error) {
+	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		o.PrintFlags.NamePrintFlags.Operation = operation
 		if o.dryRun {
 			o.PrintFlags.Complete("%s (dry run)")
 		}
 
-		printer, err := o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return printer.PrintObj, nil
+		return o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
 	}
 
 	o.namespace, o.enforceNamespace, err = f.DefaultNamespace()

pkg/kubectl/cmd/replace.go

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/validation"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 type ReplaceOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags  *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags  *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	DeleteFlags *DeleteFlags
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 
@@ -94,9 +93,9 @@ func NewReplaceOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *ReplaceOptions {
 	return &ReplaceOptions{
 		// TODO(juanvallejo): figure out why we only support the "name" outputFormat in this command
 		// we only support "-o name" for this command, so only register the name printer
-		PrintFlags: &printers.PrintFlags{
+		PrintFlags: &genericclioptions.PrintFlags{
 			OutputFormat:   &outputFormat,
-			NamePrintFlags: printers.NewNamePrintFlags("replaced"),
+			NamePrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewNamePrintFlags("replaced"),
 		},
 		DeleteFlags: NewDeleteFlags("to use to replace the resource."),
 

pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go

@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/validation"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -107,15 +107,15 @@ type RollingUpdateOptions struct {
 
 	FindNewName func(*api.ReplicationController) string
 
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
-	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
+	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 
 	genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
 func NewRollingUpdateOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *RollingUpdateOptions {
 	return &RollingUpdateOptions{
-		PrintFlags:      printers.NewPrintFlags("rolling updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:      genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("rolling updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		FilenameOptions: &resource.FilenameOptions{},
 		DeploymentKey:   "deployment",
 		Timeout:         timeout,
@@ -226,18 +226,13 @@ func (o *RollingUpdateOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, a
 
 	o.Builder = f.NewBuilder()
 
-	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error) {
+	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		o.PrintFlags.NamePrintFlags.Operation = operation
 		if o.DryRun {
 			o.PrintFlags.Complete("%s (dry run)")
 		}
 
-		printer, err := o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		return printer.PrintObj, nil
+		return o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
 	}
 	return nil
 }

pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/BUILD

@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/interrupt:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/renstrom/dedent:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",

pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/rollout_pause.go

@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 // PauseConfig is the start of the data required to perform the operation.  As new fields are added, add them here instead of
 // referencing the cmd.Flags()
 type PauseConfig struct {
 	resource.FilenameOptions
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
-	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
+	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 
 	Pauser func(info *resource.Info) ([]byte, error)
 	Infos  []*resource.Info
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewCmdRolloutPause(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	o := &PauseConfig{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("paused").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("paused").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		IOStreams:  streams,
 	}
 
@@ -122,14 +122,9 @@ func (o *PauseConfig) CompletePause(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args
 		return err
 	}
 
-	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error) {
+	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		o.PrintFlags.NamePrintFlags.Operation = operation
-		printer, err := o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		return printer.PrintObj, nil
+		return o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
 	}
 
 	o.Infos, err = r.Infos()

pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/rollout_resume.go

@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 // ResumeConfig is the start of the data required to perform the operation.  As new fields are added, add them here instead of
 // referencing the cmd.Flags()
 type ResumeConfig struct {
 	resource.FilenameOptions
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
-	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
+	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 
 	Resumer func(object *resource.Info) ([]byte, error)
 	Infos   []*resource.Info
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewCmdRolloutResume(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	o := &ResumeConfig{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("resumed").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("resumed").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		IOStreams:  streams,
 	}
 
@@ -106,14 +106,9 @@ func (o *ResumeConfig) CompleteResume(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, arg
 		return err
 	}
 
-	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error) {
+	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		o.PrintFlags.NamePrintFlags.Operation = operation
-		printer, err := o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		return printer.PrintObj, nil
+		return o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
 	}
 
 	r := f.NewBuilder().

pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/rollout_undo.go

@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 // UndoOptions is the start of the data required to perform the operation.  As new fields are added, add them here instead of
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ import (
 type UndoOptions struct {
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
-	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
+	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 
 	Rollbackers []kubectl.Rollbacker
 	Infos       []*resource.Info
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewCmdRolloutUndo(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	o := &UndoOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		ToRevision: int64(0),
 	}
 
@@ -112,17 +113,12 @@ func (o *UndoOptions) CompleteUndo(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, out io
 		return err
 	}
 
-	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error) {
+	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		o.PrintFlags.NamePrintFlags.Operation = operation
 		if o.DryRun {
 			o.PrintFlags.Complete("%s (dry run)")
 		}
-		printer, err := o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		return printer.PrintObj, nil
+		return o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
 	}
 
 	r := f.NewBuilder().

pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go

@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
-	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
-
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
+
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ type RunObject struct {
 }
 
 type RunOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags    *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags    *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	DeleteFlags   *DeleteFlags
 	DeleteOptions *DeleteOptions
 	RecordFlags   *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ type RunOptions struct {
 
 func NewRunOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *RunOptions {
 	return &RunOptions{
-		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("created").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("created").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		DeleteFlags: NewDeleteFlags("to use to replace the resource."),
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 

pkg/kubectl/cmd/run_test.go

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 // This init should be removed after switching this command and its tests to user external types.
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ func TestRunArgsFollowDashRules(t *testing.T) {
 			cmd.Flags().Set("image", "nginx")
 			cmd.Flags().Set("generator", "run/v1")
 
-			printFlags := printers.NewPrintFlags("created").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
+			printFlags := genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("created").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
 			printer, err := printFlags.ToPrinter()
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
@@ -366,7 +365,7 @@ func TestGenerateService(t *testing.T) {
 				}),
 			}
 
-			printFlags := printers.NewPrintFlags("created").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
+			printFlags := genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("created").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
 			printer, err := printFlags.ToPrinter()
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)

pkg/kubectl/cmd/scale.go

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ var (
 type ScaleOptions struct {
 	FilenameOptions resource.FilenameOptions
 	RecordFlags     *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
-	PrintFlags      *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags      *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	PrintObj        printers.ResourcePrinterFunc
 
 	Selector        string
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ func NewScaleOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *ScaleOptions {
 	return &ScaleOptions{
 		// TODO(juanvallejo): figure out why we only support the "name" outputFormat in this command
 		// we only support "-o name" for this command, so only register the name printer
-		PrintFlags: &printers.PrintFlags{
+		PrintFlags: &genericclioptions.PrintFlags{
 			OutputFormat:   &outputFormat,
-			NamePrintFlags: printers.NewNamePrintFlags("scaled"),
+			NamePrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewNamePrintFlags("scaled"),
 		},
 		RecordFlags:     genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 		CurrentReplicas: -1,

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/BUILD

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/env:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_env.go

@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ import (
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	envutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/env"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 type EnvOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 
 	EnvParams         []string
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ type EnvOptions struct {
 // pod templates are selected by default and allowing environment to be overwritten
 func NewEnvOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *EnvOptions {
 	return &EnvOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("env updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("env updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		ContainerSelector: "*",
 		Overwrite:         true,

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_env_test.go

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 func TestSetEnvLocal(t *testing.T) {
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ func TestSetEnvLocal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	streams, _, buf, bufErr := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
 	opts := NewEnvOptions(streams)
-	opts.PrintFlags = printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
+	opts.PrintFlags = genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
 	opts.FilenameOptions = resource.FilenameOptions{
 		Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/controller.yaml"},
 	}
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ func TestSetMultiResourcesEnvLocal(t *testing.T) {
 	outputFormat := "name"
 	streams, _, buf, bufErr := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
 	opts := NewEnvOptions(streams)
-	opts.PrintFlags = printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
+	opts.PrintFlags = genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
 	opts.FilenameOptions = resource.FilenameOptions{
 		Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/multi-resource-yaml.yaml"},
 	}
@@ -483,7 +482,7 @@ func TestSetEnvRemote(t *testing.T) {
 			outputFormat := "yaml"
 			streams := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard()
 			opts := NewEnvOptions(streams)
-			opts.PrintFlags = printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
+			opts.PrintFlags = genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
 			opts.Local = false
 			opts.IOStreams = streams
 			err := opts.Complete(tf, NewCmdEnv(tf, streams), input.args)

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_image.go

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 // ImageOptions is the start of the data required to perform the operation.  As new fields are added, add them here instead of
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import (
 type SetImageOptions struct {
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 
-	PrintFlags  *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags  *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 
 	Infos        []*resource.Info
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewImageOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SetImageOptions {
 	return &SetImageOptions{
-		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("image updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("image updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 
 		Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_image_test.go

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 func TestImageLocal(t *testing.T) {
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ func TestImageLocal(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
 
 	opts := SetImageOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		FilenameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/controller.yaml"}},
 		Local:     true,
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ func TestImageLocal(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSetImageValidation(t *testing.T) {
-	printFlags := printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
+	printFlags := genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme)
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name         string
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ func TestSetMultiResourcesImageLocal(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
 
 	opts := SetImageOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		FilenameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/multi-resource-yaml.yaml"}},
 		Local:     true,
@@ -570,7 +569,7 @@ func TestSetImageRemote(t *testing.T) {
 			cmd := NewCmdImage(tf, streams)
 			cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 			opts := SetImageOptions{
-				PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+				PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 				Local:     false,
 				IOStreams: streams,

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_resources.go

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 
@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ var (
 type SetResourcesOptions struct {
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 
-	PrintFlags  *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags  *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 
 	Infos             []*resource.Info
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ type SetResourcesOptions struct {
 // pod templates are selected by default.
 func NewResourcesOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SetResourcesOptions {
 	return &SetResourcesOptions{
-		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("resource requirements updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("resource requirements updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 
 		Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_resources_test.go

