Parsing command line arguments without using reflection?

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Issue type
Feature
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Needs clarification
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Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli

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Start by reviewing the CommandLineParser API described in the issue and the linked System.CommandLine parsing documentation. Compare the requested verb and option configuration with the existing class-based approach, then define the expected API and acceptance criteria for supporting parsing without reflection or verb classes.

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Is there a way to parse command line options without using reflection? As it stands, I have to make a class for each "verb". I would like to be able to specify all of the data that CommandLineParser needs without being required to have a class to represent the verbs.

The documentation for System.CommandLine gives a good example of something that would be good for us. Ideally, I wouldn't need to switch to System.CommandLine, since I already use CommandLineParser.

Is there any way to do this?

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