Alexander,

Please open an issue, and if you want propose a patch :)
I guess that the pattern used should also work with -J-version

Vincent

2008/2/10, Alexander Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Exactly.  The use of "-fullversion" is really for internal use as per
> Benjamin and typically the format is "java version <version>" or something
> of that elk which is very easy to parse.  Again, I would rely on the
> javadocVersion tag as a backup.
> Thanks!
>
> -aps
>
> On Feb 10, 2008 3:22 PM, Benjamin Bentmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > >> Is there any reason again why it can't use "-version?"
> > >>
> > >
> > > -version gives a lot of unuseful informations.
> >
> > The unuseful information should not be a problem for the version parsing.
> > On
> > the other hand, "-fullversion" is "for internal use only" according to [0]
> > so it seems wise to switch to "-version" and rely on a public/documentated
> > command line switch.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Benjamin Bentmann
> >
> >
> > [0] http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4127994
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> "What lies behind us and what lies in front of us is of little concern to
> what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
>

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