Or a new better formatting class? Gary
On Wed, Sep 18, 2024, 9:45 AM Claude Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > After more exploration it seems that HelpFormatter is really not designed > to be extended. I will have to rethink this. It may make sense to make > some of the HelpFormatter methods static so that they can be used in other > implementations. > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 9:29 AM Claude Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > I have a case in RAT where we want to append a line to the help text when > > the option has multiple arguments or when we have defined a default > value. > > > > I have implemented this in a renderOptions() implementation in CLI 1.8.0. > > In both cases we use the Option to check for some state and then append > to > > the optBuf. > > > > I am now migrating to 1.9.0 and have to do the same thing, but 1.9.0 adds > > more functionality to the default renderOptions() method so I have to > > rework my implementation. However, had I not known this was the case, I > > would have missed the changes and we would have had some rather > interesting > > bugs later. > > > > What I am proposing is a new parameter to renderOptions(). A > > "Optional<String> Function<Option>". If the function returns a String > then > > it is appended to the optBuf. > > > > This method would be called near the end of renderOptions. > > > > Thoughts? > > Claude > > > > -- > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren > > > > > -- > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren >
