org.exolab.castor.util
Class CommandLineOptions

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.util.CommandLineOptions

public class CommandLineOptions
extends Object

A utility class for generating command line options.

Version:

$Revision: 8146 $ $Date: 2006-04-10 16:39:24 -0600 (Mon, 10 Apr 2006) $

Author:

Keith Visco

Constructor Summary

CommandLineOptions()

Method Summary

void	addFlag(String flag) Adds the flag to list of available command line options.
void	addFlag(String flag, String comment) Adds the flag to list of available command line options.
void	addFlag(String flag, String usageText, String comment) Adds the flag to list of available command line options.
void	addFlag(String flag, String usageText, String comment, boolean optional) Adds the flag to list of available command line options.
Properties	getOptions(String[] args) Parses the arguments into a hashtable with the proper flag as the key.
void	printHelp(PrintWriter pw)
void	printUsage(PrintWriter pw)
void	setComment(String flag, String comment) Sets a comment for the flag.
void	setOptional(String flag, boolean optional) Sets whether or not a given flag is optional.
void	setUsageInfo(String flag, String usage) Sets the text to print after the flag when printing the usage line.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CommandLineOptions

public CommandLineOptions()

Method Detail

addFlag

public void addFlag(String flag)

Adds the flag to list of available command line options.

Parameters:

flag - the flag to add as an available command line option.

addFlag

public void addFlag(String flag,
                    String comment)

Adds the flag to list of available command line options.

Parameters:

flag - the flag to add as an available command line option.

comment - a comment for the flag.

addFlag

public void addFlag(String flag,
                    String usageText,
                    String comment)

Adds the flag to list of available command line options.

Parameters:

flag - the flag to add as an available command line option.

comment - a comment for the flag.

usageText - the text that appears after the flag in the usage string.

addFlag

public void addFlag(String flag,
                    String usageText,
                    String comment,
                    boolean optional)

Adds the flag to list of available command line options.

Parameters:

flag - The flag to add as an available command line option.

comment - A comment for the flag.

usageText - The text that appears after the flag in the usage string.

optional - When true, indicates that this flag is optional.

getOptions

public Properties getOptions(String[] args)

Parses the arguments into a hashtable with the proper flag as the key.

setComment

public void setComment(String flag,
                       String comment)

Sets a comment for the flag.

Parameters:

flag - the flag to set the comment for.

comment - the comment to use when printing help for the given flag.

setOptional

public void setOptional(String flag,
                        boolean optional)

Sets whether or not a given flag is optional.

Parameters:

flag - the flag to set optionality for.

optional - the boolean indicating the optionality for the given flag.

setUsageInfo

public void setUsageInfo(String flag,
                         String usage)

Sets the text to print after the flag when printing the usage line.

Parameters:

flag - the flag to set the usage info for.

usage - the usage text.

printUsage

public void printUsage(PrintWriter pw)

printHelp

public void printHelp(PrintWriter pw)