artifact:jar:dpml/util/dpml-util-cli#2.1.1
The CLI utility package provides an API for processing command line interfaces.
The implementation is based on the Jakarta Commons CLI2 library written by John Keyes and Rob Oxspring.
CLI1 was formed by the merger of ideas and code from three different libraries and allows most simple interfaces to be modelled. CLI1 became increasingly difficult to maintain and develop further and so CLI2 was developed with the goals of clearer responsibilities and being more flexible. The intention was that CLI2 would be able to model a far greater selection of interfaces and do so more completely, validating as much as possible.
The DPML codebase was established in late 2005 based on a fork of the Jarkata Commons CL2 content as CLI2 development with Jakarta Commons appeared to have stopped around April 2005 (although posts on the commons list in 2006 suggests that progress may be continuing). Modification to the codebase applied during incorporation under DPML include removal of CLI1 content, resolution of a number of testcase failures, removal of file validation hidden feature (due to platform inconsitencies at the JVM level), removal of Maven dependencies in the build and test procedures, resolution of issues in the Help formatter, package renaming, documentation enhancements, upgrading of the codebase to be compliant with DPML style guidelines, and additions to the argument validator package.