Many Java applications started from the command line take arguments to control their behavior. These arguments are available in the string array argument passed into the application’s static ...

Basically in Java you generally use 3rd party libraries packaged as JAR files, which are essentially specially-formatted ZIP files with the compiled classes in them.

What do you guys think the "standard" format and parsing of command line arguments should be? (When you are writing the program that consumes the arguments) Obey your platform guidelines.

Command line arguments are extra commands you can use when launching a program so that the program's functionality will change. Depending on the program, these arguments can be used to add more ...