JAL-629 Fix missing icon for command line launch

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / bin / argparser / ArgParser.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/argparser/ArgParser.java b/src/jalview/bin/argparser/ArgParser.java
index 4e1793d..6d1251c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/bin/argparser/ArgParser.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/argparser/ArgParser.java
@@ -283,9 +283,15 @@ public class ArgParser
           Arg potentialArg = argMap.get(potentialArgName);
           if (potentialArg != null && potentialArg.hasOption(Opt.HASTYPE))
           {
-            argName = argName.substring(0, dashPos);
             String typeName = argName.substring(dashPos + 1);
-            type = Type.valueOf(typeName);
+            try
+            {
+              type = Type.valueOf(typeName);
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
+            {
+              type = Type.INVALID;
+            }
+            argName = argName.substring(0, dashPos);
           }
         }