> From: John Keyes [mailto:jbjk@mac.com]
>
> <snip/>
>
> > I heard a rumor that Commons CLI does not support the GNU
> standards on
> > CLI options. GNU standards have already affected a large number of
> > standard software options for UNIX based Oss, and it is a decently
> > thought out standard. The basic gist is this:
> >
> > --help
> > -h
> >
>
> CLI does support GNU standards. The examples above are both
> supported. The reason why the short option name in the
> constructor takes a String is to support Posix standards e.g.
> -buildfile is the 'buildfile' option, not '-b -u -i -l -d -f
> -i -l -e' or '-b' with an argument value of 'uildfile', or
> any combination. The interface could be changed to have
> methods that take chars which then delegate to the String
> methods but its no big deal.
Then my rumor was wrong....
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