https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLI-249[1]
On Monday 06 April 2015 13:22:09 sebb wrote: > 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 -------- [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLI-249
