Clad
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Internal
Overview
Command-Line Application Development (clad) is a collection of Java classes providing functionality that can be used to build command line tools. It includes support for:
- command-oriented CLI
- command-line and YAML-based persistent configuration
- hierarchical in-line help
- logging and error message handling support
- version and release date mechanism
- standard release tools
The project's artifact is a java library other dependent project can get from a Maven repository:
<dependency>
<groupId>io.novaordis.clad</groupId>
<artifactId>novaordis-clad</artifactId>
<version>1</version>
</dependency>
GitHub
TODO
doc/cliff.docx TODO section.
Features
Version and Release Date
The framework supports the "version" command by default. The "version" command pulls version and release date from the underlying application and displays it in a standard format:
version 1.0 release date 01/26/16
Usage
doc/cliff.docx
Development
New Release
This will install a new "development" release (same release number) in the Maven repository:
cdclad mvn clean install
Indvidual Unit Test
mvn -Dmaven.surefire.debug="-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5012" -Dtest=StringOptionTest clean test