j-args

A flexible argument-parser library.

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Sample

1: How to declare and parse arguments

The code below creates two arguments using the ArgumentFactory class; one required argument of type int, and one optional argument of type string.

ArgumentFactory factory = new ArgumentFactory();
factory.create("-foo, --foo", "description", true,
        null, "FOO", null, int.class);
factory.create("-bar, --bar", null, false, 
        null, "BAR", "default value", String.class);
Set<Argument> arguments = factory.getAll();

The below snippet demonstrates how to parse arguments and retrieve their values.

ArgsParser parser = new ArgsParser(arguments);
Args args = parser.parse("-bar 'this is a string' -foo 55");
int foo = args.get("-foo", int.class);
String bar = args.get("-bar", String.class);
// do something with your initialized arguments

See: www.github.com/wnebyte/j-arguments for additional documentation on how to use the ArgumentFactory class.