@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
-
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	appsv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta1"
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ func TestResourcesLocal(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
 
 	opts := SetResourcesOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		FilenameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/controller.yaml"}},
 		Local:             true,
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ func TestSetMultiResourcesLimitsLocal(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
 
 	opts := SetResourcesOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		FilenameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/multi-resource-yaml.yaml"}},
 		Local:             true,
@@ -494,7 +492,7 @@ func TestSetResourcesRemote(t *testing.T) {
 			cmd := NewCmdResources(tf, streams)
 			cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 			opts := SetResourcesOptions{
-				PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+				PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 				Limits:            "cpu=200m,memory=512Mi",
 				ContainerSelector: "*",

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_selector.go

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package set
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
-
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ import (
 type SetSelectorOptions struct {
 	fileOptions resource.FilenameOptions
 
-	PrintFlags  *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags  *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 
 	local  bool
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewSelectorOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SetSelectorOptions {
 	return &SetSelectorOptions{
-		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("selector updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("selector updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 
 		Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_serviceaccount.go

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ var (
 
 // serviceAccountConfig encapsulates the data required to perform the operation.
 type SetServiceAccountOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags  *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags  *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 
 	fileNameOptions        resource.FilenameOptions
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ type SetServiceAccountOptions struct {
 
 func NewSetServiceAccountOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SetServiceAccountOptions {
 	return &SetServiceAccountOptions{
-		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("serviceaccount updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("serviceaccount updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 
 		Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_serviceaccount_test.go

@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
-
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	appsv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta1"
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ func TestSetServiceAccountLocal(t *testing.T) {
 			cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
 			testapi.Default = testapi.Groups[input.apiGroup]
 			saConfig := SetServiceAccountOptions{
-				PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+				PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 				fileNameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 					Filenames: []string{input.yaml}},
 				local:     true,
@@ -128,7 +126,7 @@ func TestSetServiceAccountMultiLocal(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
 	opts := SetServiceAccountOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		fileNameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/multi-resource-yaml.yaml"}},
 		local:     true,
@@ -365,7 +363,7 @@ func TestSetServiceAccountRemote(t *testing.T) {
 			cmd := NewCmdServiceAccount(tf, streams)
 			cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 			saConfig := SetServiceAccountOptions{
-				PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+				PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 				local:     false,
 				IOStreams: streams,
@@ -407,7 +405,7 @@ func TestServiceAccountValidation(t *testing.T) {
 			cmd := NewCmdServiceAccount(tf, streams)
 
 			saConfig := &SetServiceAccountOptions{
-				PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+				PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithDefaultOutput(outputFormat).WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 				IOStreams:  streams,
 			}
 			err := saConfig.Complete(tf, cmd, input.args)

pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_subject.go

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type updateSubjects func(existings []rbacv1.Subject, targets []rbacv1.Subject) (
 // SubjectOptions is the start of the data required to perform the operation. As new fields are added, add them here instead of
 // referencing the cmd.Flags
 type SubjectOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
 
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ type SubjectOptions struct {
 
 func NewSubjectOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SubjectOptions {
 	return &SubjectOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("subjects updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("subjects updated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		IOStreams: streams,
 	}

pkg/kubectl/cmd/taint.go

@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 	taintutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/taints"
 )
 
 // TaintOptions have the data required to perform the taint operation
 type TaintOptions struct {
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
-	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
+	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 
 	resources      []string
 	taintsToAdd    []v1.Taint
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var (
 
 func NewCmdTaint(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	options := &TaintOptions{
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("tainted").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("tainted").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		IOStreams:  streams,
 	}
 
@@ -148,14 +148,9 @@ func (o *TaintOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []st
 		}
 	}
 
-	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error) {
+	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		o.PrintFlags.NamePrintFlags.Operation = operation
-		printer, err := o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		return printer.PrintObj, nil
+		return o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
 	}
 
 	if len(o.resources) < 1 {

pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/editor/BUILD

@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/crlf:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/term:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",

pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/editor/editoptions.go

@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/crlf"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 // EditOptions contains all the options for running edit cli command.
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ type EditOptions struct {
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 
-	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
-	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error)
+	PrintFlags *genericclioptions.PrintFlags
+	ToPrinter  func(string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error)
 
 	Output             string
 	OutputPatch        bool
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func NewEditOptions(editMode EditMode, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *E
 
 		EditMode: editMode,
 
-		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("edited").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("edited").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		WindowsLineEndings: goruntime.GOOS == "windows",
 
@@ -163,13 +163,9 @@ func (o *EditOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, args []string, cmd *cobra.Comm
 			Do()
 	}
 
-	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinterFunc, error) {
+	o.ToPrinter = func(operation string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 		o.PrintFlags.NamePrintFlags.Operation = operation
-		printer, err := o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return printer.PrintObj, nil
+		return o.PrintFlags.ToPrinter()
 	}
 
 	o.CmdNamespace = cmdNamespace

pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/BUILD

-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
 
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ go_library(
         "config_flags_fake.go",
         "doc.go",
         "io_options.go",
+        "json_yaml_flags.go",
+        "name_flags.go",
+        "print_flags.go",
         "record_flags.go",
     ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
@@ -37,8 +41,22 @@ filegroup(
     name = "all-srcs",
     srcs = [
         ":package-srcs",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/resource:all-srcs",
     ],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_test",
+    srcs = [
+        "json_yaml_flags_test.go",
+        "name_flags_test.go",
+    ],
+    embed = [":go_default_library"],
+    deps = [
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)

pkg/printers/json_yaml_flags.go → pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/json_yaml_flags.go

