Remko Popma created PHOENIX-5488:
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Summary: Migrate Phoenix from commons-cli to picocli
Key: PHOENIX-5488
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PHOENIX-5488
Project: Phoenix
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Remko Popma
Looking at PHOENIX-3710, the lack of quoting support in commons-cli can cause
issues at times. If my understanding is correct, the proposed patch would not
be necessary if the command line parser library did not incorrectly strip off
the quotes. (Bugreports were filed against this in 2015 and 2017.)
Would there be any interest in migrating from commons-CLI to the
[picocli|https://picocli.info/] library?
Other than picocli's support for [quoted values|#_quoted_values]], it has some
other functionality that may be of interest to Phoenix users:
* [@-files|https://picocli.info/#AtFiles] (argument files)
* [interactive (password)
options|https://picocli.info/#_interactive_password_options] (where password is
not echoed to the console)
* bash/zsh [autocompletion|https://picocli.info/autocomplete.html]
* [colored|https://picocli.info/#_ansi_colors_and_styles] usage help message
(lower cognitive load)
Developer advantages are
* less code
* meticulous documentation
* tracing facility for troubleshooting
And finally, picocli is actively maintained. (Disclaimer: I maintain picocli.)
Thoughts?
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