Besides passing command line options to programs, the library is also able to print help messages detailing the options available for a command line tool.
Werken, Avalon and Optz are the three Java libraries that have contributed to the birth of this tool.
Here are some key features of "Apache Commons CLI":
· POSIX like options (ie. tar -zxvf foo.tar.gz)
· GNU like long options (ie. du --human-readable --max-depth=1)
· Java like properties (ie. java -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true Foo)
· Short options with value attached (ie. gcc -O2 foo.c)
· Long options with single hyphen (ie. ant -projecthelp)
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· 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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