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| Commons CLI Package |
| Version 1.2 |
| Release Notes |
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| INTRODUCTION: |
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| This document contains the release notes for this version of the Commons CLI |
| package. Commons CLI provides a simple API for working with the command line |
| arguments and options. |
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| Commons CLI 1.2 is a bugfix release. The following notable changes were made: |
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| * A major regression introduced in CLI 1.1 that prevented the usage of repeated options has been fixed. |
| * Several parser issues have been fixed, especially with the PosixParser. |
| * HelpFormatter now wraps the lines properly |
| * The ordering of the option in the help message can now be defined. |
| * Various API enhancements (improved exceptions, serializable classes) |
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| Commons CLI 1.2 is binary compatible with the previous versions, except for |
| the OptionValidator class that is no longer public. |
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| More information can be found on the project site at http://commons.apache.org/cli |
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| NEW FEATURES: |
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| * The method getOptionProperties() in the CommandLine class was added |
| to retrieve easily the key/value pairs specified with options like |
| -Dkey1=value1 -Dkey2=value2. |
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| * GnuParser now supports long options with an '=' sign |
| (ie. --foo=bar and -foo=bar) (CLI-157) |
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| * The ordering of options can be defined in help messages. (CLI-155) |
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| BUG FIXES: |
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| * The number of arguments defined for an option specifies the arguments |
| per occurrence of the option and not for all occurrences. (CLI-137) |
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| * PosixParser no longer ignores unrecognized short options. (CLI-164) |
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| * PosixParser no longer stops the bursting process of a token if stopAtNonOption |
| is enabled and a non option character is encountered. (CLI-163) |
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| * PosixParser no longer keeps processing the tokens after an unrecognized |
| long option when stopAtNonOption is enabled. (CLI-165) |
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| * Required options are properly checked if an Options instance is used twice |
| to parse a command line. (CLI-156) |
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| * The line wrapping in HelpFormatter now works properly. (CLI-151) |
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| CHANGES: |
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| * The message of MissingOptionException has been improved. (CLI-149) |
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| * The exceptions have been enhanced with methods to retrieve easily |
| the related options. (CLI-86) |
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| * Option.toString() now reports arguments properly. (CLI-141) |
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| * The Parser class has been changed to be more easily extendable. (CLI-142) |
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| * The following classes are now serializable: Option, OptionGroup, |
| CommandLine and Options. (CLI-140) |
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| * OptionValidator is no longer public, its methods were all private. |