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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36997 Summary: CommandLine.getOptionValue() behaves contrary to docs Product: Commons Version: 1.0 Final Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: CLI AssignedTo: commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi If I have: final String debugOpt = "debug"; Option debug = OptionBuilder .withArgName(debugOpt) .withDescription("turn on debugging") .withLongOpt(debugOpt) .create('d'); and then later I do: String dbg = commandLine.getOptionValue(debugOpt); then dbg will be null. Instead, I have to use getOptionValue('d'). This seems contrary to the docs (see bottom of http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/cli/usage.html), which implies that I should be able to query the commandLine object using a full string, rather than just the string's first character. Can I suggest that the API of OptionBuilder be made clearer so that it is obvious that you can have long and short option names---perhaps make the create() method take no arguments (thus forcing long and short arg names to be set explicitly). (Also, there seems to be some confusion between the terms 'argument' and 'option' in the API, but perhaps that is just me). Also, I would hop to be able to query commandLine by either a single char or an entire string, as suggested by the docs. Thanks, Chris -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
