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Dennis E. Hamilton commented on COR-26:
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Dave Fisher provided more about this suggestion on a thread at
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-corinthia-dev/201501.mbox/browser
I am interested in the Apache Commons API because of the data structure and the
rules by which it is used to "steer" parsing of the command-line parameters and
also provide an automatic help text for incorrect command lines. This form
might be easier to localize as well. (I would be cagy about localizing the
option words, as opposed to the text of the description of the parameter
options.)
The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) apr_getopt_init() and apr_getopt_long()
functions are in C and the use of those runtime functions and the lower-level
libraries they depend on is an interesting consideration. This may apply
generally for Corinthia, since it is C based at the run-time library-support
level.
For both of these libraries, the Apache License is already applicable with
respect to any derivatives, including translations, so their can be full
source-code provision in the Corinthia source tree in all cases.
> Recommend standard getopt_longs for the utilities
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>
> Key: COR-26
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COR-26
> Project: Corinthia
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Consumers - dftest
> Reporter: Dennis E. Hamilton
> Assignee: Dennis E. Hamilton
> Fix For: 0.5
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> It is recommended that the command-line utilities provided by Corinthia use a
> common getopt model with single-letter options, verbose word options and
> common shared options (--version, --help, etc.). stdin, stdout, and stderr
> should be redirectable (via the shell) and the utilities should work with
> pipes (with appropriate encoding caveats).
> The same flavors can be used for all platforms, with filenames given in
> platform-specific form (and "..." where needed) but parameters and options
> the same across platforms.
> The GNU getopt_long approach is widely-used.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getopt
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