Command line arguments to java program

Majjj · 10-22-2003, 09:27 AM

Hi

I have a java code and want it to accept command line arguments in the form given below

javac mybrowser.java
java mybrowser -host <hostip> -port <port> -url <urlname>

but this is interpreted as arguments for java (because of -host etc.) instead of my program and it gives lots of errors for invalid array element access (since I used String [] args in main)

But the same works in Windows. Is there any way to do this in Linux
Thanks
Majjj

h/w · 10-22-2003, 07:39 PM

might i ask why u cant just give the options without the '-'?
its realllly not needed, is it?

worldmagic · 10-23-2003, 03:24 AM

I think you have to go for an other java implementation. You usings suns implementation on Linux?

Besides, should "long options" have "--" infront of them anyhow? =)
Maybe this gets parsed to java bin.

jpostma · 10-23-2003, 05:48 AM

You must execute the program as follows

java mybrowser www.abnamro.nl 23

In java you could retrieved the arguments as follows:

public static void main (String [] args) {

String hostName = args[0];
String port = args[1];
}

Johannes
Java developer