1<!DOCTYPE html> 2<html lang="en"> 3<head> 4<meta charset="UTF-8"> 5<!--[if IE]><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"><![endif]--> 6<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> 7<meta name="generator" content="Asciidoctor 1.5.5"> 8<meta name="author" content="Cédric Beust"> 9<title>JCommander</title> 10<style> 11@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round|Open+Sans:400italic,600italic,400,600|Ubuntu+Mono:400); 12/*! normalize.css v2.1.2 | MIT License | git.io/normalize */ 13/* ========================================================================== HTML5 display definitions ========================================================================== */ 14/** Correct `block` display not defined in IE 8/9. */ 15article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, main, nav, section, summary { display: block; } 16 17/** Correct `inline-block` display not defined in IE 8/9. */ 18audio, canvas, video { display: inline-block; } 19 20/** Prevent modern browsers from displaying `audio` without controls. Remove excess height in iOS 5 devices. */ 21audio:not([controls]) { display: none; height: 0; } 22 23/** Address `[hidden]` styling not present in IE 8/9. Hide the `template` element in IE, Safari, and Firefox < 22. */ 24[hidden], template { display: none; } 25 26script { display: none !important; } 27 28/* ========================================================================== Base ========================================================================== */ 29/** 1. Set default font family to sans-serif. 2. Prevent iOS text size adjust after orientation change, without disabling user zoom. */ 30html { font-family: sans-serif; /* 1 */ -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 2 */ -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 2 */ } 31 32/** Remove default margin. */ 33body { margin: 0; } 34 35/* ========================================================================== Links ========================================================================== */ 36/** Remove the gray background color from active links in IE 10. */ 37a { background: transparent; } 38 39/** Address `outline` inconsistency between Chrome and other browsers. */ 40a:focus { outline: thin dotted; } 41 42/** Improve readability when focused and also mouse hovered in all browsers. */ 43a:active, a:hover { outline: 0; } 44 45/* ========================================================================== Typography ========================================================================== */ 46/** Address variable `h1` font-size and margin within `section` and `article` contexts in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome. */ 47h1 { font-size: 2em; margin: 0.67em 0; } 48 49/** Address styling not present in IE 8/9, Safari 5, and Chrome. */ 50abbr[title] { border-bottom: 1px dotted; } 51 52/** Address style set to `bolder` in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome. */ 53b, strong { font-weight: bold; } 54 55/** Address styling not present in Safari 5 and Chrome. */ 56dfn { font-style: italic; } 57 58/** Address differences between Firefox and other browsers. */ 59hr { -moz-box-sizing: content-box; box-sizing: content-box; height: 0; } 60 61/** Address styling not present in IE 8/9. */ 62mark { background: #ff0; color: #000; } 63 64/** Correct font family set oddly in Safari 5 and Chrome. */ 65code, kbd, pre, samp { font-family: monospace, serif; font-size: 1em; } 66 67/** Improve readability of pre-formatted text in all browsers. */ 68pre { white-space: pre-wrap; } 69 70/** Set consistent quote types. */ 71q { quotes: "\201C" "\201D" "\2018" "\2019"; } 72 73/** Address inconsistent and variable font size in all browsers. */ 74small { font-size: 80%; } 75 76/** Prevent `sub` and `sup` affecting `line-height` in all browsers. */ 77sub, sup { font-size: 75%; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; } 78 79sup { top: -0.5em; } 80 81sub { bottom: -0.25em; } 82 83/* ========================================================================== Embedded content ========================================================================== */ 84/** Remove border when inside `a` element in IE 8/9. */ 85img { border: 0; } 86 87/** Correct overflow displayed oddly in IE 9. */ 88svg:not(:root) { overflow: hidden; } 89 90/* ========================================================================== Figures ========================================================================== */ 91/** Address margin not present in IE 8/9 and Safari 5. */ 92figure { margin: 0; } 93 94/* ========================================================================== Forms ========================================================================== */ 95/** Define consistent border, margin, and padding. */ 96fieldset { border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; margin: 0 2px; padding: 0.35em 0.625em 0.75em; } 97 98/** 1. Correct `color` not being inherited in IE 8/9. 2. Remove padding so people aren't caught out if they zero out fieldsets. */ 99legend { border: 0; /* 1 */ padding: 0; /* 2 */ } 100 101/** 1. Correct font family not being inherited in all browsers. 2. Correct font size not being inherited in all browsers. 3. Address margins set differently in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome. */ 102button, input, select, textarea { font-family: inherit; /* 1 */ font-size: 100%; /* 2 */ margin: 0; /* 3 */ } 103 104/** Address Firefox 4+ setting `line-height` on `input` using `!important` in the UA stylesheet. */ 105button, input { line-height: normal; } 106 107/** Address inconsistent `text-transform` inheritance for `button` and `select`. All other form control elements do not inherit `text-transform` values. Correct `button` style inheritance in Chrome, Safari 5+, and IE 8+. Correct `select` style inheritance in Firefox 4+ and Opera. */ 108button, select { text-transform: none; } 109 110/** 1. Avoid the WebKit bug in Android 4.0.* where (2) destroys native `audio` and `video` controls. 2. Correct inability to style clickable `input` types in iOS. 3. Improve usability and consistency of cursor style between image-type `input` and others. */ 111button, html input[type="button"], input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"] { -webkit-appearance: button; /* 2 */ cursor: pointer; /* 3 */ } 112 113/** Re-set default cursor for disabled elements. */ 114button[disabled], html input[disabled] { cursor: default; } 115 116/** 1. Address box sizing set to `content-box` in IE 8/9. 2. Remove excess padding in IE 8/9. */ 117input[type="checkbox"], input[type="radio"] { box-sizing: border-box; /* 1 */ padding: 0; /* 2 */ } 118 119/** 1. Address `appearance` set to `searchfield` in Safari 5 and Chrome. 2. Address `box-sizing` set to `border-box` in Safari 5 and Chrome (include `-moz` to future-proof). */ 120input[type="search"] { -webkit-appearance: textfield; /* 1 */ -moz-box-sizing: content-box; -webkit-box-sizing: content-box; /* 2 */ box-sizing: content-box; } 121 122/** Remove inner padding and search cancel button in Safari 5 and Chrome on OS X. */ 123input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button, input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration { -webkit-appearance: none; } 124 125/** Remove inner padding and border in Firefox 4+. */ 126button::-moz-focus-inner, input::-moz-focus-inner { border: 0; padding: 0; } 127 128/** 1. Remove default vertical scrollbar in IE 8/9. 2. Improve readability and alignment in all browsers. */ 129textarea { overflow: auto; /* 1 */ vertical-align: top; /* 2 */ } 130 131/* ========================================================================== Tables ========================================================================== */ 132/** Remove most spacing between table cells. */ 133table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; } 134 135meta.foundation-mq-small { font-family: "only screen and (min-width: 768px)"; width: 768px; } 136 137meta.foundation-mq-medium { font-family: "only screen and (min-width:1280px)"; width: 1280px; } 138 139meta.foundation-mq-large { font-family: "only screen and (min-width:1440px)"; width: 1440px; } 140 141*, *:before, *:after { -moz-box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; } 142 143html, body { font-size: 100%; } 144 145body { background: #fefdfd; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); padding: 0; margin: 0; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; line-height: 1; position: relative; cursor: auto; } 146 147a:hover { cursor: pointer; } 148 149img, object, embed { max-width: 100%; height: auto; } 150 151object, embed { height: 100%; } 152 153img { -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; } 154 155#map_canvas img, #map_canvas embed, #map_canvas object, .map_canvas img, .map_canvas embed, .map_canvas object { max-width: none !important; } 156 157.left { float: left !important; } 158 159.right { float: right !important; } 160 161.text-left { text-align: left !important; } 162 163.text-right { text-align: right !important; } 164 165.text-center { text-align: center !important; } 166 167.text-justify { text-align: justify !important; } 168 169.hide { display: none; } 170 171.antialiased { -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; } 172 173img { display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; } 174 175textarea { height: auto; min-height: 50px; } 176 177select { width: 100%; } 178 179object, svg { display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; } 180 181.center { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } 182 183.spread { width: 100%; } 184 185p.lead, .paragraph.lead > p, #preamble > .sectionbody > .paragraph:first-of-type p { font-size: 1.21875em; line-height: 1.6; } 186 187.subheader, .admonitionblock td.content > .title, .audioblock > .title, .exampleblock > .title, .imageblock > .title, .listingblock > .title, .literalblock > .title, .stemblock > .title, .openblock > .title, .paragraph > .title, .quoteblock > .title, table.tableblock > .title, .verseblock > .title, .videoblock > .title, .dlist > .title, .olist > .title, .ulist > .title, .qlist > .title, .hdlist > .title { line-height: 1.25; color: #002c5e; font-weight: 300; margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; } 188 189/* Typography resets */ 190div, dl, dt, dd, ul, ol, li, h1, h2, h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title, h4, h5, h6, pre, form, p, blockquote, th, td { margin: 0; padding: 0; direction: ltr; } 191 192/* Default Link Styles */ 193a { color: #005580; text-decoration: underline; line-height: inherit; } 194a:hover, a:focus { color: #078d71; } 195a img { border: none; } 196 197/* Default paragraph styles */ 198p { font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; } 199p aside { font-size: 0.875em; line-height: 1.35; font-style: italic; } 200 201/* Default header styles */ 202h1, h2, h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title, h4, h5, h6 { font-family: "Varela Round", sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; color: #00326b; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin-top: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 1.0625em; } 203h1 small, h2 small, h3 small, #toctitle small, .sidebarblock > .content > .title small, h4 small, h5 small, h6 small { font-size: 60%; color: #057aff; line-height: 0; } 204 205h1 { font-size: 2.125em; } 206 207h2 { font-size: 1.6875em; } 208 209h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title { font-size: 1.375em; } 210 211h4 { font-size: 1.125em; } 212 213h5 { font-size: 1.125em; } 214 215h6 { font-size: 1em; } 216 217hr { border: solid rgba(145, 135, 84, 0.15); border-width: 1px 0 0; clear: both; margin: 1.25em 0 1.1875em; height: 0; } 218 219/* Helpful Typography Defaults */ 220em, i { font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; } 221 222strong, b { font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; } 223 224small { font-size: 60%; line-height: inherit; } 225 226code { font-family: "Ubuntu Mono", "Inconsolata", monospace; font-weight: 400; color: #331d00; } 227 228/* Lists */ 229ul, ol, dl { font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25em; list-style-position: outside; font-family: inherit; } 230 231ul, ol { margin-left: 1.5em; } 232ul.no-bullet, ol.no-bullet { margin-left: 1.5em; } 233 234/* Unordered Lists */ 235ul li ul, ul li ol { margin-left: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0; font-size: 1em; /* Override nested font-size change */ } 236ul.square li ul, ul.circle li ul, ul.disc li ul { list-style: inherit; } 237ul.square { list-style-type: square; } 238ul.circle { list-style-type: circle; } 239ul.disc { list-style-type: disc; } 240ul.no-bullet { list-style: none; } 241 242/* Ordered Lists */ 243ol li ul, ol li ol { margin-left: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0; } 244 245/* Definition Lists */ 246dl dt { margin-bottom: 0.3125em; font-weight: bold; } 247dl dd { margin-bottom: 1.25em; } 248 249/* Abbreviations */ 250abbr, acronym { text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 90%; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); border-bottom: 1px dotted #dddddd; cursor: help; } 251 252abbr { text-transform: none; } 253 254/* Blockquotes */ 255blockquote { margin: 0 0 1.25em; padding: 0.5625em 1.25em 0 1.1875em; border-left: 1px solid #dddddd; } 256blockquote cite { display: block; font-size: 0.8125em; color: #666666; } 257blockquote cite:before { content: "\2014 \0020"; } 258blockquote cite a, blockquote cite a:visited { color: #666666; } 259 260blockquote, blockquote p { line-height: 1.5; color: #999999; } 261 262/* Microformats */ 263.vcard { display: inline-block; margin: 0 0 1.25em 0; border: 1px solid #dddddd; padding: 0.625em 0.75em; } 264.vcard li { margin: 0; display: block; } 265.vcard .fn { font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9375em; } 266 267.vevent .summary { font-weight: bold; } 268.vevent abbr { cursor: auto; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; border: none; padding: 0 0.0625em; } 269 270@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { h1, h2, h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title, h4, h5, h6 { line-height: 1.25; } 271 h1 { font-size: 2.75em; } 272 h2 { font-size: 2.3125em; } 273 h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title { font-size: 1.6875em; } 274 h4 { font-size: 1.4375em; } } 275/* Tables */ 276table { background: white; margin-bottom: 1.25em; border: solid 1px rgba(145, 135, 84, 0.15); } 277table thead, table tfoot { background: rgba(119, 84, 22, 0.1); font-weight: bold; } 278table thead tr th, table thead tr td, table tfoot tr th, table tfoot tr td { padding: 0.5em 0.625em 0.625em; font-size: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); text-align: left; } 279table tr th, table tr td { padding: 0.5625em 0.625em; font-size: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); } 280table tr.even, table tr.alt, table tr:nth-of-type(even) { background: rgba(119, 84, 22, 0.025); } 281table thead tr th, table tfoot tr th, table tbody tr td, table tr td, table tfoot tr td { display: table-cell; line-height: 1.5; } 282 283body { -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; tab-size: 4; } 284 285h1, h2, h3, #toctitle, .sidebarblock > .content > .title, h4, h5, h6 { line-height: 1.25; } 286 287.clearfix:before, .clearfix:after, .float-group:before, .float-group:after { content: " "; display: table; } 288.clearfix:after, .float-group:after { clear: both; } 289 290*:not(pre) > code { font-size: 1.0625em; font-style: normal !important; letter-spacing: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 1.25; word-wrap: break-word; } 291*:not(pre) > code.nobreak { word-wrap: normal; } 292*:not(pre) > code.nowrap { white-space: nowrap; } 293 294pre, pre > code { line-height: 1.4; color: inherit; font-family: "Liberation Mono", "Consolas", monospace; font-weight: normal; } 295 296em em { font-style: normal; } 297 298strong strong { font-weight: normal; } 299 300.keyseq { color: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0.8); } 301 302kbd { font-family: "Ubuntu Mono", "Inconsolata", monospace; display: inline-block; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-size: 0.65em; line-height: 1.45; background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 1px solid #ccc; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 0 0 0.1em white inset; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 0 0 0.1em white inset; margin: 0 0.15em; padding: 0.2em 0.5em; vertical-align: middle; position: relative; top: -0.1em; white-space: nowrap; } 303 304.keyseq kbd:first-child { margin-left: 0; } 305 306.keyseq kbd:last-child { margin-right: 0; } 307 308.menuseq, .menu { color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); } 309 310b.button:before, b.button:after { position: relative; top: -1px; font-weight: normal; } 311 312b.button:before { content: "["; padding: 0 3px 0 2px; } 313 314b.button:after { content: "]"; padding: 0 2px 0 3px; } 315 316p a > code:hover { color: #1a0f00; } 317 318#header, #content, #footnotes, #footer { width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 62.5em; *zoom: 1; position: relative; padding-left: 0.9375em; padding-right: 0.9375em; } 319#header:before, #header:after, #content:before, #content:after, #footnotes:before, #footnotes:after, #footer:before, #footer:after { content: " "; display: table; } 320#header:after, #content:after, #footnotes:after, #footer:after { clear: both; } 321 322#content { margin-top: 1.25em; } 323 324#content:before { content: none; } 325 326#header > h1:first-child { color: #703f1c; margin-top: 2.25rem; margin-bottom: 0; } 327#header > h1:first-child + #toc { margin-top: 8px; border-top: 1px solid rgba(145, 135, 84, 0.15); } 328#header > h1:only-child, body.toc2 #header > h1:nth-last-child(2) { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(145, 135, 84, 0.15); padding-bottom: 8px; } 329#header .details { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(145, 135, 84, 0.15); line-height: 1.45; padding-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0.25em; color: #666666; display: -ms-flexbox; display: -webkit-flex; display: flex; -ms-flex-flow: row wrap; -webkit-flex-flow: row wrap; flex-flow: row wrap; } 330#header .details span:first-child { margin-left: -0.125em; } 331#header .details span.email a { color: #999999; } 332#header .details br { display: none; } 333#header .details br + span:before { content: "\00a0\2013\00a0"; } 334#header .details br + span.author:before { content: "\00a0\22c5\00a0"; color: #999999; } 335#header .details br + span#revremark:before { content: "\00a0|\00a0"; } 336#header #revnumber { text-transform: capitalize; } 337#header #revnumber:after { content: "\00a0"; } 338 339#content > h1:first-child:not([class]) { color: #703f1c; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(145, 135, 84, 0.15); padding-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 0; padding-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; } 340 341#toc { border-bottom: 0px solid #dddddd; padding-bottom: 0.5em; } 342#toc > ul { margin-left: 0.125em; } 343#toc ul.sectlevel0 > li > a { font-style: italic; } 344#toc ul.sectlevel0 ul.sectlevel1 { margin: 0.5em 0; } 345#toc ul { font-family: "Varela Round", sans-serif; list-style-type: none; } 346#toc li { line-height: 1.3334; margin-top: 0.3334em; } 347#toc a { text-decoration: none; } 348#toc a:active { text-decoration: underline; } 349 350#toctitle { color: #002c5e; font-size: 1.2em; } 351 352@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { #toctitle { font-size: 1.375em; } 353 body.toc2 { padding-left: 15em; padding-right: 0; } 354 #toc.toc2 { margin-top: 0 !important; background-color: #f2f2f4; position: fixed; width: 15em; left: 0; top: 0; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd; border-top-width: 0 !important; border-bottom-width: 0 !important; z-index: 1000; padding: 1.25em 1em; height: 100%; overflow: auto; } 355 #toc.toc2 #toctitle { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0.8rem; font-size: 1.2em; } 356 #toc.toc2 > ul { font-size: 0.9em; margin-bottom: 0; } 357 #toc.toc2 ul ul { margin-left: 0; padding-left: 1em; } 358 #toc.toc2 ul.sectlevel0 ul.sectlevel1 { padding-left: 0; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; } 359 body.toc2.toc-right { padding-left: 0; padding-right: 15em; } 360 body.toc2.toc-right #toc.toc2 { border-right-width: 0; border-left: 1px solid #dddddd; left: auto; right: 0; } } 361@media only screen and (min-width: 1280px) { body.toc2 { padding-left: 20em; padding-right: 0; } 362 #toc.toc2 { width: 20em; } 363 #toc.toc2 #toctitle { font-size: 1.375em; } 364 #toc.toc2 > ul { font-size: 0.95em; } 365 #toc.toc2 ul ul { padding-left: 1.25em; } 366 body.toc2.toc-right { padding-left: 0; padding-right: 20em; } } 367#content #toc { border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #d6d6dd; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 1.25em; background: #f2f2f4; -webkit-border-radius: 6px; border-radius: 6px; } 368#content #toc > :first-child { margin-top: 0; } 369#content #toc > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; } 370 371#footer { max-width: 100%; background-color: #0b445a; padding: 1.25em; } 372 373#footer-text { color: #fefdfd; line-height: 1.35; } 374 375.sect1 { padding-bottom: 0.625em; } 376 377@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .sect1 { padding-bottom: 1.25em; } } 378.sect1 + .sect1 { border-top: 0px solid #dddddd; } 379 380#content h1 > a.anchor, h2 > a.anchor, h3 > a.anchor, #toctitle > a.anchor, .sidebarblock > .content > .title > a.anchor, h4 > a.anchor, h5 > a.anchor, h6 > a.anchor { position: absolute; z-index: 1001; width: 1.5ex; margin-left: -1.5ex; display: block; text-decoration: none !important; visibility: hidden; text-align: center; font-weight: normal; } 381#content h1 > a.anchor:before, h2 > a.anchor:before, h3 > a.anchor:before, #toctitle > a.anchor:before, .sidebarblock > .content > .title > a.anchor:before, h4 > a.anchor:before, h5 > a.anchor:before, h6 > a.anchor:before { content: "\00A7"; font-size: 0.85em; display: block; padding-top: 0.1em; } 382#content h1:hover > a.anchor, #content h1 > a.anchor:hover, h2:hover > a.anchor, h2 > a.anchor:hover, h3:hover > a.anchor, #toctitle:hover > a.anchor, .sidebarblock > .content > .title:hover > a.anchor, h3 > a.anchor:hover, #toctitle > a.anchor:hover, .sidebarblock > .content > .title > a.anchor:hover, h4:hover > a.anchor, h4 > a.anchor:hover, h5:hover > a.anchor, h5 > a.anchor:hover, h6:hover > a.anchor, h6 > a.anchor:hover { visibility: visible; } 383#content h1 > a.link, h2 > a.link, h3 > a.link, #toctitle > a.link, .sidebarblock > .content > .title > a.link, h4 > a.link, h5 > a.link, h6 > a.link { color: #00326b; text-decoration: none; } 384#content h1 > a.link:hover, h2 > a.link:hover, h3 > a.link:hover, #toctitle > a.link:hover, .sidebarblock > .content > .title > a.link:hover, h4 > a.link:hover, h5 > a.link:hover, h6 > a.link:hover { color: #002652; } 385 386.audioblock, .imageblock, .literalblock, .listingblock, .stemblock, .videoblock { margin-bottom: 1.25em; 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} 700 701#header h1 { font-weight: bold; position: relative; left: -0.0625em; } 702 703#content h2, #content h3, #content #toctitle, #content .sidebarblock > .content > .title, #content h4, #content h5, #content #toctitle { position: relative; left: -0.0625em; } 704#content h2 { font-weight: bold; } 705 706.paragraph.lead > p, #preamble > .sectionbody > .paragraph:first-of-type p { color: black; } 707 708pre.pygments.highlight { background-color: rgba(16, 195, 196, 0.05); } 709 710.pygments .tok-err { border: none !important; color: #800000 !important; } 711 712.pygments .tok-c { color: #999 !important; } 713 714</style> 715</head> 716<body class="article toc2 toc-left"> 717<div id="header"> 718<h1>JCommander</h1> 719<div class="details"> 720<span id="author" class="author">Cédric Beust</span><br> 721<span id="email" class="email"><a href="mailto:cedric@beust.com">cedric@beust.com</a></span><br> 722</div> 723<div id="toc" class="toc2"> 724<div id="toctitle">Table of Contents</div> 725<ul class="sectlevel1"> 726<li><a href="#_overview">1. Overview</a></li> 727<li><a href="#_types_of_options">2. Types of options</a> 728<ul class="sectlevel2"> 729<li><a href="#_boolean">2.1. Boolean</a></li> 730<li><a href="#_lists">2.2. Lists</a></li> 731<li><a href="#_password">2.3. Password</a></li> 732<li><a href="#_echo_input">2.4. Echo Input</a></li> 733</ul> 734</li> 735<li><a href="#_custom_types_converters_and_splitters">3. Custom types (converters and splitters)</a> 736<ul class="sectlevel2"> 737<li><a href="#single-value">3.1. Custom types - Single value</a></li> 738<li><a href="#list-value">3.2. Custom types - List value</a></li> 739<li><a href="#_splitting">3.3. Splitting</a></li> 740</ul> 741</li> 742<li><a href="#_parameter_validation">4. Parameter validation</a> 743<ul class="sectlevel2"> 744<li><a href="#_individual_parameter_validation">4.1. Individual parameter validation</a></li> 745<li><a href="#_global_parameter_validation">4.2. Global parameter validation</a></li> 746</ul> 747</li> 748<li><a href="#_main_parameter">5. Main parameter</a></li> 749<li><a href="#_private_parameters">6. Private parameters</a></li> 750<li><a href="#_parameter_separators">7. Parameter separators</a></li> 751<li><a href="#_multiple_descriptions">8. Multiple descriptions</a></li> 752<li><a href="#__syntax">9. @ syntax</a></li> 753<li><a href="#_arities_multiple_values_for_parameters">10. Arities (multiple values for parameters)</a> 754<ul class="sectlevel2"> 755<li><a href="#_fixed_arities">10.1. Fixed arities</a></li> 756<li><a href="#_variable_arities">10.2. Variable arities</a></li> 757</ul> 758</li> 759<li><a href="#_multiple_option_names">11. Multiple option names</a></li> 760<li><a href="#_other_option_configurations">12. Other option configurations</a></li> 761<li><a href="#_required_and_optional_parameters">13. Required and optional parameters</a></li> 762<li><a href="#_default_values">14. Default values</a></li> 763<li><a href="#_help_parameter">15. Help parameter</a></li> 764<li><a href="#_more_complex_syntaxes_commands">16. More complex syntaxes (commands)</a></li> 765<li><a href="#_exception">17. Exception</a></li> 766<li><a href="#_usage">18. Usage</a></li> 767<li><a href="#_hiding_parameters">19. Hiding parameters</a></li> 768<li><a href="#_internationalization">20. Internationalization</a></li> 769<li><a href="#_parameter_delegates">21. Parameter delegates</a></li> 770<li><a href="#_dynamic_parameters">22. Dynamic parameters</a></li> 771<li><a href="#_jcommander_in_other_languages">23. JCommander in other languages</a> 772<ul class="sectlevel2"> 773<li><a href="#_kotlin">23.1. Kotlin</a></li> 774<li><a href="#_groovy">23.2. Groovy</a></li> 775</ul> 776</li> 777<li><a href="#_more_examples">24. More examples</a></li> 778<li><a href="#_mailing_list">25. Mailing list</a></li> 779<li><a href="#_javadocs">26. Javadocs</a></li> 780<li><a href="#_license">27. License</a></li> 781<li><a href="#_download">28. Download</a></li> 782</ul> 783</div> 784</div> 785<div id="content"> 786<div id="preamble"> 787<div class="sectionbody"> 788<div style="float:right"> 789<div style="display:inline-block"> 790 <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"> 791 <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations"> 792 <input type="hidden" name="business" value="cedric@beust.com"> 793 <input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US"> 794 <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Cedric Beust"> 795 <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0"> 796 <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> 797 <input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF:btn_donate_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest"> 798 <input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"> 799 <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" hidden="" style="display: none !important;"> 800 </form> 801</div> 802</div> 803<div class="paragraph"> 804<p><em>"Because life is too short to parse command line parameters"</em></p> 805</div> 806</div> 807</div> 808<div class="sect1"> 809<h2 id="_overview">1. Overview</h2> 810<div class="sectionbody"> 811<div class="paragraph"> 812<p>JCommander is a very small Java framework that makes it trivial to parse command line parameters. 