Package gnu.getopt

This is a Java port of the GNU getopt functions for command-line parsing.

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Class Summary

Getopt	This is a Java port of GNU getopt, a class for parsing command line arguments passed to programs.
LongOpt	This object represents the definition of a long option in the Java port of GNU getopt.

Package gnu.getopt Description

This is a Java port of the GNU getopt functions for command-line parsing. I have attempted to keep the functionality and programmer's interface as faithful to the original as possible. However, due to differences between Java and C, some minor changes has to me made. (Given the obtuse interface in the clib version, perhaps some major changes should have been made). This should not affect the way options appear to be parsed to the end user of program that uses this Java getopt. The use of these classes are completely documented in the javadoc comments, so I will not repeat that info here.

Note that since these objects are part of a package called "gnu.getopt", they need to be in a subdirectory called gnu/getopt somewhere in your CLASSPATH. This includes the file called MessagesBundle.properties.

I am not aware of any bugs. If you find one though, please send email to me at arenn@urbanophile.com. The more detailed a bug report the better. Bug fixes are also welcome at the same address. Please reference release number "1.0". If you use this code, it would be helpful if you let me know so that I can let you know if anything changes or if any major bugs have been found/fixed.

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There is sample code showing how to use getopt available in the GetoptDemo.java file.

Happy hacking,

Aaron.
arenn@urbanophile.com
http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/