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  1. Commons CLI
  2. CLI-35

HelpFormatter doesn't sort options properly

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Nightly Builds
    • 1.1
    • CLI-1.x
    • None
    • Operating System: All
      Platform: All

    • 24184

    Description

      HelpFormatter is using an inner class Comparator implementation to sort Option
      objects, however it seems to be a bit confused about what types of object it is
      sorting. The inner class is called StringBufferComparator, although it's
      actually sorting Option objects. Further, it simply compares the object's
      toString() values rather than using the getKey() method which would perform the
      sort that the comments seem to indicate is desired. The sort that is actually
      performed doesn't appear to modify the ordering of the list at all.

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        1. ASF.LICENSE.NOT.GRANTED--patch.txt
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          Robert Fletcher

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            rfletch6@yahoo.co.uk Robert Fletcher
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