813You annotate fields with descriptions of your options:</p> 814</div> 815<div class="listingblock"> 816<div class="content"> 817<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter; 818 819public class Args { 820 @Parameter 821 private List<String> parameters = new ArrayList<>(); 822 823 @Parameter(names = { "-log", "-verbose" }, description = "Level of verbosity") 824 private Integer verbose = 1; 825 826 @Parameter(names = "-groups", description = "Comma-separated list of group names to be run") 827 private String groups; 828 829 @Parameter(names = "-debug", description = "Debug mode") 830 private boolean debug = false; 831}</code></pre> 832</div> 833</div> 834<div class="paragraph"> 835<p>and then you simply ask JCommander to parse:</p> 836</div> 837<div class="listingblock"> 838<div class="content"> 839<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">Args args = new Args(); 840String[] argv = { "-log", "2", "-groups", "unit" }; 841JCommander.newBuilder() 842 .addObject(args) 843 .build() 844 .parse(argv); 845 846Assert.assertEquals(jct.verbose.intValue(), 2);</code></pre> 847</div> 848</div> 849<div class="paragraph"> 850<p>Here is another example:</p> 851</div> 852<div class="listingblock"> 853<div class="content"> 854<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">class Main { 855 @Parameter(names={"--length", "-l"}) 856 int length; 857 @Parameter(names={"--pattern", "-p"}) 858 int pattern; 859 860 public static void main(String ... argv) { 861 Main main = new Main(); 862 JCommander.newBuilder() 863 .addObject(main) 864 .build() 865 .parse(argv); 866 main.run(); 867 } 868 869 public void run() { 870 System.out.printf("%d %d", length, pattern); 871 } 872}</code></pre> 873</div> 874</div> 875<div class="listingblock"> 876<div class="content"> 877<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java Main -l 512 --pattern 2 878512 2</code></pre> 879</div> 880</div> 881</div> 882</div> 883<div class="sect1"> 884<h2 id="_types_of_options">2. Types of options</h2> 885<div class="sectionbody"> 886<div class="paragraph"> 887<p>The fields representing your parameters can be of any type. Basic types (<code>Integer</code>, <code>Boolean</code>, etc…​) are supported by default and you can write type converters to support any other type (<code>File</code>, etc…​).</p> 888</div> 889<div class="sect2"> 890<h3 id="_boolean">2.1. Boolean</h3> 891<div class="paragraph"> 892<p>When a Parameter annotation is found on a field of type <code>boolean</code> or <code>Boolean</code>, JCommander interprets it as an option with an arity of 0:</p> 893</div> 894<div class="listingblock"> 895<div class="content"> 896<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-debug", description = "Debug mode") 897private boolean debug = false;</code></pre> 898</div> 899</div> 900<div class="paragraph"> 901<p>Such a parameter does not require any additional parameter on the command line and if it’s detected during parsing, the corresponding field will be set to true. If you want to define a boolean parameter that’s true by default, you can declare it as having an arity of 1. Users will then have to specify the value they want explicitly:</p> 902</div> 903<div class="listingblock"> 904<div class="content"> 905<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-debug", description = "Debug mode", arity = 1) 906private boolean debug = true;</code></pre> 907</div> 908</div> 909<div class="paragraph"> 910<p>Invoke with either of:</p> 911</div> 912<div class="listingblock"> 913<div class="content"> 914<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">program -debug true 915program -debug false</code></pre> 916</div> 917</div> 918<div class="paragraph"> 919<p>When a Parameter annotation is found on a field of type <code>String</code>, <code>Integer</code>, <code>int</code>, <code>Long</code> or <code>long</code>, JCommander will parse the following parameter and it will attempt to cast it to the right type:</p> 920</div> 921<div class="listingblock"> 922<div class="content"> 923<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-log", description = "Level of verbosity") 924private Integer verbose = 1;</code></pre> 925</div> 926</div> 927<div class="listingblock"> 928<div class="content"> 929<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">java Main -log 3</code></pre> 930</div> 931</div> 932<div class="paragraph"> 933<p>will cause the field verbose to receive the value 3. However:</p> 934</div> 935<div class="listingblock"> 936<div class="content"> 937<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java Main -log test</code></pre> 938</div> 939</div> 940<div class="paragraph"> 941<p>will cause an exception to be thrown.</p> 942</div> 943</div> 944<div class="sect2"> 945<h3 id="_lists">2.2. Lists</h3> 946<div class="paragraph"> 947<p>When a Parameter annotation is found on a field of type <code>List</code>, JCommander will interpret it as an option that can occur multiple times:</p> 948</div> 949<div class="listingblock"> 950<div class="content"> 951<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-host", description = "The host") 952private List<String> hosts = new ArrayList<>();</code></pre> 953</div> 954</div> 955<div class="paragraph"> 956<p>will allow you to parse the following command line:</p> 957</div> 958<div class="listingblock"> 959<div class="content"> 960<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java Main -host host1 -verbose -host host2</code></pre> 961</div> 962</div> 963<div class="paragraph"> 964<p>When JCommander is done parsing the line above, the field hosts will contain the strings <code>"host1"</code> and <code>"host2"</code>.</p> 965</div> 966</div> 967<div class="sect2"> 968<h3 id="_password">2.3. Password</h3> 969<div class="paragraph"> 970<p>If one of your parameters is a password or some other value that you do not wish to appear in your history or in clear, you can declare it of type password and JCommander will then ask you to enter it in the console:</p> 971</div> 972<div class="listingblock"> 973<div class="content"> 974<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public class ArgsPassword { 975 @Parameter(names = "-password", description = "Connection password", password = true) 976 private String password; 977}</code></pre> 978</div> 979</div> 980<div class="paragraph"> 981<p>When you run your program, you will get the following prompt:</p> 982</div> 983<div class="listingblock"> 984<div class="content"> 985<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">Value for -password (Connection password):</code></pre> 986</div> 987</div> 988<div class="paragraph"> 989<p>You will need to type the value at this point before JCommander resumes.</p> 990</div> 991</div> 992<div class="sect2"> 993<h3 id="_echo_input">2.4. Echo Input</h3> 994<div class="paragraph"> 995<p>In Java 6, by default, you will not be able to see what you type for passwords entered at the prompt (Java 5 and lower will always show the password). However, you can override this by setting echoInput to <code>true</code> (default is <code>false</code> and this setting only has an effect when password is <code>true</code>):</p> 996</div> 997<div class="listingblock"> 998<div class="content"> 999<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public class ArgsPassword { 1000 @Parameter(names = "-password", description = "Connection password", password = true, echoInput = true) 1001 private String password; 1002}</code></pre> 1003</div> 1004</div> 1005</div> 1006</div> 1007</div> 1008<div class="sect1"> 1009<h2 id="_custom_types_converters_and_splitters">3. Custom types (converters and splitters)</h2> 1010<div class="sectionbody"> 1011<div class="paragraph"> 1012<p>To bind parameters to custom types or change the way how JCommander splits parameters (default is to split via comma) JCommander provides two 1013interfaces <code>IStringConverter</code> and <code>IParameterSplitter</code>.</p> 1014</div> 1015<div class="sect2"> 1016<h3 id="single-value">3.1. Custom types - Single value</h3> 1017<div class="paragraph"> 1018<p>Use either the <code>converter=</code> attribute of the <code>@Parameter</code> or implement <code>IStringConverterFactory</code>.</p> 1019</div> 1020<div class="sect3"> 1021<h4 id="_by_annotation">3.1.1. By annotation</h4> 1022<div class="paragraph"> 1023<p>By default, JCommander parses the command line into basic types only (strings, booleans, integers and longs). Very often, your application actually needs more complex types (such as files, host names, lists, etc.). To achieve this, you can write a type converter by implementing the following interface:</p> 1024</div> 1025<div class="listingblock"> 1026<div class="content"> 1027<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public interface IStringConverter<T> { 1028 T convert(String value); 1029}</code></pre> 1030</div> 1031</div> 1032<div class="paragraph"> 1033<p>For example, here is a converter that turns a string into a File:</p> 1034</div> 1035<div class="listingblock"> 1036<div class="content"> 1037<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public class FileConverter implements IStringConverter<File> { 1038 @Override 1039 public File convert(String value) { 1040 return new File(value); 1041 } 1042}</code></pre> 1043</div> 1044</div> 1045<div class="paragraph"> 1046<p>Then, all you need to do is declare your field with the correct type and specify the converter as an attribute:</p> 1047</div> 1048<div class="listingblock"> 1049<div class="content"> 1050<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-file", converter = FileConverter.class) 1051File file;</code></pre> 1052</div> 1053</div> 1054<div class="paragraph"> 1055<p>JCommander ships with a few common converters (for more info please see the implementations of <code>IStringConverter</code>).</p> 1056</div> 1057<div class="sect4"> 1058<h5 id="_note">Note</h5> 1059<div class="paragraph"> 1060<p>If a converter is used for a <code>List</code> field:</p> 1061</div> 1062<div class="listingblock"> 1063<div class="content"> 1064<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-files", converter = FileConverter.class) 1065List<File> files;</code></pre> 1066</div> 1067</div> 1068<div class="paragraph"> 1069<p>And the application is called as follows:</p> 1070</div> 1071<div class="listingblock"> 1072<div class="content"> 1073<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java App -files file1,file2,file3</code></pre> 1074</div> 1075</div> 1076<div class="paragraph"> 1077<p>JCommander will split the string <code>file1,file2,file3</code> into <code>file1</code>, <code>file2</code>, <code>file3</code> and feed it one by one to the converter.</p> 1078</div> 1079<div class="paragraph"> 1080<p>For an alternative solution to parse a list of values, see <a href="#list-value">Custom types - List value</a>.