Using options in Apache Commons CLI without hyphen

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Is there a proper way of handling options using Apache Commons CLI without a hyphen? So instead of entering "-help" a normal "help" should also work? Or is this not possible/intended because an option would be no longer distinguishable from an argument?

n1r3 · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-30 17:48:24Z

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Or is this not possible/intended because an option would be no longer distinguishable from an argument?

Absolutely, that's the reason. And all the libraries I know use the hyphen.

answered Oct 30, 2013 at 17:48

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n1r3 Over a year ago

Well, that's not exactly correct. It uses a mix, the second param is an action and then, you can have options, eg: git commit -a -m "hello" and git commit -m "hello" -a

Alex Over a year ago

It may be called an 'action,' but I think the point is that this a feature unfortunately not supported by Apache Commons CLI.

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