Rick Rineholt wrote:
>
> Regarding -- or just - I would suggest investigating other Apache offerings
> add see if there is any precedents set and follow those.
regarding Apache httpd, it uses all short options with a single dash:
"-f file"
>
> Rick Rineholt
> "The truth is out there... All you need is a better search engine!"
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Berin Loritsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/10/2001 12:06:37 PM
>
> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Axis
> Development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc:
> Subject: proposed: CLI Args improvement
>
> Would it be possible to extend the CLI package in excalibur to
> have a CLI Strategy? Basically, there are two common strategies
> in CLI parsing:
>
> GNU style (which we support)
> Java/CVS style (as-much-as-needed-to-be-unique).
>
> Basically the approach would go like this:
>
> CLOptionDescriptor optionDescriptors = new CLOptionDescriptor[] {
> new CLOptionDescriptor("version", 'v', VERSION, "Get the Version and
> quit"),
> new CLOptionDescriptor("valid", 'V', VALID, "Tests to see if the
> configuration is Valid and quit")
> };
> parser = new CLArgsParser( args, optionDescriptors, control,
> CLArgsParser.JAVA_STRATEGY );
> // note: for backwards compatibility, the default would be
> CLArgsParser.AVALON_STRATEGY
>
> This would allow us to parse args in the following manner:
>
> $myapp -ve[rsion]
>
> MyApp Version 1.0
>
> or
>
> $myapp -va[lid]
>
> MyApp Version 1.0
> Error in configuration: line 20
>
> By simply switching the strategy to AVALON_STRATEGY (above), we can perform
> the
> following calls:
>
> $myapp (-v | --version)
>
> MyApp Version 1.0
>
> or
>
> $myapp (-V | --valid)
>
> MyApp Version 1.0
> Error in configuration: line 20
>
> That way, everyone can be made happy--AND as new strategies for CLI parsing
> are
> uncovered, we can support them easily. This also allows for backwards
> compatibility.
>
> >From Tom Jordahl in XML-Axis dev:
> ---------------------------------
> FYI
> I looked at this code (because I was writing the command line stuff in
> wsdl2java) and it is very GNU-like in its option syntax:
> -v
> --verbose
> instead of what we currently have:
> -v[erbose]
>
> I am not really in favor of this "two-dash" approach to options, I prefer
> (obviously) an "as-much-as needed-to-be-unique" style. If there is strong
> sentiment from the group that we want "two-dash" style options, I would be
> -1 on it but would still do the work. :-)
>
> I am adding a -package switch today, which is an option that takes an
> argument so I maybe I will convince myself I want to switch to Avalon. :-)
>
> --
> Tom Jordahl
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