</p> 1081</div> 1082</div> 1083</div> 1084<div class="sect3"> 1085<h4 id="_by_factory">3.1.2. By factory</h4> 1086<div class="paragraph"> 1087<p>If the custom types you use appear multiple times in your application, having to specify the converter in each annotation can become tedious. To address this, you can use an <code>IStringConverterFactory</code>:</p> 1088</div> 1089<div class="listingblock"> 1090<div class="content"> 1091<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public interface IStringConverterFactory { 1092 <T> Class<? extends IStringConverter<T>> getConverter(Class<T> forType); 1093}</code></pre> 1094</div> 1095</div> 1096<div class="paragraph"> 1097<p>For example, suppose you need to parse a string representing a host and a port:</p> 1098</div> 1099<div class="listingblock"> 1100<div class="content"> 1101<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java App -target example.com:8080</code></pre> 1102</div> 1103</div> 1104<div class="paragraph"> 1105<p>You define the holder class :</p> 1106</div> 1107<div class="listingblock"> 1108<div class="content"> 1109<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public class HostPort { 1110 public HostPort(String host, String port) { 1111 this.host = host; 1112 this.port = port; 1113 } 1114 1115 final String host; 1116 final Integer port; 1117}</code></pre> 1118</div> 1119</div> 1120<div class="paragraph"> 1121<p>and the string converter to create instances of this class:</p> 1122</div> 1123<div class="listingblock"> 1124<div class="content"> 1125<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">class HostPortConverter implements IStringConverter<HostPort> { 1126 @Override 1127 public HostPort convert(String value) { 1128 String[] s = value.split(":"); 1129 return new HostPort(s[0], Integer.parseInt(s[1])); 1130 } 1131}</code></pre> 1132</div> 1133</div> 1134<div class="paragraph"> 1135<p>The factory is straightforward:</p> 1136</div> 1137<div class="listingblock"> 1138<div class="content"> 1139<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public class Factory implements IStringConverterFactory { 1140 public Class<? extends IStringConverter<?>> getConverter(Class forType) { 1141 if (forType.equals(HostPort.class)) return HostPortConverter.class; 1142 else return null; 1143 }</code></pre> 1144</div> 1145</div> 1146<div class="paragraph"> 1147<p>You can now use the type <code>HostPort</code> as a parameter without any converterClass attribute:</p> 1148</div> 1149<div class="listingblock"> 1150<div class="content"> 1151<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public class ArgsConverterFactory { 1152 @Parameter(names = "-hostport") 1153 private HostPort hostPort; 1154}</code></pre> 1155</div> 1156</div> 1157<div class="paragraph"> 1158<p>All you need to do is add the factory to your JCommander object:</p> 1159</div> 1160<div class="listingblock"> 1161<div class="content"> 1162<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">ArgsConverterFactory a = new ArgsConverterFactory(); 1163JCommander jc = JCommander.newBuilder() 1164 .addObject(a) 1165 .addConverterFactory(new Factory()) 1166 .build() 1167 .parse("-hostport", "example.com:8080"); 1168 1169Assert.assertEquals(a.hostPort.host, "example.com"); 1170Assert.assertEquals(a.hostPort.port.intValue(), 8080);</code></pre> 1171</div> 1172</div> 1173<div class="paragraph"> 1174<p>Another advantage of using string converter factories is that your factories can come from a dependency injection framework.</p> 1175</div> 1176</div> 1177</div> 1178<div class="sect2"> 1179<h3 id="list-value">3.2. Custom types - List value</h3> 1180<div class="paragraph"> 1181<p>Use the <code>listConverter=</code> attribute of the <code>@Parameter</code> annotation and assign a custom <code>IStringConverter</code> implementation to convert a <code>String</code> into a <code>List</code> of values.</p> 1182</div> 1183<div class="sect3"> 1184<h4 id="_by_annotation_2">3.2.1. By annotation</h4> 1185<div class="paragraph"> 1186<p>If your application needs a list of complex types, write a list type converter by implementing the same interface as before:</p> 1187</div> 1188<div class="listingblock"> 1189<div class="content"> 1190<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public interface IStringConverter<T> { 1191 T convert(String value); 1192}</code></pre> 1193</div> 1194</div> 1195<div class="paragraph"> 1196<p>where <code>T</code> is a <code>List</code>.</p> 1197</div> 1198<div class="paragraph"> 1199<p>For example, here is a list converter that turns a string into a <code>List<File></code>:</p> 1200</div> 1201<div class="listingblock"> 1202<div class="content"> 1203<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public class FileListConverter implements IStringConverter<List<File>> { 1204 @Override 1205 public List<File> convert(String files) { 1206 String [] paths = files.split(","); 1207 List<File> fileList = new ArrayList<>(); 1208 for(String path : paths){ 1209 fileList.add(new File(path)); 1210 } 1211 return fileList; 1212 } 1213}</code></pre> 1214</div> 1215</div> 1216<div class="paragraph"> 1217<p>Then, all you need to do is declare your field with the correct type and specify the list converter as an attribute:</p> 1218</div> 1219<div class="listingblock"> 1220<div class="content"> 1221<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-files", listConverter = FileListConverter.class) 1222List<File> file;</code></pre> 1223</div> 1224</div> 1225<div class="paragraph"> 1226<p>Now if you call for application as in the following example:</p> 1227</div> 1228<div class="listingblock"> 1229<div class="content"> 1230<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java App -files file1,file2,file3</code></pre> 1231</div> 1232</div> 1233<div class="paragraph"> 1234<p>The parameter <code>file1,file2,file3</code> is given to the <code>listConverter</code> and will the properly processed.</p> 1235</div> 1236<div class="paragraph"> 1237<p>JCommander ships with a default converter for <code>String</code> values.</p> 1238</div> 1239</div> 1240</div> 1241<div class="sect2"> 1242<h3 id="_splitting">3.3. Splitting</h3> 1243<div class="paragraph"> 1244<p>Use the <code>splitter=</code> attribute of the <code>@Parameter</code> annotation and assign a custom <code>IParameterSplitter</code> implementation to handle how parameters are split in sub-parts.</p> 1245</div> 1246<div class="sect3"> 1247<h4 id="_by_annotation_3">3.3.1. By annotation</h4> 1248<div class="paragraph"> 1249<p>By default, JCommander tries to split parameters for <code>List</code> field types on commas.</p> 1250</div> 1251<div class="paragraph"> 1252<p>To split parameters on other characters, you can write a custom splitter by implementing the following interface:</p> 1253</div> 1254<div class="listingblock"> 1255<div class="content"> 1256<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public interface IParameterSplitter { 1257 List<String> split(String value); 1258}</code></pre> 1259</div> 1260</div> 1261<div class="paragraph"> 1262<p>For example, here is a splitter that splits a string on semicolon:</p> 1263</div> 1264<div class="listingblock"> 1265<div class="content"> 1266<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public static class SemiColonSplitter implements IParameterSplitter { 1267 public List<String> split(String value) { 1268 return Arrays.asList(value.split(";")); 1269 } 1270}</code></pre> 1271</div> 1272</div> 1273<div class="paragraph"> 1274<p>Then, all you need to do is declare your field with the correct type and specify the splitter as an attribute:</p> 1275</div> 1276<div class="listingblock"> 1277<div class="content"> 1278<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-files", converter = FileConverter.class, splitter = SemiColonSplitter.class) 1279List<File> files;</code></pre> 1280</div> 1281</div> 1282<div class="paragraph"> 1283<p>JCommander will split the string <code>file1;file2;file3</code> into <code>file1</code>, <code>file2</code>, <code>file3</code> and feed it one by one to the converter.</p> 1284</div> 1285</div> 1286</div> 1287</div> 1288</div> 1289<div class="sect1"> 1290<h2 id="_parameter_validation">4. Parameter validation</h2> 1291<div class="sectionbody"> 1292<div class="paragraph"> 1293<p>Parameter validation can be performed in two different ways: at the individual parameter level or globally.</p> 1294</div> 1295<div class="sect2"> 1296<h3 id="_individual_parameter_validation">4.1. Individual parameter validation</h3> 1297<div class="paragraph"> 1298<p>You can ask JCommander to perform early validation on your parameters by providing a class that implements the following interface:</p> 1299</div> 1300<div class="listingblock"> 1301<div class="content"> 1302<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public interface IParameterValidator { 1303 /** 1304 * Validate the parameter. 1305 * 1306 * @param name The name of the parameter (e.g. "-host"). 1307 * @param value The value of the parameter that we need to validate 1308 * 1309 * @throws ParameterException Thrown if the value of the parameter is invalid. 1310 */ 1311 void validate(String name, String value) throws ParameterException; 1312}</code></pre> 1313</div> 1314</div> 1315<div class="paragraph"> 1316<p>Here is an example implementation that will make sure that the parameter is a positive integer:</p> 1317</div> 1318<div class="listingblock"> 1319<div class="content"> 1320<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public class PositiveInteger implements IParameterValidator { 1321 public void validate(String name, String value) 1322 throws ParameterException { 1323 int n = Integer.parseInt(value); 1324 if (n < 0) { 1325 throw new ParameterException("Parameter " + name + " should be positive (found " + value +")"); 1326 } 1327 } 1328}</code></pre> 1329</div> 1330</div> 1331<div class="paragraph"> 1332<p>Specify the name of a class implementing this interface in the <code>validateWith</code> attribute of your <code>@Parameter</code> annotations:</p> 1333</div> 1334<div class="listingblock"> 1335<div class="content"> 1336<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-age", validateWith = PositiveInteger.class) 1337private Integer age;</code></pre> 1338</div> 1339</div> 1340<div class="paragraph"> 1341<p>Attempting to pass a negative integer to this option will cause a ParameterException to be thrown.