Space in String argument is not parsed by args4j

Asked May 16 '16 at 19:07

Active May 16 '16 at 20:49

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I'm trying to pass a text/String parameter to my java tool from Jenkins which is a String containing all sorts of characters.

When the args4j option parses the flag then it only considers the first word and as soon as it hits the second word(after space) it starts throwing an exception.

here's a snippet

@Option(name = "-data_string", usage = "Data")
 private String dataString;

When I pass argument as -data_string="This is a test" then I get Exception

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:58)Caused by: org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineException: "-data_string=This is a test" is not a valid option
at org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser.parseArgument(CmdLineParser.java:512)
at scraper.client.ScraperClient.main(ScraperClient.java:28)
... 5 more

Please suggest.

edited May 16 '16 at 20:49

asked May 16 '16 at 19:07

Rishabh Agarwal

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You say you're passing "-data_string", but the exception refers to "-profile_string"...? – Kenster May 16 '16 at 19:16
I'm sory thats a typo in posted ques... i changed names for question – Rishabh Agarwal May 16 '16 at 20:49
Does it work without the spaces? – shmosel May 16 '16 at 21:09
yes it works without space perfectly. Actually i figured out. Need to use StringArrayOptionHandler handler and treat each word as separate string, save it in an array and then join on space. – Rishabh Agarwal May 16 '16 at 22:13
Please add your solution as an answer. – Mike Jun 02 '16 at 05:37

Space in String argument is not parsed by args4j

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