com.faunos.util.main
Class Arguments

java.lang.Object
  com.faunos.util.main.Arguments

public class Arguments
extends Object

Support for parsing command line arguments.

Author:

Babak Farhang

Constructor Summary

Arguments()
Default constructor.

Arguments(Collection<String> identifiers)
Creates a new instance with the specified option identifiers.

Arguments(Options options)
Creates a new instance with the given Options.

Method Summary

void	addToken(String token) Adds the given command line token.
List<String>	getArgumentList() Returns the argument tokens supplied from the command line that were not interpreted as options.
List<String>	getOptionList() Returns the list of options supplied from the command line.
Options	getOptions() Returns the Options configured for this instance.
void	parse(String[] args) Parses the given command line tokens and populates the option- and argument- lists.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Arguments

public Arguments()

Default constructor. Creates a new instance with empty options.

See Also:

getOptions()

Arguments

public Arguments(Options options)

Creates a new instance with the given Options.

See Also:

getOptions()

Arguments

public Arguments(Collection<String> identifiers)

Creates a new instance with the specified option identifiers.

See Also:

getOptions()

Method Detail

getOptionList

public List<String> getOptionList()

Returns the list of options supplied from the command line. The list is collected from invocations of parse(String[]) or addToken(String)

getOptions

public Options getOptions()

Returns the Options configured for this instance.

getArgumentList

public List<String> getArgumentList()

Returns the argument tokens supplied from the command line that were not interpreted as options. The list is collected from invocations of parse(String[]) or addToken(String)

addToken

public void addToken(String token)

Adds the given command line token. If the token starts with '--', then the token is interpreted as a single option; if the token starts with a single '-', then the token is interpreted as sequence of one-character options; o.w. the token is interpreted as a regular argument.

parse

public void parse(String[] args)

Parses the given command line tokens and populates the option- and argument- lists.