@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers
+package genericclioptions
 
 import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
 // JSONYamlPrintFlags provides default flags necessary for json/yaml printing.
@@ -32,15 +34,15 @@ type JSONYamlPrintFlags struct {
 // handling --output=(yaml|json) printing.
 // Returns false if the specified outputFormat does not match a supported format.
 // Supported Format types can be found in pkg/printers/printers.go
-func (f *JSONYamlPrintFlags) ToPrinter(outputFormat string) (ResourcePrinter, error) {
-	var printer ResourcePrinter
+func (f *JSONYamlPrintFlags) ToPrinter(outputFormat string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
+	var printer printers.ResourcePrinter
 
 	outputFormat = strings.ToLower(outputFormat)
 	switch outputFormat {
 	case "json":
-		printer = &JSONPrinter{}
+		printer = &printers.JSONPrinter{}
 	case "yaml":
-		printer = &YAMLPrinter{}
+		printer = &printers.YAMLPrinter{}
 	default:
 		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &outputFormat}
 	}

pkg/printers/json_yaml_flags_test.go → pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/json_yaml_flags_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers_test
+package genericclioptions
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedJSONYamlFormats(t *testing.T) {
@@ -62,16 +61,16 @@ func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedJSONYamlFormats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			printFlags := printers.JSONYamlPrintFlags{}
+			printFlags := JSONYamlPrintFlags{}
 
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(tc.outputFormat)
 			if tc.expectNoMatch {
-				if !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+				if !IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 					t.Fatalf("expected no printer matches for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 				}
 				return
 			}
-			if printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 			}
 			if err != nil {

pkg/printers/name_flags.go → pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/name_flags.go

@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers
+package genericclioptions
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
 // NamePrintFlags provides default flags necessary for printing
@@ -42,8 +44,8 @@ func (f *NamePrintFlags) Complete(successTemplate string) error {
 // handling --output=name printing.
 // Returns false if the specified outputFormat does not match a supported format.
 // Supported format types can be found in pkg/printers/printers.go
-func (f *NamePrintFlags) ToPrinter(outputFormat string) (ResourcePrinter, error) {
-	namePrinter := &NamePrinter{
+func (f *NamePrintFlags) ToPrinter(outputFormat string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
+	namePrinter := &printers.NamePrinter{
 		Operation: f.Operation,
 	}
 

pkg/printers/name_flags_test.go → pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/name_flags_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers_test
+package genericclioptions
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 func TestNamePrinterSupportsExpectedFormats(t *testing.T) {
@@ -78,18 +77,18 @@ func TestNamePrinterSupportsExpectedFormats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			printFlags := printers.NamePrintFlags{
+			printFlags := NamePrintFlags{
 				Operation: tc.operation,
 			}
 
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(tc.outputFormat)
 			if tc.expectNoMatch {
-				if !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+				if !IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 					t.Fatalf("expected no printer matches for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 				}
 				return
 			}
-			if printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match name printer for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 			}
 

pkg/printers/flags.go → pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/print_flags.go

@@ -14,28 +14,16 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers
+package genericclioptions
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
-var (
-	internalObjectPrinterErr = "a versioned object must be passed to a printer"
-
-	// disallowedPackagePrefixes contains regular expression templates
-	// for object package paths that are not allowed by printers.
-	disallowedPackagePrefixes = []string{
-		"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/",
-	}
-)
-
-var internalObjectPreventer = &illegalPackageSourceChecker{disallowedPackagePrefixes}
-
 type NoCompatiblePrinterError struct {
 	OutputFormat *string
 	Options      interface{}
@@ -59,14 +47,6 @@ func IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err error) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
-func IsInternalObjectError(err error) bool {
-	if err == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return err.Error() == internalObjectPrinterErr
-}
-
 // PrintFlags composes common printer flag structs
 // used across all commands, and provides a method
 // of retrieving a known printer based on flag values provided.
@@ -74,7 +54,7 @@ type PrintFlags struct {
 	JSONYamlPrintFlags *JSONYamlPrintFlags
 	NamePrintFlags     *NamePrintFlags
 
-	TypeSetterPrinter *TypeSetterPrinter
+	TypeSetterPrinter *printers.TypeSetterPrinter
 
 	OutputFormat *string
 }
@@ -83,7 +63,7 @@ func (f *PrintFlags) Complete(successTemplate string) error {
 	return f.NamePrintFlags.Complete(successTemplate)
 }
 
-func (f *PrintFlags) ToPrinter() (ResourcePrinter, error) {
+func (f *PrintFlags) ToPrinter() (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 	outputFormat := ""
 	if f.OutputFormat != nil {
 		outputFormat = *f.OutputFormat
@@ -121,7 +101,7 @@ func (f *PrintFlags) WithDefaultOutput(output string) *PrintFlags {
 
