is there any function in java which behaves like getopt from c

Question

Hello I am working on command line application which can accepts command line argument like

app -port 8888 -filename d:\xyz\xyz.pdf -dest d:\pqr

I am looking for function which can return me pair of option and it corresponding value like getopt in c.

possible duplicate of [Java library for parsing command-line parameters?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1200054/java-library-for-parsing-command-line-parameters) — Sean Reilly, Aug 03 '12 at 11:57

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 25 '19 at 14:56

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There are quite a few command line parser libraries for Java out there.

A recent (as of late 2019) command line parser with a lot of momentum and features is picocli.

Some older, popular ones are commons-cli (quite old), args4j and JCommander.

edited Nov 25 '19 at 14:56

Joachim Sauer

answered Aug 02 '12 at 18:24

Stefan Ferstl

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