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  1. JABAWS
  2. JWS-61

Support compound multi-value option strings in presets

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Status: Open
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Affects Version/s: 2.0
    • Fix Version/s: 2.0.1
    • Component/s: jaba-client-api
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      Description

      The JABAWS API allows a program to discover which options and parameters are enabled in a particular preset for a service. Jalview uses this to display the options/parameters for particular presets.

      JWS-50 revealed a problem with the API for listing the options enabled for a service, which meant that programs using the API cannot list the options enabled if a preset includes a concatenation of arguments for 'multivalued options' which allow many values at once. The AACon service demonstrates the problem:

      The patched AAConWS service supports a set of options like:

      -m=SHENKIN
      -m=SMERFS
      -m=VALDAR

      However, preset definitions most naturally specify combinations of command line arguments like:
      -m=SHENKIN,SMERFS,VALDAR

      rather than the more verbose:
      -m=SHENKIN -m=SMERFS -m=VALDAR

      Both combinations are valid for the AACon program, but the JABAWS client is not able to list the options for presets defined using the compact comma-separated form, resulting in JAL-1127


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              Assignee:
              asherstnev Sasha Sherstnev
              Reporter:
              jprocter James Procter
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