 // WithTypeSetter sets a wrapper than will surround the returned printer with a printer to type resources
 func (f *PrintFlags) WithTypeSetter(scheme *runtime.Scheme) *PrintFlags {
-	f.TypeSetterPrinter = NewTypeSetter(scheme)
+	f.TypeSetterPrinter = printers.NewTypeSetter(scheme)
 	return f
 }
 
@@ -135,22 +115,3 @@ func NewPrintFlags(operation string) *PrintFlags {
 		NamePrintFlags:     NewNamePrintFlags(operation),
 	}
 }
-
-// illegalPackageSourceChecker compares a given
-// object's package path, and determines if the
-// object originates from a disallowed source.
-type illegalPackageSourceChecker struct {
-	// disallowedPrefixes is a slice of disallowed package path
-	// prefixes for a given runtime.Object that we are printing.
-	disallowedPrefixes []string
-}
-
-func (c *illegalPackageSourceChecker) IsForbidden(pkgPath string) bool {
-	for _, forbiddenPrefix := range c.disallowedPrefixes {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(pkgPath, forbiddenPrefix) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}

pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/BUILD

+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = [
+        "interface.go",
+        "json.go",
+        "name.go",
+        "sourcechecker.go",
+        "typesetter.go",
+    ],
+    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [
+        "//vendor/github.com/ghodss/yaml:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_test",
+    srcs = ["sourcechecker_test.go"],
+    embed = [":go_default_library"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "package-srcs",
+    srcs = glob(["**"]),
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all-srcs",
+    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)

pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/interface.go

+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed 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 printers
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+)
+
+// ResourcePrinterFunc is a function that can print objects
+type ResourcePrinterFunc func(runtime.Object, io.Writer) error
+
+// ResourcePrinter is an interface that knows how to print runtime objects.
+type ResourcePrinter interface {
+	// Print receives a runtime object, formats it and prints it to a writer.
+	PrintObj(runtime.Object, io.Writer) error
+}

pkg/printers/json.go → pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/json.go

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ func (p *JSONPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	// we use reflect.Indirect here in order to obtain the actual value from a pointer.
 	// we need an actual value in order to retrieve the package path for an object.
 	// using reflect.Indirect indiscriminately is valid here, as all runtime.Objects are supposed to be pointers.
-	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
-		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	if InternalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(InternalObjectPrinterErr)
 	}
 
 	switch obj := obj.(type) {
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ func (p *YAMLPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	// we use reflect.Indirect here in order to obtain the actual value from a pointer.
 	// we need an actual value in order to retrieve the package path for an object.
 	// using reflect.Indirect indiscriminately is valid here, as all runtime.Objects are supposed to be pointers.
-	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
-		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	if InternalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(InternalObjectPrinterErr)
 	}
 
 	switch obj := obj.(type) {

pkg/printers/name.go → pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/name.go

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ func (p *NamePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	// we use reflect.Indirect here in order to obtain the actual value from a pointer.
 	// using reflect.Indirect indiscriminately is valid here, as all runtime.Objects are supposed to be pointers.
 	// we need an actual value in order to retrieve the package path for an object.
-	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
-		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	if InternalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(InternalObjectPrinterErr)
 	}
 
 	if meta.IsListType(obj) {

pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/sourcechecker.go

+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed 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 printers
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	InternalObjectPrinterErr = "a versioned object must be passed to a printer"
+
+	// disallowedPackagePrefixes contains regular expression templates
+	// for object package paths that are not allowed by printers.
+	disallowedPackagePrefixes = []string{
+		"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/",
+	}
+)
+
+var InternalObjectPreventer = &illegalPackageSourceChecker{disallowedPackagePrefixes}
+
+func IsInternalObjectError(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return err.Error() == InternalObjectPrinterErr
+}
+
+// illegalPackageSourceChecker compares a given
+// object's package path, and determines if the
+// object originates from a disallowed source.
+type illegalPackageSourceChecker struct {
+	// disallowedPrefixes is a slice of disallowed package path
+	// prefixes for a given runtime.Object that we are printing.
+	disallowedPrefixes []string
+}
+
+func (c *illegalPackageSourceChecker) IsForbidden(pkgPath string) bool {
+	for _, forbiddenPrefix := range c.disallowedPrefixes {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(pkgPath, forbiddenPrefix) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}

pkg/printers/BUILD

@@ -11,25 +11,20 @@ go_library(
     srcs = [
         "customcolumn.go",
         "customcolumn_flags.go",
-        "flags.go",
         "humanreadable.go",
         "interface.go",
-        "json.go",
-        "json_yaml_flags.go",
         "jsonpath.go",
         "jsonpath_flags.go",
         "kube_template_flags.go",
-        "name.go",
-        "name_flags.go",
         "tabwriter.go",
         "template.go",
         "template_flags.go",
-        "typesetter.go",
     ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers",
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/ghodss/yaml:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -43,26 +38,6 @@ go_library(
     ],
 )
 
