JarCasting
Overview
easy-cli is a java library for easy command line argument parsing. It can also print help message which shows the options available for the command line tool.
It is annotation based, which makes it easier to define and use the parsed arguments.
Features:
- Open source
- Easy to use
- Supports different types of options
- Short and long options (e.g.
ls -randls --reverse)- POSIX like options (e.g.
ls -ltr Test.java) - GNU like long options (e.g.
ls --reverse --format=commas)
- POSIX like options (e.g.
- With space separator between the option and value (e.g.
--option valueor-o value)
- Short and long options (e.g.
- Generates help message
A sample help message displayed by the library is shown below
Usage: java [JavaOptions] <mainclass> [OPTIONS] [PARAMETERS]
or java [JavaOptions] -jar <jarfile> [OPTIONS] [PARAMETERS]
Options:
-E, --extended-regexp PATTERNS are extended regular expressions (default "false")
-F, --fixed-strings PATTERNS are strings (default "false")
-e, --regexp use PATTERNS for matching
-f, --file take PATTERNS from FILE
-i, --ignore-case ignore case distinctions in patterns and data (default "false")
-m, --max-count stop after NUM selected lines
Parameters:
Param1 (Mandatory) contain multiple patterns separated by newlines
Param2 File (1) to check the pattern (default ".")
Param3 File (2) to check the pattern
Param4 File (3) to check the pattern