This issue might be reopened in case of any regressions, otherwise I mark it as successfully closed and completed.
> Refactor the start component
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> Key: OFBIZ-6783
> URL:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-6783> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: framework
> Affects Versions: Upcoming Branch
> Reporter: Taher Alkhateeb
> Assignee: Taher Alkhateeb
> Labels: framework, main, refactoring, start
> Fix For: Upcoming Branch
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> Attachments: OFBIZ-6783-hiddenfiles.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, OFBIZ-6783.patch, StartCommandUtil.java, error.log, ofbiz.log
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> Looking at the main method and design of Start.java and the start component overall looks ugly. The things I would like to fix so far are:
> - the files are too long
> - some variables are not even needed (loaderArgs?)
> - the level of abstraction is wrong
> - main throws an exception!
> - the arguments processing logic is terrible, need to move it to commons-cli
> It's just so messy and ugly to look at. So for me refactoring starts at Start! Given that this is an important component, I will provide a patch to be reviewed by the community before committing just to be on the safe side.
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