-go_test(
-    name = "go_default_xtest",
-    srcs = [
-        "customcolumn_flags_test.go",
-        "customcolumn_test.go",
-        "json_yaml_flags_test.go",
-        "jsonpath_flags_test.go",
-        "name_flags_test.go",
-        "template_flags_test.go",
-    ],
-    deps = [
-        ":go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/api/legacyscheme:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/core:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
-    ],
-)
-
 filegroup(
     name = "package-srcs",
     srcs = glob(["**"]),
@@ -83,13 +58,18 @@ filegroup(
 go_test(
     name = "go_default_test",
     srcs = [
-        "flags_test.go",
+        "customcolumn_flags_test.go",
+        "customcolumn_test.go",
         "humanreadable_test.go",
+        "jsonpath_flags_test.go",
+        "template_flags_test.go",
         "template_test.go",
     ],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/api/legacyscheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/core:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1beta1:go_default_library",

pkg/printers/customcolumn.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
 var jsonRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("^\\{\\.?([^{}]+)\\}$|^\\.?([^{}]+)$")
@@ -154,8 +155,8 @@ func (s *CustomColumnsPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, out io.Writer) error
 	// we use reflect.Indirect here in order to obtain the actual value from a pointer.
 	// we need an actual value in order to retrieve the package path for an object.
 	// using reflect.Indirect indiscriminately is valid here, as all runtime.Objects are supposed to be pointers.
-	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
-		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	if printers.InternalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(printers.InternalObjectPrinterErr)
 	}
 
 	if w, found := out.(*tabwriter.Writer); !found {

pkg/printers/customcolumn_flags.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 )
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ type CustomColumnsPrintFlags struct {
 // Supported format types can be found in pkg/printers/printers.go
 func (f *CustomColumnsPrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter, error) {
 	if len(templateFormat) == 0 {
-		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{}
+		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{}
 	}
 
 	templateValue := ""
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func (f *CustomColumnsPrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrin
 	}
 
 	if _, supportedFormat := supportedFormats[templateFormat]; !supportedFormat {
-		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{}
+		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{}
 	}
 
 	if len(templateValue) == 0 {
@@ -82,8 +83,7 @@ func (f *CustomColumnsPrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrin
 		return p, err
 	}
 
-	p, err := NewCustomColumnsPrinterFromSpec(templateValue, decoder, f.NoHeaders)
-	return p, err
+	return NewCustomColumnsPrinterFromSpec(templateValue, decoder, f.NoHeaders)
 }
 
 // AddFlags receives a *cobra.Command reference and binds

pkg/printers/customcolumn_flags_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers_test
+package printers
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 )
 
 func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedCustomColumnFormats(t *testing.T) {
@@ -94,18 +94,18 @@ func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedCustomColumnFormats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			printFlags := printers.CustomColumnsPrintFlags{
+			printFlags := CustomColumnsPrintFlags{
 				TemplateArgument: tc.templateArg,
 			}
 
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(tc.outputFormat)
 			if tc.expectNoMatch {
-				if !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+				if !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 					t.Fatalf("expected no printer matches for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 				}
 				return
 			}
-			if printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 			}
 

