X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fbin%2Fargparser%2FArgParser.java;h=6d1251ce97bc1adf581676f7d9f691b992a7a79c;hb=b382fe5af3f138ede6db2ab1efc05ddd0819eea6;hp=4e1793d905c201510523d0fbd8f3d9c091e6118e;hpb=92c48abf7079358345432e020b72d025fc14f75d;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/argparser/ArgParser.java b/src/jalview/bin/argparser/ArgParser.java
index 4e1793d..6d1251c 100644
--- 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);
           }
         }