[CLI] Enhancement ideas [Was: WELCOME to dev@commons.apache.org]

2011-12-26 Thread Henri Yandell
Changing the subject so Jay's email gets noticed. Hen On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Jay Vyas wrote: > Hi guys : I wanted to add some features to CLI > > 1) Options iterators , make them generic > 2) Add an option for setting ALL options to mandatory. > 3) Add an option to add groups, using th

Re: WELCOME to dev@commons.apache.org

2011-12-21 Thread Jay Vyas
Hi guys : I wanted to add some features to CLI 1) Options iterators , make them generic 2) Add an option for setting ALL options to mandatory. 3) Add an option to add groups, using the addOption api, the same way we add options. In any case - would such contirbutions be welcome.. and if so - who

Re: [CLI] CLI Validation - Was: WELCOME to dev@commons.apache.org

2007-08-16 Thread Oliver Heger
Brian A. Egge wrote: > Hi Wolfgang, > > I agree that the framework should have better support for groups and mutually > exclusive options. This is a feature I've often had to do in a pre or post > processing step. > > I've thought about writing a CLI library which would accept a EBNF option

Re: [CLI] CLI Validation - Was: WELCOME to dev@commons.apache.org

2007-08-14 Thread Brian A. Egge
Hi Wolfgang, I agree that the framework should have better support for groups and mutually exclusive options. This is a feature I've often had to do in a pre or post processing step. I've thought about writing a CLI library which would accept a EBNF option grammar, much like JavaCC or ANTLR

Re: [CLI] CLI Validation - Was: WELCOME to dev@commons.apache.org

2007-08-14 Thread Wolfgang Roessler
Hi Hen, the Commons Validator package sounds interesting and I perhaps it should be possible to use these validators. But I also like the CLI2 validators for files and directories. The validators I am missing are something like dependency-validators, e.g. specify mutually exclusive options. G

[CLI] CLI Validation - Was: WELCOME to dev@commons.apache.org

2007-08-14 Thread Henri Yandell
Hi Wolfgang, It's great that the bugfix release has driven some interest onto the lists for improving the library. Validation sounds very useful - is it something that you think Commons Validator would be useful for, or do the use cases not quite match? Brian and others... any thoughts? CLI futu

Re: WELCOME to dev@commons.apache.org

2007-08-13 Thread Wolfgang Roessler
Hi, switching from the user to the developer-list, I just post the same mail again *g. I came across CLI some time ago, when I was looking for a "framework" to help me process the command-line easily. I tried CLI1.1 and CLI2 and I have to admit, I am satisfied with neither. While parsing wor