pkg/printers/customcolumn_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers_test
+package printers
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 func TestMassageJSONPath(t *testing.T) {
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ func TestMassageJSONPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.input, func(t *testing.T) {
-			output, err := printers.RelaxedJSONPathExpression(test.input)
+			output, err := RelaxedJSONPathExpression(test.input)
 			if err != nil && !test.expectErr {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 				return
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ func TestMassageJSONPath(t *testing.T) {
 func TestNewColumnPrinterFromSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		spec            string
-		expectedColumns []printers.Column
+		expectedColumns []Column
 		expectErr       bool
 		name            string
 		noHeaders       bool
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ func TestNewColumnPrinterFromSpec(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			spec: "NAME:metadata.name,API_VERSION:apiVersion",
 			name: "ok",
-			expectedColumns: []printers.Column{
+			expectedColumns: []Column{
 				{
 					Header:    "NAME",
 					FieldSpec: "{.metadata.name}",
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ func TestNewColumnPrinterFromSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			printer, err := printers.NewCustomColumnsPrinterFromSpec(test.spec, legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), test.noHeaders)
+			printer, err := NewCustomColumnsPrinterFromSpec(test.spec, legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), test.noHeaders)
 			if test.expectErr {
 				if err == nil {
 					t.Errorf("[%s] unexpected non-error", test.name)
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ const exampleTemplateTwo = `NAME               		API_VERSION
 func TestNewColumnPrinterFromTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		spec            string
-		expectedColumns []printers.Column
+		expectedColumns []Column
 		expectErr       bool
 		name            string
 	}{
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ func TestNewColumnPrinterFromTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			spec: exampleTemplateOne,
 			name: "ok",
-			expectedColumns: []printers.Column{
+			expectedColumns: []Column{
 				{
 					Header:    "NAME",
 					FieldSpec: "{.metadata.name}",
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ func TestNewColumnPrinterFromTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			spec: exampleTemplateTwo,
 			name: "ok-2",
-			expectedColumns: []printers.Column{
+			expectedColumns: []Column{
 				{
 					Header:    "NAME",
 					FieldSpec: "{.metadata.name}",
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ func TestNewColumnPrinterFromTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			reader := bytes.NewBufferString(test.spec)
-			printer, err := printers.NewCustomColumnsPrinterFromTemplate(reader, legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder())
+			printer, err := NewCustomColumnsPrinterFromTemplate(reader, legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder())
 			if test.expectErr {
 				if err == nil {
 					t.Errorf("[%s] unexpected non-error", test.name)
@@ -241,12 +240,12 @@ func TestNewColumnPrinterFromTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestColumnPrint(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		columns        []printers.Column
+		columns        []Column
 		obj            runtime.Object
 		expectedOutput string
 	}{
 		{
-			columns: []printers.Column{
+			columns: []Column{
 				{
 					Header:    "NAME",
 					FieldSpec: "{.metadata.name}",
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ foo
 `,
 		},
 		{
-			columns: []printers.Column{
+			columns: []Column{
 				{
 					Header:    "NAME",
 					FieldSpec: "{.metadata.name}",
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ bar
 `,
 		},
 		{
-			columns: []printers.Column{
+			columns: []Column{
 				{
 					Header:    "NAME",
 					FieldSpec: "{.metadata.name}",
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ foo       baz
 `,
 		},
 		{
-			columns: []printers.Column{
+			columns: []Column{
 				{
 					Header:    "NAME",
 					FieldSpec: "{.metadata.name}",
@@ -315,7 +314,7 @@ foo       baz           <none>
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.expectedOutput, func(t *testing.T) {
-			printer := &printers.CustomColumnsPrinter{
+			printer := &CustomColumnsPrinter{
 				Columns: test.columns,
 				Decoder: legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(),
 			}
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ foo       baz           <none>
 
 // this mimics how resource/get.go calls the customcolumn printer
 func TestIndividualPrintObjOnExistingTabWriter(t *testing.T) {
-	columns := []printers.Column{
+	columns := []Column{
 		{
 			Header:    "NAME",
 			FieldSpec: "{.metadata.name}",
@@ -356,8 +355,8 @@ bar       bar                bar
 `
 
 	buffer := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	tabWriter := printers.GetNewTabWriter(buffer)
-	printer := &printers.CustomColumnsPrinter{
+	tabWriter := GetNewTabWriter(buffer)
+	printer := &CustomColumnsPrinter{
 		Columns: columns,
 		Decoder: legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(),
 	}

pkg/printers/internalversion/BUILD

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/apis/storage:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/fake:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/pointer:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/ghodss/yaml:go_default_library",

pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/policy"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/storage"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	genericprinters "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
@@ -255,11 +257,11 @@ func testPrinter(t *testing.T, printer printers.ResourcePrinter, unmarshalFunc f
 }
 
 func TestYAMLPrinter(t *testing.T) {
-	testPrinter(t, printers.NewTypeSetter(legacyscheme.Scheme).ToPrinter(&printers.YAMLPrinter{}), yaml.Unmarshal)
+	testPrinter(t, genericprinters.NewTypeSetter(legacyscheme.Scheme).ToPrinter(&genericprinters.YAMLPrinter{}), yaml.Unmarshal)
 }
 
 func TestJSONPrinter(t *testing.T) {
-	testPrinter(t, printers.NewTypeSetter(legacyscheme.Scheme).ToPrinter(&printers.JSONPrinter{}), json.Unmarshal)
+	testPrinter(t, genericprinters.NewTypeSetter(legacyscheme.Scheme).ToPrinter(&genericprinters.JSONPrinter{}), json.Unmarshal)
 }
 
 func TestFormatResourceName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ func TestNamePrinter(t *testing.T) {
 			"pod/bar\n"},
 	}
 
-	printFlags := printers.NewPrintFlags("").WithTypeSetter(legacyscheme.Scheme).WithDefaultOutput("name")
+	printFlags := genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("").WithTypeSetter(legacyscheme.Scheme).WithDefaultOutput("name")
 	printer, err := printFlags.ToPrinter()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected err: %v", err)
@@ -548,8 +550,9 @@ func TestPrinters(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	genericPrinters := map[string]printers.ResourcePrinter{
-		"json":      printers.NewTypeSetter(legacyscheme.Scheme).ToPrinter(&printers.JSONPrinter{}),
-		"yaml":      printers.NewTypeSetter(legacyscheme.Scheme).ToPrinter(&printers.YAMLPrinter{}),
+		// TODO(juanvallejo): move "generic printer" tests to pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers
+		"json":      genericprinters.NewTypeSetter(legacyscheme.Scheme).ToPrinter(&genericprinters.JSONPrinter{}),
+		"yaml":      genericprinters.NewTypeSetter(legacyscheme.Scheme).ToPrinter(&genericprinters.YAMLPrinter{}),
 		"template":  templatePrinter,
 		"template2": templatePrinter2,
 		"jsonpath":  jsonpathPrinter,

pkg/printers/jsonpath.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
 // exists returns true if it would be possible to call the index function
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ func (j *JSONPathPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	// we use reflect.Indirect here in order to obtain the actual value from a pointer.
 	// we need an actual value in order to retrieve the package path for an object.
 	// using reflect.Indirect indiscriminately is valid here, as all runtime.Objects are supposed to be pointers.
-	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
-		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	if printers.InternalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(printers.InternalObjectPrinterErr)
 	}
 
 	var queryObj interface{} = obj

pkg/printers/jsonpath_flags.go

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 )
 
