Class Arguments

java.lang.Object

org.refcodes.runtime.Arguments

public final class Arguments
extends Object

This utility class provides method useful for working with command line arguments (as of public static void main(String[] args) ).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Map<String,String>	toProperties(String[] aArgs)	Creates a Map from the provided command line arguments using the ArgsPrefix.toPrefixes() prefixes to identify the keys (and the values) from the provided arguments.
static Map<String,String>	toProperties(String[] aArgs, String[] aPrefixes, char aDelimiter)	Creates a Map from the provided command line arguments using the provided prefixes to identify the keys (and the values) from the provided arguments.
static Map<String,String>	toProperties(String[] aArgs, Collection<String> aPrefixes, char aDelimiter)	Creates a Map from the provided command line arguments using the provided prefixes to identify the keys (and the values) from the provided arguments.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

toProperties

public static Map<String,String> toProperties(String[] aArgs)

Creates a Map from the provided command line arguments using the ArgsPrefix.toPrefixes() prefixes to identify the keys (and the values) from the provided arguments.

Parameters:

aArgs - The command line arguments to convert to properties.

Returns:

The Map containing the determined properties.

toProperties

public static Map<String,String> toProperties(String[] aArgs,
 Collection<String> aPrefixes,
 char aDelimiter)

Creates a Map from the provided command line arguments using the provided prefixes to identify the keys (and the values) from the provided arguments.

Parameters:

aArgs - The command line arguments to convert to properties.

aPrefixes - The prefixes to be used to identify options.

aDelimiter - The delimiter to use when generating non colliding keys.

Returns:

The Map containing the determined properties.

toProperties

public static Map<String,String> toProperties(String[] aArgs,
 String[] aPrefixes,
 char aDelimiter)

Creates a Map from the provided command line arguments using the provided prefixes to identify the keys (and the values) from the provided arguments.

Parameters:

aArgs - The command line arguments to convert to properties.

aPrefixes - The prefixes to be used to identify options.

aDelimiter - The delimiter to use when generating non colliding keys.

Returns:

The Map containing the determined properties.