CommandLineParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicParser, GnuParser, Parser, PosixParser
```
public interface CommandLineParser
```
A class that implements the CommandLineParser interface can parse a String array according to the Options specified and return a CommandLine.

Version:

$Revision: 680644 $, $Date: 2008-07-29 01:13:48 -0700 (Tue, 29 Jul 2008) $

Author:

John Keyes (john at integralsource.com)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CommandLine`	`parse(Options options, java.lang.String[] arguments)`	Parse the arguments according to the specified options.
`CommandLine`	`parse(Options options, java.lang.String[] arguments, boolean stopAtNonOption)`	Parse the arguments according to the specified options.

- Method Detail
  - parse
```
CommandLine parse(Options options,
                  java.lang.String[] arguments)
           throws ParseException
```
    Parse the arguments according to the specified options.
    
    Parameters:
    
    options - the specified Options
    
    arguments - the command line arguments
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of atomic option and value tokens
    
    Throws:
    
    ParseException - if there are any problems encountered while parsing the command line tokens.
  - parse
```
CommandLine parse(Options options,
                  java.lang.String[] arguments,
                  boolean stopAtNonOption)
           throws ParseException
```
    Parse the arguments according to the specified options.
    
    Parameters:
    
    options - the specified Options
    
    arguments - the command line arguments
    
    stopAtNonOption - specifies whether to continue parsing the arguments if a non option is encountered.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of atomic option and value tokens
    
    Throws:
    
    ParseException - if there are any problems encountered while parsing the command line tokens.