I got the code below from a sample code from tutorials point and tweaked it a little bit.
App.java
public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
CommandTest t = new CommandTest();
t.start(args);
}
CommandTest.java
public class CommandTest {
void start(String[] args) throws ParseException {
//***Definition Stage***
// create Options object
Options options = new Options();
// add option "-a"
options.addOption(
Option.builder("a")
.longOpt("add")
.desc("add numbers")
.hasArg(false)
.valueSeparator('=')
.required(false)
.build()
);
// add option "-m"
options.addOption("m", false, "");
options.addOption(
Option.builder("m")
.longOpt("multiply")
.desc("multiply numbers")
.hasArg(false)
.valueSeparator('=')
.required(false)
.build()
);
//***Parsing Stage***
//Create a parser
CommandLineParser parser = new DefaultParser();
//parse the options passed as command line arguments
CommandLine cmd = parser.parse( options, args);
//***Interrogation Stage***
//hasOptions checks if option is present or not
if(cmd.hasOption("a")) {
System.out.println("Sum of the numbers: " + getSum(args));
} else if(cmd.hasOption("m")) {
System.out.println("Multiplication of the numbers: " + getMultiplication(args));
}
}
public static int getSum(String[] args) {
int sum = 0;
for(int i = 1; i < args.length ; i++) {
sum += Integer.parseInt(args[i]);
}
return sum;
}
public static int getMultiplication(String[] args) {
int multiplication = 1;
for(int i = 1; i < args.length ; i++) {
multiplication *= Integer.parseInt(args[i]);
}
return multiplication;
}
}
Now, my question is that, when i try to execute the above code with a parameter of -multi it will still be accepted? I've already set the options to receive only either -m or -multiply. However, it will still accept -multi
I am using commons-cli-1.3.1 (im trying to debug a legacy code by the way)
Note: Above source is a SAMPLE source only, no need to apply actual coding guidelines (good or bad) i just want to know why the behavior happens as it is.