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[jalview.git] / forester / java / src / org / forester / util / CommandLineArguments.java

diff --git a/forester/java/src/org/forester/util/CommandLineArguments.java b/forester/java/src/org/forester/util/CommandLineArguments.java
index 7e2a167..efbce62 100644 (file)
--- a/forester/java/src/org/forester/util/CommandLineArguments.java
+++ b/forester/java/src/org/forester/util/CommandLineArguments.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public final class CommandLineArguments {
         if ( o.containsKey( option_name ) ) {
             final String value = o.get( option_name );
             if ( !ForesterUtil.isEmpty( value ) ) {
-                return value;
+                return value.replaceAll( "\\s+", " " ).trim();
             }
             else {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException( "value for \"" + option_name + "\" is not set" );
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ public final class CommandLineArguments {
         return getOptionValue( option_name ).replaceAll( "\"", "" ).replaceAll( "\'", "" );
     }
 
+    public char getOptionValueAsChar( final String option_name ) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        return getOptionValue( option_name ).charAt( 0 );
+    }
+
     public double getOptionValueAsDouble( final String option_name ) throws IOException {
         double d = -Double.MAX_VALUE;
         try {