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Friedrich Clausen updated CLI-297: ---------------------------------- Description: When an option taking an argument is specified with a space the blank checking works: {code:none} $ CheckEmpty --widget-count org.apache.commons.cli.MissingArgumentException: Missing argument for option: widget-count {code} However when using the equals sign as a separator that checking does not seem to apply {code:none} $ CheckEmpty --widget-count= Received widget count of: {code} I'd expect it to throw an exception just like the space separated variety. was: When an option taking an argument is specified with a space the blank checking works: {code:none} $ CheckEmpty --widget-count org.apache.commons.cli.MissingArgumentException: Missing required option: widget-count {code} However when using the equals sign as a separator that checking does not seem to apply {code:none} $ CheckEmpty --widget-count= Received widget count of: {code} I'd expect it to throw an exception just like the space separated variety. > Required argument empty checking not working with equals specified long option > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: CLI-297 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLI-297 > Project: Commons CLI > Issue Type: Bug > Components: CLI-1.x > Affects Versions: 1.4 > Environment: OS: macOS 10.14.6 > Java: Corretto-8.212.04.2 (build 1.8.0_212-b04) > Reporter: Friedrich Clausen > Priority: Minor > > When an option taking an argument is specified with a space the blank > checking works: > {code:none} > $ CheckEmpty --widget-count > org.apache.commons.cli.MissingArgumentException: Missing argument for option: > widget-count > {code} > However when using the equals sign as a separator that checking does not > seem to apply > {code:none} > $ CheckEmpty --widget-count= > Received widget count of: > {code} > I'd expect it to throw an exception just like the space separated variety. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.14#76016)