</p> 1342</div> 1343<div class="paragraph"> 1344<p>Multiple validators may be specified:</p> 1345</div> 1346<div class="listingblock"> 1347<div class="content"> 1348<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-count", validateWith = { PositiveInteger.class, CustomOddNumberValidator.class }) 1349private Integer value;</code></pre> 1350</div> 1351</div> 1352</div> 1353<div class="sect2"> 1354<h3 id="_global_parameter_validation">4.2. Global parameter validation</h3> 1355<div class="paragraph"> 1356<p>After parsing your parameters with JCommander, you might want to perform additional validation across these parameters, such as making sure that two mutually exclusive parameters are not both specified. Because of all the potential combinations involved in such validation, JCommander does not provide any annotation-based solution to perform this validation because such an approach would necessarily be very limited by the very nature of Java annotations. Instead, you should simply perform this validation in Java on all the arguments that JCommander just parsed.</p> 1357</div> 1358</div> 1359</div> 1360</div> 1361<div class="sect1"> 1362<h2 id="_main_parameter">5. Main parameter</h2> 1363<div class="sectionbody"> 1364<div class="paragraph"> 1365<p>So far, all the <code>@Parameter</code> annotations we have seen had defined an attribute called <code>names</code>. You can define one (and at most one) parameter without any such attribute. This parameter needs to be a <code>List<String></code> and it will contain all the parameters that are not options:</p> 1366</div> 1367<div class="listingblock"> 1368<div class="content"> 1369<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(description = "Files") 1370private List<String> files = new ArrayList<>(); 1371 1372@Parameter(names = "-debug", description = "Debugging level") 1373private Integer debug = 1;</code></pre> 1374</div> 1375</div> 1376<div class="paragraph"> 1377<p>will allow you to parse:</p> 1378</div> 1379<div class="listingblock"> 1380<div class="content"> 1381<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java Main -debug file1 file2</code></pre> 1382</div> 1383</div> 1384<div class="paragraph"> 1385<p>and the field files will receive the strings <code>"file1"</code> and <code>"file2"</code>.</p> 1386</div> 1387</div> 1388</div> 1389<div class="sect1"> 1390<h2 id="_private_parameters">6. Private parameters</h2> 1391<div class="sectionbody"> 1392<div class="paragraph"> 1393<p>Parameters can be private:</p> 1394</div> 1395<div class="listingblock"> 1396<div class="content"> 1397<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public class ArgsPrivate { 1398 @Parameter(names = "-verbose") 1399 private Integer verbose = 1; 1400 1401 public Integer getVerbose() { 1402 return verbose; 1403 } 1404} 1405ArgsPrivate args = new ArgsPrivate(); 1406JCommander.newBuilder() 1407 .addObject(args) 1408 .build() 1409 .parse("-verbose", "3"); 1410Assert.assertEquals(args.getVerbose().intValue(), 3);</code></pre> 1411</div> 1412</div> 1413</div> 1414</div> 1415<div class="sect1"> 1416<h2 id="_parameter_separators">7. Parameter separators</h2> 1417<div class="sectionbody"> 1418<div class="paragraph"> 1419<p>By default, parameters are separated by spaces, but you can change this setting to allow different separators:</p> 1420</div> 1421<div class="listingblock"> 1422<div class="content"> 1423<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java Main -log:3</code></pre> 1424</div> 1425</div> 1426<div class="paragraph"> 1427<p>or</p> 1428</div> 1429<div class="listingblock"> 1430<div class="content"> 1431<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java Main -level=42</code></pre> 1432</div> 1433</div> 1434<div class="paragraph"> 1435<p>You define the separator with the @Parameters annotation:</p> 1436</div> 1437<div class="listingblock"> 1438<div class="content"> 1439<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameters(separators = "=") 1440public class SeparatorEqual { 1441 @Parameter(names = "-level") 1442 private Integer level = 2; 1443}</code></pre> 1444</div> 1445</div> 1446</div> 1447</div> 1448<div class="sect1"> 1449<h2 id="_multiple_descriptions">8. Multiple descriptions</h2> 1450<div class="sectionbody"> 1451<div class="paragraph"> 1452<p>You can spread the description of your parameters on more than one class. For example, you can define the following two classes:</p> 1453</div> 1454<div class="listingblock"> 1455<div class="content"> 1456<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public class ArgsMaster { 1457 @Parameter(names = "-master") 1458 private String master; 1459} 1460 1461public class ArgsSlave { 1462 @Parameter(names = "-slave") 1463 private String slave; 1464}</code></pre> 1465</div> 1466</div> 1467<div class="paragraph"> 1468<p>and pass these two objects to JCommander:</p> 1469</div> 1470<div class="listingblock"> 1471<div class="content"> 1472<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">ArgsMaster m = new ArgsMaster(); 1473ArgsSlave s = new ArgsSlave(); 1474String[] argv = { "-master", "master", "-slave", "slave" }; 1475JCommander.newBuilder() 1476 .addObject(new Object[] { m , s }) 1477 .build() 1478 .parse(argv); 1479 1480Assert.assertEquals(m.master, "master"); 1481Assert.assertEquals(s.slave, "slave");</code></pre> 1482</div> 1483</div> 1484</div> 1485</div> 1486<div class="sect1"> 1487<h2 id="__syntax">9. @ syntax</h2> 1488<div class="sectionbody"> 1489<div class="paragraph"> 1490<p>JCommander supports the @ syntax, which allows you to put all your options into a file and pass this file as parameter:</p> 1491</div> 1492<div id="app-listing" class="listingblock"> 1493<div class="title">/tmp/parameters</div> 1494<div class="content"> 1495<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">-verbose 1496file1 1497file2 1498file3</code></pre> 1499</div> 1500</div> 1501<div class="listingblock"> 1502<div class="content"> 1503<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java Main @/tmp/parameters</code></pre> 1504</div> 1505</div> 1506</div> 1507</div> 1508<div class="sect1"> 1509<h2 id="_arities_multiple_values_for_parameters">10. Arities (multiple values for parameters)</h2> 1510<div class="sectionbody"> 1511<div class="sect2"> 1512<h3 id="_fixed_arities">10.1. Fixed arities</h3> 1513<div class="paragraph"> 1514<p>If some of your parameters require more than one value, such as the following example where two values are expected after -pairs:</p> 1515</div> 1516<div class="listingblock"> 1517<div class="content"> 1518<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java Main -pairs slave master foo.xml</code></pre> 1519</div> 1520</div> 1521<div class="paragraph"> 1522<p>then you need to define your parameter with the arity attribute and make that parameter a <code>List<String></code>:</p> 1523</div> 1524<div class="listingblock"> 1525<div class="content"> 1526<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-pairs", arity = 2, description = "Pairs") 1527private List<String> pairs;</code></pre> 1528</div> 1529</div> 1530<div class="paragraph"> 1531<p>You don’t need to specify an arity for parameters of type <code>boolean</code> or <code>Boolean</code> (which have a default arity of 0) and of types <code>String</code>, <code>Integer</code>, <code>int</code>, <code>Long</code> and <code>long</code> (which have a default arity of 1).</p> 1532</div> 1533<div class="paragraph"> 1534<p>Also, note that only <code>List<String></code> is allowed for parameters that define an arity. You will have to convert these values yourself if the parameters you need are of type <code>Integer</code> or other (this limitation is due to Java’s erasure).</p> 1535</div> 1536</div> 1537<div class="sect2"> 1538<h3 id="_variable_arities">10.2. Variable arities</h3> 1539<div class="paragraph"> 1540<p>You can specify that a parameter can receive an indefinite number of parameters, up to the next option. For example:</p> 1541</div> 1542<div class="listingblock"> 1543<div class="content"> 1544<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">program -foo a1 a2 a3 -bar 1545program -foo a1 -bar</code></pre> 1546</div> 1547</div> 1548<div class="paragraph"> 1549<p>Such a parameter can be parsed in two different ways.