uk.ac.ed.inf.utils.guiutils
Class OptionUtils

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ed.inf.utils.guiutils.OptionUtils

public class OptionUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities to manipulate command line options, main args etc.

Version:

4 Jan 2008

Author:

Luna De Ferrari luna.deferrari-at-ed.ac.uk

Constructor Summary

OptionUtils()

Method Summary

static boolean	getFlag(java.lang.String opt, java.lang.String[] options)
static java.lang.String	getOption(java.lang.String opt, java.lang.String[] options) GetOption(String opt, String[] options) gets an option value out of a list of options

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OptionUtils

public OptionUtils()

Method Detail

getFlag

public static boolean getFlag(java.lang.String opt,
                              java.lang.String[] options)

getOption

public static java.lang.String getOption(java.lang.String opt,
                                         java.lang.String[] options)

GetOption(String opt, String[] options) gets an option value out of a list of options

Parameters:

opt - the option that needs to be extracted (e.g. -x)

options - list of options (e.g. -x 10 -y name)

Returns:

the value for the option selected (e.g. 10)