On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 10:17, John Keyes wrote:
> > Is this a bug? Or am I using this incorrectly?
> > I have an option with short and long values. Given code that is
> > essentially what is below, with a PosixParser I see results as follows:
> >
> > A command line with just "-t" prints out the results of the catch block
> > (OK)
> > A command line with just "-target" prints out the results of the catch
> > block (OK)
> > A command line with just "-t foobar.com" prints out "processing selected
> > target: foobar.com" (OK)
> > A command line with just "-target foobar.com" prints out "processing
> > selected target: arget" (ERROR?)
> >
> > ========================================================================
> > =======================
> > private static final String OPTION_TARGET = "t";
> > private static final String OPTION_TARGET_LONG = "target";
> > // ...
> > Option generateTarget = new Option(OPTION_TARGET,
> > OPTION_TARGET_LONG,
> > true,
> > "Generate files for the specified
> > target machine");
> > // ...
> > try {
> > parsedLine = parser.parse(cmdLineOpts, args);
> > } catch (ParseException pe) {
> > System.out.println("Invalid command: " + pe.getMessage() +
> > "\n");
> > HelpFormatter hf = new HelpFormatter();
> > hf.printHelp(USAGE, cmdLineOpts);
> > System.exit(-1);
> > }
> >
> > if (parsedLine.hasOption(OPTION_TARGET)) {
> > System.out.println("processing selected target: " +
> > parsedLine.getOptionValue(OPTION_TARGET));
> > }
>
> It is a bug but it is due to well defined behaviour (so that makes
> me feel a little better about myself ;). To support *special*
> (well I call them special anyway) like -Dsystem.property=value we
> need to be able to examine the first character of an option. If the
> first character is itself defined as an Option then the remainder
> of the token is used as the value, e.g. 'D' is the token, it
> is an option so 'system.property=value' is the argument value for that
> option. This is the behaviour that we are seeing for your example.
> 't' is the token, it is an options so 'arget' is the argument value.
>
> I suppose a solution to this could be to have a way to specify properties
> for parsers. In this case 'posix.special.option == true' for turning
> on *special* options. I'll have a look into this and let you know.
Actually, another property on Option would be cleaner and easier
to implement I would imagine.
-John K
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