</p> 1550</div> 1551<div class="sect3"> 1552<h4 id="_with_a_list">10.2.1. With a list</h4> 1553<div class="paragraph"> 1554<p>If the number of following parameters is unknown, your parameter must be of type <code>List<String></code> and you 1555need to set the boolean <code>variableArity</code> to <code>true</code>:</p> 1556</div> 1557<div class="listingblock"> 1558<div class="content"> 1559<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-foo", variableArity = true) 1560public List<String> foo = new ArrayList<>();</code></pre> 1561</div> 1562</div> 1563</div> 1564<div class="sect3"> 1565<h4 id="_with_a_class">10.2.2. With a class</h4> 1566<div class="paragraph"> 1567<p>Alternatively, you can define a class in which the following parameters will be stored, based on their order 1568of appearance:</p> 1569</div> 1570<div class="listingblock"> 1571<div class="content"> 1572<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">static class MvParameters { 1573 @SubParameter(order = 0) 1574 String from; 1575 1576 @SubParameter(order = 1) 1577 String to; 1578} 1579 1580@Test 1581public void arity() { 1582 class Parameters { 1583 @Parameter(names = {"--mv"}, arity = 2) 1584 private MvParameters mvParameters; 1585 } 1586 1587 Parameters args = new Parameters(); 1588 JCommander.newBuilder() 1589 .addObject(args) 1590 .args(new String[]{"--mv", "from", "to"}) 1591 .build(); 1592 1593 Assert.assertNotNull(args.mvParameters); 1594 Assert.assertEquals(args.mvParameters.from, "from"); 1595 Assert.assertEquals(args.mvParameters.to, "to"); 1596}</code></pre> 1597</div> 1598</div> 1599</div> 1600</div> 1601</div> 1602</div> 1603<div class="sect1"> 1604<h2 id="_multiple_option_names">11. Multiple option names</h2> 1605<div class="sectionbody"> 1606<div class="paragraph"> 1607<p>You can specify more than one option name:</p> 1608</div> 1609<div class="listingblock"> 1610<div class="content"> 1611<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = { "-d", "--outputDirectory" }, description = "Directory") 1612private String outputDirectory;</code></pre> 1613</div> 1614</div> 1615<div class="paragraph"> 1616<p>will allow both following syntaxes:</p> 1617</div> 1618<div class="listingblock"> 1619<div class="content"> 1620<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ java Main -d /tmp 1621$ java Main --outputDirectory /tmp</code></pre> 1622</div> 1623</div> 1624</div> 1625</div> 1626<div class="sect1"> 1627<h2 id="_other_option_configurations">12. Other option configurations</h2> 1628<div class="sectionbody"> 1629<div class="paragraph"> 1630<p>You can configure how options are looked up in a few different ways:</p> 1631</div> 1632<div class="ulist"> 1633<ul> 1634<li> 1635<p><code>JCommander#setCaseSensitiveOptions(boolean)</code>: specify whether options are case sensitive. If you call this method with <code>false</code>, then <code>"-param"</code> and <code>"-PARAM"</code> are considered equal.</p> 1636</li> 1637<li> 1638<p><code>JCommander#setAllowAbbreviatedOptions(boolean)</code>: specify whether users can pass abbreviated options. If you call this method with <code>true</code> then users can pass <code>"-par"</code> to specify an option called <code>-param</code>. JCommander will throw a <code>ParameterException</code> if the abbreviated name is ambiguous.</p> 1639</li> 1640</ul> 1641</div> 1642</div> 1643</div> 1644<div class="sect1"> 1645<h2 id="_required_and_optional_parameters">13. Required and optional parameters</h2> 1646<div class="sectionbody"> 1647<div class="paragraph"> 1648<p>If some of your parameters are mandatory, you can use the <code>required</code> attribute (which default to <code>false</code>):</p> 1649</div> 1650<div class="listingblock"> 1651<div class="content"> 1652<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-host", required = true) 1653private String host;</code></pre> 1654</div> 1655</div> 1656<div class="paragraph"> 1657<p>If this parameter is not specified, JCommander will throw an exception telling you which options are missing.</p> 1658</div> 1659</div> 1660</div> 1661<div class="sect1"> 1662<h2 id="_default_values">14. Default values</h2> 1663<div class="sectionbody"> 1664<div class="paragraph"> 1665<p>The most common way to specify a default value for your parameters is to initialize the field at declaration time:</p> 1666</div> 1667<div class="listingblock"> 1668<div class="content"> 1669<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">private Integer logLevel = 3;</code></pre> 1670</div> 1671</div> 1672<div class="paragraph"> 1673<p>For more complicated cases, you might want to be able to reuse identical default values across several main classes or be able to specify these default values in a centralized location such as a <code>.properties</code> or an XML file. In this case, you can use an <code>IDefaultProvider</code>:</p> 1674</div> 1675<div class="listingblock"> 1676<div class="content"> 1677<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">public interface IDefaultProvider { 1678 /** 1679 * @param optionName The name of the option as specified in the names() attribute 1680 * of the @Parameter option (e.g. "-file"). 1681 * 1682 * @return the default value for this option. 1683 */ 1684 String getDefaultValueFor(String optionName); 1685}</code></pre> 1686</div> 1687</div> 1688<div class="paragraph"> 1689<p>By passing an implementation of this interface to your JCommander object, you can now control which default value will be used for your options. Note that the value returned by this method will then be passed to a string converter, if any is applicable, thereby allowing you to specify default values for any types you need.</p> 1690</div> 1691<div class="paragraph"> 1692<p>For example, here is a default provider that will assign a default value of 42 for all your parameters except <code>"-debug"</code>:</p> 1693</div> 1694<div class="listingblock"> 1695<div class="content"> 1696<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">private static final IDefaultProvider DEFAULT_PROVIDER = new IDefaultProvider() { 1697 @Override 1698 public String getDefaultValueFor(String optionName) { 1699 return "-debug".equals(optionName) ? "false" : "42"; 1700 } 1701}; 1702 1703// ... 1704 1705JCommander jc = JCommander.newBuilder() 1706 .addObject(new Args()) 1707 .defaultProvider(DEFAULT_PROVIDER) 1708 .build()</code></pre> 1709</div> 1710</div> 1711</div> 1712</div> 1713<div class="sect1"> 1714<h2 id="_help_parameter">15. Help parameter</h2> 1715<div class="sectionbody"> 1716<div class="paragraph"> 1717<p>If one of your parameters is used to display some help or usage, you need use the help attribute:</p> 1718</div> 1719<div class="listingblock"> 1720<div class="content"> 1721<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "--help", help = true) 1722private boolean help;</code></pre> 1723</div> 1724</div> 1725<div class="paragraph"> 1726<p>If you omit this boolean, JCommander will instead issue an error message when it tries to validate your command and it finds that you didn’t specify some of the required parameters.</p> 1727</div> 1728</div> 1729</div> 1730<div class="sect1"> 1731<h2 id="_more_complex_syntaxes_commands">16. More complex syntaxes (commands)</h2> 1732<div class="sectionbody"> 1733<div class="paragraph"> 1734<p>Complex tools such as <code>git</code> or <code>svn</code> understand a whole set of commands, each of which with their own specific syntax:</p> 1735</div> 1736<div class="listingblock"> 1737<div class="content"> 1738<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ git commit --amend -m "Bug fix"</code></pre> 1739</div> 1740</div> 1741<div class="paragraph"> 1742<p>Words such as <code>"commit"</code> above are called "commands" in JCommander, and you can specify them by creating one arg object per command:</p> 1743</div> 1744<div class="listingblock"> 1745<div class="content"> 1746<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameters(separators = "=", commandDescription = "Record changes to the repository") 1747private class CommandCommit { 1748 1749 @Parameter(description = "The list of files to commit") 1750 private List<String> files; 1751 1752 @Parameter(names = "--amend", description = "Amend") 1753 private Boolean amend = false; 1754 1755 @Parameter(names = "--author") 1756 private String author; 1757} 1758 1759@Parameters(commandDescription = "Add file contents to the index") 1760public class CommandAdd { 1761 1762 @Parameter(description = "File patterns to add to the index") 1763 private List<String> patterns; 1764 1765 @Parameter(names = "-i") 1766 private Boolean interactive = false; 1767}</code></pre> 1768</div> 1769</div> 1770<div class="paragraph"> 1771<p>Then you register these commands with your JCommander object. After the parsing phase, you call <code>getParsedCommand()</code> on your JCommander object, and based on the command that is returned, you know which arg object to inspect (you can still use a main arg object if you want to support options before the first command appears on the command line):</p> 1772</div> 1773<div class="listingblock"> 1774<div class="content"> 1775<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">CommandMain cm = new CommandMain(); 1776CommandAdd add = new CommandAdd(); 1777CommandCommit commit = new CommandCommit(); 1778JCommander jc = JCommander.newBuilder() 1779 .addObject(cm) 1780 .addCommand("add", add); 1781 .addCommand("commit", commit); 1782 .build(); 1783 1784jc.parse("-v", "commit", "--amend", "--author=cbeust", "A.java", "B.java"); 1785 1786Assert.assertTrue(cm.verbose); 1787Assert.assertEquals(jc.getParsedCommand(), "commit"); 1788Assert.assertTrue(commit.amend); 1789Assert.assertEquals(commit.author, "cbeust"); 1790Assert.assertEquals(commit.files, Arrays.asList("A.java", "B.java"));</code></pre> 1791</div> 1792</div> 1793</div> 1794</div> 1795<div class="sect1"> 1796<h2 id="_exception">17. Exception</h2> 1797<div class="sectionbody"> 1798<div class="paragraph"> 1799<p>Whenever JCommander detects an error, it will throw a <code>ParameterException</code>. Note that this is a Runtime Exception, since your application is probably not initialized correctly at this point. Also, <code>ParameterException</code> contains the 1800<code>JCommander</code> instance and you can also invoke <code>usage()</code> on it if you need to display some help.</p> 1801</div> 1802</div> 1803</div> 1804<div class="sect1"> 1805<h2 id="_usage">18. Usage</h2> 1806<div class="sectionbody"> 1807<div class="paragraph"> 1808<p>You can invoke <code>usage()</code> on the JCommander instance that you used to parse your command line in order to generate a summary of all the options that your program understands:</p> 1809</div> 1810<div class="listingblock"> 1811<div class="content"> 1812<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">Usage: <main class> [options] 1813 Options: 1814 -debug Debug mode (default: false) 1815 -groups Comma-separated list of group names to be run 1816 * -log, -verbose Level of verbosity (default: 1) 1817 -long A long number (default: 0)</code></pre> 1818</div> 1819</div> 1820<div class="paragraph"> 1821<p>You can customize the name of your program by calling <code>setProgramName()</code> on your JCommander object. Options preceded by an asterisk are required.