How to get the description of a command without running it, using its name?

Question

If I use a command like this one:

class ImportFilesCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
{
    protected function configure()
    {
        $this
            ->setDescription('A text describing my command.')
            ->setName('app:import:files')
            );
    }

Is it possible to get the description 'A text describing my command.' using the name of the command app:import:files, without executing the command?

I would use this inside a controller.

Answer 1

This code works from a controller:

$application = new Application($this->get('kernel'));
$description = $application->find('app:import:files')->getDescription();