[CLI-309] MissingArgumentException when DefaultParser processes an option value which starts with hyphen/dash.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.4
• Component/s: Parser
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: ilia
• Created: 04/Jun/21 16:02
• Updated: 05/Jun/21 21:25

Description

 

When processing option value which starts with hyphen/dash like -sec-attr -password1 , exception [1] occurs. If the current token start with dash, it will be processed as an option and therefore this will not be set as a value to the previous option, which will cause [1]. The only way to set such value is to use equals sign like -sec-attr=-password1. In this case the whole token is processed as option=value pair and the correct value will be set.

 

[1] 

org.apache.commons.cli.MissingArgumentException: Missing argument for option: xorg.apache.commons.cli.MissingArgumentException: Missing argument for option: x at org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser.checkRequiredArgs(DefaultParser.java:259) at org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser.handleOption(DefaultParser.java:669) at org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser.handleConcatenatedOptions(DefaultParser.java:773) at org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser.handleShortAndLongOption(DefaultParser.java:590) at org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser.handleToken(DefaultParser.java:291) at org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser.parse(DefaultParser.java:168) at org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser.parse(DefaultParser.java:129)

Issue Links

• is caused by: CLI-265 Optional argument picking up next regular option as its argument