I'm using the Apache Commons CLI. By default it orders help options on the command line alphabetically by key. So, what appears is:
-csv
-ip
-msisdn
-xml
But I want to order them as follows:
-csv
-xml
-ip
-msisdn
I know that there is a OptionFormatter class you can use and pass to the HelpFormatter, but can't see any examples on how to use it for my purposes above (http://www.marko.homeunix.org/programming/java/commons-cli/api/org/apache/commons/cli/HelpFormatter.OptionComparator.html).
Just wondering has anyone done anything similar?
Thanks
Currently it is not supported. But it is an open source so, you know what to do...
From the source code:
private static class OptionComparator
implements Comparator {
/**
* <p>Compares its two arguments for order. Returns a negative
* integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument
* is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.</p>
*
* @param o1 The first Option to be compared.
* @param o2 The second Option to be compared.
*
* @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as
* the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the
* second.
*/
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2)
{
Option opt1 = (Option)o1;
Option opt2 = (Option)o2;
return opt1.getKey().compareToIgnoreCase(opt2.getKey());
}
}
You can override the default comparator and define the order you want.