org.mdiutil.util

Class LauncherUtils

java.lang.Object

org.mdiutil.util.LauncherUtils

public class LauncherUtils
extends Object

This class has only one static method which allows to return the launch arguments of a main static method into a Map of <key,value>.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Map<String,String>	getLaunchProperties(String[] args) Return the launch arguments of a main static method into a Map of <key,value>.
static File	getUserDir(Class clazz) Return the parent directory of the code which contains a class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getLaunchProperties

public static Map<String,String> getLaunchProperties(String[] args)

Return the launch arguments of a main static method into a Map of <key,value>. The arguments can have one of the following patterns:

 key1 prop1 key2 prop2 ...
 

or

 key1=prop1 key2=prop2 ...
 

it is even possible to mix the two patterns such as:

 key1 prop1 key2=prop2 ...
 

if the value for the key is not set, then a (key, value) will be added with an empty String as value

 key2= -key3 -key4=value4
 

Parameters:

args - the launch arguments

Returns:

the key, value pairs corresponding to the arguments

getUserDir

public static File getUserDir(Class clazz)

Return the parent directory of the code which contains a class. For example:

• If the class is not in a jar file, it is equivalent to getting the File with the System.getProperty("user.dir") path
• If the class is in a jar file, it will return the directory in which is the jar file
• If the class is in a remote file accessed by a http or https protocl, it will return the remote parent directory of the class

Parameters:

clazz - the class

Returns:

the parent directory