</p> 1822</div> 1823<div class="paragraph"> 1824<p>You can also specify the order in which each option should be displayed when calling <code>usage()</code> by setting the <code>order</code> attribute of the <code>@Parameter</code> annotation:</p> 1825</div> 1826<div class="listingblock"> 1827<div class="content"> 1828<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">class Parameters { 1829 @Parameter(names = "--importantOption", order = 0) 1830 private boolean a; 1831 1832 @Parameter(names = "--lessImportantOption", order = 3) 1833 private boolean b;</code></pre> 1834</div> 1835</div> 1836</div> 1837</div> 1838<div class="sect1"> 1839<h2 id="_hiding_parameters">19. Hiding parameters</h2> 1840<div class="sectionbody"> 1841<div class="paragraph"> 1842<p>If you don’t want certain parameters to appear in the usage, you can mark them as "hidden":</p> 1843</div> 1844<div class="listingblock"> 1845<div class="content"> 1846<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameter(names = "-debug", description = "Debug mode", hidden = true) 1847private boolean debug = false;</code></pre> 1848</div> 1849</div> 1850</div> 1851</div> 1852<div class="sect1"> 1853<h2 id="_internationalization">20. Internationalization</h2> 1854<div class="sectionbody"> 1855<div class="paragraph"> 1856<p>You can internationalize the descriptions of your parameters. First you use the <code>@Parameters</code> annotation at the top of your class to define the name of your message bundle, and then you use the <code>descriptionKey</code> attribute instead of description on all the <code>@Parameters</code> that require translations. This <code>descriptionKey</code> is the key to the string into your message bundle:</p> 1857</div> 1858<div class="listingblock"> 1859<div class="content"> 1860<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@Parameters(resourceBundle = "MessageBundle") 1861private class ArgsI18N2 { 1862 @Parameter(names = "-host", description = "Host", descriptionKey = "host") 1863 String hostName; 1864}</code></pre> 1865</div> 1866</div> 1867<div class="paragraph"> 1868<p>Your bundle needs to define this key:</p> 1869</div> 1870<div class="listingblock"> 1871<div class="content"> 1872<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">host: Hôte</code></pre> 1873</div> 1874</div> 1875<div class="paragraph"> 1876<p>JCommander will then use the default locale to resolve your descriptions.</p> 1877</div> 1878</div> 1879</div> 1880<div class="sect1"> 1881<h2 id="_parameter_delegates">21. Parameter delegates</h2> 1882<div class="sectionbody"> 1883<div class="paragraph"> 1884<p>If you are writing many different tools in the same project, you will probably find that most of these tools can share configurations. While you can use inheritance with your objects to avoid repeating this code, the restriction to single inheritance of implementation might limit your flexibility. To address this problem, JCommander supports parameter delegates.</p> 1885</div> 1886<div class="paragraph"> 1887<p>When JCommander encounters an object annotated with <code>@ParameterDelegate</code> in one of your objects, it acts as if this object had been added as a description object itself:</p> 1888</div> 1889<div class="listingblock"> 1890<div class="content"> 1891<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">class Delegate { 1892 @Parameter(names = "-port") 1893 private int port; 1894} 1895 1896class MainParams { 1897 @Parameter(names = "-v") 1898 private boolean verbose; 1899 1900 @ParametersDelegate 1901 private Delegate delegate = new Delegate(); 1902}</code></pre> 1903</div> 1904</div> 1905<div class="paragraph"> 1906<p>The example above specifies a delegate parameter Delegate which is then referenced in MainParams. You only need to add a <code>MainParams</code> object to your 1907JCommander configuration in order to use the delegate:</p> 1908</div> 1909<div class="listingblock"> 1910<div class="content"> 1911<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">MainParams p = new MainParams(); 1912JCommander.newBuilder().addObject(p).build() 1913 .parse("-v", "-port", "1234"); 1914Assert.assertTrue(p.isVerbose); 1915Assert.assertEquals(p.delegate.port, 1234);</code></pre> 1916</div> 1917</div> 1918</div> 1919</div> 1920<div class="sect1"> 1921<h2 id="_dynamic_parameters">22. Dynamic parameters</h2> 1922<div class="sectionbody"> 1923<div class="paragraph"> 1924<p>JCommander allows you to specify parameters that are not known at compile time, such as "-Da=b -Dc=d". Such parameters are specified with the <code>@DynamicParameter</code> annotation and must be of type <code>Map<String, String></code>. Dynamic parameters are allowed to appear multiple times on the command line:</p> 1925</div> 1926<div class="listingblock"> 1927<div class="content"> 1928<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java">@DynamicParameter(names = "-D", description = "Dynamic parameters go here") 1929private Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();</code></pre> 1930</div> 1931</div> 1932<div class="paragraph"> 1933<p>You can specify a different assignment string than = by using the attribute assignment.</p> 1934</div> 1935</div> 1936</div> 1937<div class="sect1"> 1938<h2 id="_jcommander_in_other_languages">23. JCommander in other languages</h2> 1939<div class="sectionbody"> 1940<div class="sect2"> 1941<h3 id="_kotlin">23.1. Kotlin</h3> 1942<div class="listingblock"> 1943<div class="content"> 1944<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-kotlin" data-lang="kotlin">class Args { 1945 @Parameter 1946 var targets: List<String> = arrayListOf() 1947 1948 @Parameter(names = arrayOf("-bf", "--buildFile"), description = "The build file") 1949 var buildFile: String? = null 1950 1951 @Parameter(names = arrayOf("--checkVersions"), 1952 description = "Check if there are any newer versions of the dependencies") 1953 var checkVersions = false 1954}</code></pre> 1955</div> 1956</div> 1957</div> 1958<div class="sect2"> 1959<h3 id="_groovy">23.2. Groovy</h3> 1960<div class="paragraph"> 1961<p>Courtesy of Paul King:</p> 1962</div> 1963<div class="listingblock"> 1964<div class="content"> 1965<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-groovy" data-lang="groovy">import com.beust.jcommander.* 1966 1967class Args { 1968 @Parameter(names = ["-f", "--file"], description = "File to load. Can be specified multiple times.") 1969 List<String> file 1970} 1971 1972new Args().with { 1973 JCommander.newBuilder().addObject(it).build().parse(argv) 1974 file.each { println "file: ${new File(it).name}" } 1975}</code></pre> 1976</div> 1977</div> 1978</div> 1979</div> 1980</div> 1981<div class="sect1"> 1982<h2 id="_more_examples">24. More examples</h2> 1983<div class="sectionbody"> 1984<div class="paragraph"> 1985<p>Here are the description files for a few projects that use JCommander:</p> 1986</div> 1987<div class="ulist"> 1988<ul> 1989<li> 1990<p><a href="https://github.com/cbeust/testng/blob/master/src/main/java/org/testng/CommandLineArgs.java">TestNG</a></p> 1991</li> 1992<li> 1993<p><a href="https://github.com/cbeust/kobalt/blob/master/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Args.kt">Kobalt</a></p> 1994</li> 1995</ul> 1996</div> 1997</div> 1998</div> 1999<div class="sect1"> 2000<h2 id="_mailing_list">25. Mailing list</h2> 2001<div class="sectionbody"> 2002<div class="paragraph"> 2003<p>Join the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/jcommander">JCommander Google group</a> if you are interested in discussions about JCommander.</p> 2004</div> 2005</div> 2006</div> 2007<div class="sect1"> 2008<h2 id="_javadocs">26. Javadocs</h2> 2009<div class="sectionbody"> 2010<div class="paragraph"> 2011<p>The Javadocs for JCommander can be found <a href="http://jcommander.org/apidocs/">here</a>.</p> 2012</div> 2013</div> 2014</div> 2015<div class="sect1"> 2016<h2 id="_license">27. License</h2> 2017<div class="sectionbody"> 2018<div class="paragraph"> 2019<p>JCommander is released under the <a href="https://github.com/cbeust/jcommander/blob/master/license.txt">Apache 2.0 license</a>.</p> 2020</div> 2021</div> 2022</div> 2023<div class="sect1"> 2024<h2 id="_download">28. Download</h2> 2025<div class="sectionbody"> 2026<div class="paragraph"> 2027<p>You can download JCommander from the following locations:</p> 2028</div> 2029<div class="ulist"> 2030<ul> 2031<li> 2032<p><a href="http://github.com/cbeust/jcommander">Source on github</a></p> 2033</li> 2034<li> 2035<p>Kobalt</p> 2036</li> 2037</ul> 2038</div> 2039<div class="listingblock"> 2040<div class="content"> 2041<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-groovy" data-lang="groovy">compile("com.beust:jcommander:1.71")</code></pre> 2042</div> 2043</div> 2044<div class="ulist"> 2045<ul> 2046<li> 2047<p>Gradle</p> 2048</li> 2049</ul> 2050</div> 2051<div class="listingblock"> 2052<div class="content"> 2053<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-groovy" data-lang="groovy">compile "com.beust:jcommander:1.71"</code></pre> 2054</div> 2055</div> 2056<div class="ulist"> 2057<ul> 2058<li> 2059<p>Maven:</p> 2060</li> 2061</ul> 2062</div> 2063<div class="listingblock"> 2064<div class="content"> 2065<pre class="prettyprint highlight"><code class="language-xml" data-lang="xml"><dependency> 2066 <groupId>com.beust</groupId> 2067 <artifactId>jcommander</artifactId> 2068 <version>1.71</version> 2069</dependency></code></pre> 2070</div> 2071</div> 2072</div> 2073</div> 2074</div> 2075<div id="footer"> 2076<div id="footer-text"> 2077Last updated 2017-05-02 10:07:41 PDT 2078</div> 2079</div> 2080<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prettify/r298/prettify.min.css"> 2081<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prettify/r298/prettify.min.js"></script> 2082<script>prettyPrint()</script> 2083</body> 2084</html>