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Parsing Command Line Arguments

This program provides you with a basis from which you can build your own command line parser. It accepts one command line argument of each type: a word argument, an argument that requires an argument, and two flags. In addition, this program requires a filename. Here's the usage statement for this program:
usage: ParseCmdLine [-verbose] [-xn] [-output afile] filename
The arguments within square brackets are optional; the filename argument is required.

See Also

The example program relies heavily on the String and System classes. For more information about these two classes follow the links below.

The String and StringBuffer Classes
Using System Resources

java.lang.String
java.lang.System


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