 // JSONPathPrintFlags provides default flags necessary for template printing.
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ type JSONPathPrintFlags struct {
 // Returns false if the specified templateFormat does not match a template format.
 func (f *JSONPathPrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter, error) {
 	if (f.TemplateArgument == nil || len(*f.TemplateArgument) == 0) && len(templateFormat) == 0 {
-		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
+		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
 	}
 
 	templateValue := ""
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ func (f *JSONPathPrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter,
 	}
 
 	if _, supportedFormat := templateFormats[templateFormat]; !supportedFormat {
-		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
+		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
 	}
 
 	if len(templateValue) == 0 {

pkg/printers/jsonpath_flags_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers_test
+package printers
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 )
 
 func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedJSONPathFormats(t *testing.T) {
@@ -99,18 +99,18 @@ func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedJSONPathFormats(t *testing.T) {
 				templateArg = nil
 			}
 
-			printFlags := printers.JSONPathPrintFlags{
+			printFlags := JSONPathPrintFlags{
 				TemplateArgument: templateArg,
 			}
 
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(tc.outputFormat)
 			if tc.expectNoMatch {
-				if !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+				if !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 					t.Fatalf("expected no printer matches for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 				}
 				return
 			}
-			if printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 			}
 
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ func TestJSONPathPrinterDefaultsAllowMissingKeysToTrue(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			printFlags := printers.JSONPathPrintFlags{
+			printFlags := JSONPathPrintFlags{
 				TemplateArgument: &tc.templateArg,
 				AllowMissingKeys: tc.allowMissingKeys,
 			}
 
 			outputFormat := "jsonpath"
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat)
-			if printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", outputFormat)
 			}
 			if err != nil {

pkg/printers/kube_template_flags.go

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package printers
 
-import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+)
 
 // KubeTemplatePrintFlags composes print flags that provide both a JSONPath and a go-template printer.
 // This is necessary if dealing with cases that require support both both printers, since both sets of flags
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ type KubeTemplatePrintFlags struct {
 }
 
 func (f *KubeTemplatePrintFlags) ToPrinter(outputFormat string) (ResourcePrinter, error) {
-	if p, err := f.JSONPathPrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+	if p, err := f.JSONPathPrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return p, err
 	}
 	return f.GoTemplatePrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat)

pkg/printers/template.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
 // GoTemplatePrinter is an implementation of ResourcePrinter which formats data with a Go Template.
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ func (p *GoTemplatePrinter) AllowMissingKeys(allow bool) {
 
 // PrintObj formats the obj with the Go Template.
 func (p *GoTemplatePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
-	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
-		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	if printers.InternalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(printers.InternalObjectPrinterErr)
 	}
 
 	var data []byte

pkg/printers/template_flags.go

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 )
 
 // GoTemplatePrintFlags provides default flags necessary for template printing.
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ type GoTemplatePrintFlags struct {
 // Returns false if the specified templateFormat does not match a template format.
 func (f *GoTemplatePrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter, error) {
 	if (f.TemplateArgument == nil || len(*f.TemplateArgument) == 0) && len(templateFormat) == 0 {
-		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
+		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
 	}
 
 	templateValue := ""
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ func (f *GoTemplatePrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter
 	}
 
 	if _, supportedFormat := supportedFormats[templateFormat]; !supportedFormat {
-		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
+		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
 	}
 
 	if len(templateValue) == 0 {

pkg/printers/template_flags_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers_test
+package printers
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 )
 
 func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedTemplateFormats(t *testing.T) {
@@ -99,18 +99,18 @@ func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedTemplateFormats(t *testing.T) {
 				templateArg = nil
 			}
 
-			printFlags := printers.GoTemplatePrintFlags{
+			printFlags := GoTemplatePrintFlags{
 				TemplateArgument: templateArg,
 			}
 
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(tc.outputFormat)
 			if tc.expectNoMatch {
-				if !printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+				if !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 					t.Fatalf("expected no printer matches for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 				}
 				return
 			}
-			if printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 			}
 
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ func TestTemplatePrinterDefaultsAllowMissingKeysToTrue(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			printFlags := printers.GoTemplatePrintFlags{
+			printFlags := GoTemplatePrintFlags{
 				TemplateArgument: &tc.templateArg,
 				AllowMissingKeys: tc.allowMissingKeys,
 			}
 
 			outputFormat := "template"
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat)
-			if printers.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", outputFormat)
 			}
 			if err != nil {