[GROOVY-8521] Create new groovy-cli-commons module

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.0-rc-2
• Component/s: command line processing
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Remko Popma
• Created: 25/Mar/18 15:23
• Updated: 26/Jul/18 04:38
• Resolved: 29/Apr/18 13:41

Description

GROOVY-8520 proposes a new implementation of CliBuilder based on a different command line parser.

Until now, CliBuilder exposes some properties that allow client code direct access to the underlying commons-cli parser and usage help formatter. The new CliBuilder implementation will not provide these commons-cli-based properties any more (although it may expose picocli equivalents).

This ticket is to create a separate module (groovy-cli-commons or similar) with the existing CliBuilder implementation (but with probably a package name change) that won't be referenced in the groovy-all pom. Client code that relies on those bits of the functionality, can use the legacy version.

Ultimately commons-cli should be referenced only in this new module. See also mailing list discussion.

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-8520 Replace commons-cli with picocli in CliBuilder