RELEASE-NOTES.txt

Apache Commons CLI
Version 1.5.0-SNAPSHOT
Release Notes


This document contains the release notes for this version of the Apache Commons 
CLI Component of the Apache Commons Project. Commons CLI provides a simple API
for working with the command line arguments and options.

Apache Commons CLI provides a simple API for presenting, processing and validating a Command Line Interface.

New features and bug fixes (Java 7).

Changes in this version include:

New Features
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o CLI-217:  Accommodate toggling partial matching in DefaultParser. Thanks to Rubin Simons.
o CLI-274:  Option parser type EXISTING_FILE_VALUE not check file existing Thanks to Béla Schaum.
o CLI-271:  CommandLine.getXXX and CommandLine.hasXXX should accept an Option as a parameter Thanks to Christoph Läubrich.
o CLI-276:  Adjust access-modifier of checkRequiredOptions() to protected. Thanks to Jason Dillon.
o CLI-282:  TypeHandler should throw ParseException for an unsupported class. Thanks to Alex Nordlund.
o           Added setter for Builder.option #33. Thanks to Waldemar Sojka, Gary Gregory.
o           Add Option unit tests #76. Thanks to Waldemar Sojka, Gary Gregory.

Fixed Bugs
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o           Fix NPE in DefaultParser.isLongOption(String). Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o CLI-279:  @param or @return lines should end with a period in CommandLine.java Thanks to Krishna Mohan Rao Kandunoori.
o           Replace deprecated FindBugs with SpotBugs. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o           Replace CLIRR with JApiCmp. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o           Option Javadocs grammar nits #55. Thanks to Elliotte Rusty Harold.
o           Minor Improvements #57, #61. Thanks to Arturo Bernal, Gary Gregory.
o CLI-254:  Input "test" gets parsed as test, quotes die #58. Thanks to stoty.
o CLI-287:  Allow whitespace-only header and footer #26. Thanks to MrQubo, Gary Gregory.

Updates
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o CLI-294:  Update Java from version 5 to 7.
o           Docs: Replace OptionBuilder in usage page #30. Thanks to Mincong Huang.
o           Remove deprecated sudo setting. #36. Thanks to dengliming.
o           Bump junit:junit from 4.12 to 4.13.2, #53, #60. Thanks to Gary Gregory, Dependabot.
o           Bump commons-parent from 48 to 52. Thanks to Dependabot.
o           Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.12.0 to 3.15.0, #44, #54, #67. Thanks to Dependabot.
o           Bump actions/checkout from v2.3.1 to v2.3.5 #46, #72. Thanks to Dependabot.
o           Bump actions/setup-java from v1.4.2 to v2 #50. Thanks to Dependabot, Gary Gregory.
o           Bump maven-antrun-plugin from 1.7 to 3.0.0 #43. Thanks to Dependabot.
o           Bump maven-checkstyle-plugin from 2.15 to 3.1.2 #41. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o           Bump checkstyle to 9.0.1 #68. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o           Bump actions/cache from 2 to 2.1.6 #64, #65. Thanks to Dependabot.
o           Bump commons.animal-sniffer.version 1.19 -> 1.20. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o           Bump maven-bundle-plugin 5.1.1 -> 5.1.2. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o           Bump biz.aQute.bndlib.version 5.1.2 -> 6.0.0. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o           Bump spotbugs from 4.4.1 to 4.4.2 #70. Thanks to Dependabot.
o           Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.4.1 to 4.4.2.2 #71. Thanks to Dependabot.


Historical list of changes: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-cli/changes-report.html

For complete information on Apache Commons CLI, including instructions on how to submit bug reports,
patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache Commons CLI website:

https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-cli/

Download page: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-cli/download_cli.cgi

Have fun!
The Apache Commons Team

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