Rick Rineholt wrote: > > Regarding -- or just - I would suggest investigating other Apache offerings > add see if there is any precedents set and follow those.
regarding Apache httpd, it uses all short options with a single dash: "-f file" > > Rick Rineholt > "The truth is out there... All you need is a better search engine!" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Berin Loritsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/10/2001 12:06:37 PM > > Please respond to [email protected] > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Axis > Development <[email protected]> > cc: > Subject: proposed: CLI Args improvement > > Would it be possible to extend the CLI package in excalibur to > have a CLI Strategy? Basically, there are two common strategies > in CLI parsing: > > GNU style (which we support) > Java/CVS style (as-much-as-needed-to-be-unique). > > Basically the approach would go like this: > > CLOptionDescriptor optionDescriptors = new CLOptionDescriptor[] { > new CLOptionDescriptor("version", 'v', VERSION, "Get the Version and > quit"), > new CLOptionDescriptor("valid", 'V', VALID, "Tests to see if the > configuration is Valid and quit") > }; > parser = new CLArgsParser( args, optionDescriptors, control, > CLArgsParser.JAVA_STRATEGY ); > // note: for backwards compatibility, the default would be > CLArgsParser.AVALON_STRATEGY > > This would allow us to parse args in the following manner: > > $myapp -ve[rsion] > > MyApp Version 1.0 > > or > > $myapp -va[lid] > > MyApp Version 1.0 > Error in configuration: line 20 > > By simply switching the strategy to AVALON_STRATEGY (above), we can perform > the > following calls: > > $myapp (-v | --version) > > MyApp Version 1.0 > > or > > $myapp (-V | --valid) > > MyApp Version 1.0 > Error in configuration: line 20 > > That way, everyone can be made happy--AND as new strategies for CLI parsing > are > uncovered, we can support them easily. This also allows for backwards > compatibility. > > >From Tom Jordahl in XML-Axis dev: > --------------------------------- > FYI > I looked at this code (because I was writing the command line stuff in > wsdl2java) and it is very GNU-like in its option syntax: > -v > --verbose > instead of what we currently have: > -v[erbose] > > I am not really in favor of this "two-dash" approach to options, I prefer > (obviously) an "as-much-as needed-to-be-unique" style. If there is strong > sentiment from the group that we want "two-dash" style options, I would be > -1 on it but would still do the work. :-) > > I am adding a -package switch today, which is an option that takes an > argument so I maybe I will convince myself I want to switch to Avalon. :-) > > -- > Tom Jordahl --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
