Thanks for following the email up with your solution David. Hopefully we can start things moving with regards to CLI 2.0 and get it released in a few months time.
Hen On 4/24/06, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Members, > > I just write this e-mail to share with all of you about my solution. It is > simple just to use the CLI 2.0. You can download the version on: > > http://cvs.apache.org/builds/jakarta-commons/nightly/commons-cli/ > > on the following web page there is a pre-release information about it: > > http://people.apache.org/~roxspring/cli/docs/ > > and the module 12 of the book: > > http://www.manning.com/goyal/ > > would help. > > With this version I have no found any of the problems I have commented on > my e-mail. > > David > > David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear member, > > I am starting to use CLI tools, and I have found the following problems: > > Defining an Option that expect an argument with '=' as separator, on the > output of printHelp I don't get on the syntax the = separator symbol, instead > I get a single space. > Option with argument, short and long option value, and equal symbol as > separator, I can use the =-separator for long option but not for short one > (for this case I have to use space). > Option with long and short value, but the short option is not a character > (more than one character), on the printHelp method is reconized as a short > option, and even I can use with the method CommandLine.hasOption(shortOption) > but not as input line argument. > This is the code I have: > > Option inputDir = new Option("-i", "inputDir", true, "inputDir description"); > opt.setValueSeparator('='); > opt.setArgName("dir"); > > and > > Option mFile = new Option("mFile", "movement-file, true, "mFile description); > opt.setValueSeparator('='); > opt.setArgName("file"); > > so mFile option has as short opt the value: "mFile", on the output I get: > > -mFile,--movement-file mFile description > -i,--inputDir inputDir description > > so I dont' get the equal symbol as separator. > > the automatic syntax is also with spaces: > > usage: com.schinvest.lra.business.batch.BatchCaller.main [options] > > [ > ... > ] [-i dir] [-mFile file] > > Testing, the following situations fails agains assertEquals("input", > line.getOptionValue("i")): > > args = new String[] { "-i=input" } => fails > args = new String[] { "-i", "=input" } => fails > > but > args = new String[] { "--input-dir=input" } => true > args = new String[] { "-iinput" } => true > args = new String[] { "-i", "input" } => true > > testing now mFile, with: > assertEquals("file", line.getOptionValue("mFile")): > > we get: > > args = new String[] { "-mFile", "file" } => Unknown F option > > but > args = new String[] { "--movement-file=file" } => true > > Is it a bug or I am doing something wrong. I am using CLI 1.0. > > Thanks in advance, > > David > > > > --------------------------------- > Blab-away for as little as 1ยข/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! > Messenger with Voice. > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
