Package org.apache.commons.cli

package org.apache.commons.cli

Apache Commons CLI provides a simple API for presenting, processing, and validating a Command Line Interface.

Related Packages

Package	Description
org.apache.commons.cli.help	The help production system.

Class	Description
AlreadySelectedException	Thrown when more than one option in an option group has been provided.
AmbiguousOptionException	Exception thrown when an option can't be identified from a partial name.
BasicParser	Deprecated. since 1.3, use the DefaultParser instead
CommandLine	Represents list of arguments parsed against a Options descriptor.
CommandLine.Builder	A nested builder class to create CommandLine instance using descriptive methods.
CommandLineParser	A class that implements the CommandLineParser interface can parse a String array according to the Options specified and return a CommandLine.
Converter<T,E extends Exception>	The definition of the functional interface to call when doing a conversion.
DefaultParser	Default parser.
DefaultParser.Builder	A nested builder class to create DefaultParser instances using descriptive methods.
DefaultParser.NonOptionAction	Enum representing possible actions that may be done when "non option" is discovered during parsing.
DeprecatedAttributes	Deprecated attributes.
DeprecatedAttributes.Builder	Builds DeprecatedAttributes.
GnuParser	Deprecated. since 1.3, use the DefaultParser instead
HelpFormatter	Deprecated. Use HelpFormatter.
HelpFormatter.Builder	Builds HelpFormatter.
MissingArgumentException	Thrown when an option requiring an argument is not provided with an argument.
MissingOptionException	Thrown when a required option has not been provided.
Option	Describes a single command-line option.
Option.Builder	Builds Option instances using descriptive methods.
OptionBuilder	Deprecated. since 1.3, use Option.builder(String) instead
OptionGroup	A group of mutually exclusive options.
Options	Main entry-point into the library.
ParseException	Base for Exceptions thrown during parsing of a command-line.
Parser	Deprecated. since 1.3, the two-pass parsing with the flatten method is not enough flexible to handle complex cases
PatternOptionBuilder	Allows Options to be created from a single String.
PosixParser	Deprecated. since 1.3, use the DefaultParser instead
TypeHandler	TypeHandler will handle the pluggable conversion and verification of Option types.
UnrecognizedOptionException	Thrown during parsing signaling an unrecognized option.