0000420: add --listconfig more useful

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0000420

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2014-11-10 10:14

2015-06-05 10:50

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davidl

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davidl

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minor

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0000420: add --listconfig more useful

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The --dumpconfig option is somewhat limited in usefulness to find out what parameters exist since it needs to have an event source to run and most factories need to be activated in order to register their parameters. A "--listconfig" option could be used to activate all factories and dump the resulting list of all parameters to the screen in a way similar to --dumpconfig.

One could imagine two default behaviors:

1.) If no JEventProcessors are registered and no AUTOACTIVATE factories exist, then try activating all factories in order to get a complete list

2.) If at least one JEventProcessor exists or an AUTOACTIVATE factory is specified, then only print parameters registered via those.

This has the disadvantage of suppressing parameters from being registered/printed if something is *added* to the command line.

Perhaps one wants both a "--listconfig" and a "--listallconfig" option so that both behaviors are available and the user selects which they want(??)

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