Re: [CLI] discuss experimental CLI binder APIs

2011-12-26 Thread Simone Tripodi
Hola Izio! > Conversely, JCommander has a very low learning curve. sure I'm JCommander user myself, but that are the reason why that approach cannot universally applied * it's not complete (yet) since it doesn't support Java-alike dynamic options such as `-Dproperty=value` (they need to be coll

Re: [CLI] discuss experimental CLI binder APIs

2011-12-26 Thread Maurizio Cucchiara
Hi Simone, I don't know how others make use of CLI, what I'm going to discuss is only my personal point of view. I have to do with the command line stuff one time per project (more or less), and I have to admit that the CLI api (even though is a good one) is every time hard to apply. This is probab

[CLI] discuss experimental CLI binder APIs

2011-12-26 Thread Simone Tripodi
Hi all guys, I have been experimenting a new set of CLI APIs outside the ASF, taking the best from existing CLI and some other non-ASF libraries, mainly Cédric's JCommander[1], the purposes are: * using fluent APIs; * simplify the Options building; * reducing the number of involved components;