I suggest you create a JIRA enhancement request so this can be tracked properly.
On 5 April 2015 at 11:41, David Goodenough <david.goodeno...@btconnect.com> wrote: > Currently the code in org.apache.commons.cli.OptionValidator generates an > IllegalArgumentException which contains the message:- > > "illegal option value '" + ch + "'" > > This is generated in two places, one for single character options and one for > multi character options. > > However this does not tell the caller which option it is contains this > character, which makes debugging the error without the source (i.e most > users) extremely difficult. > > Would it not be possible to change the message to:- > > "illegal option '" + opt + "' value '" + ch + "'" > > which would then at least identify the offending option. > > David > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
