org.springframework.boot

Interface ApplicationArguments

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultApplicationArguments

public interface ApplicationArguments

Provides access to the arguments that were used to run a SpringApplication.

Since:

1.3.0

Author:

Phillip Webb

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	containsOption(String name) Return whether the set of option arguments parsed from the arguments contains an option with the given name.
List<String>	getNonOptionArgs() Return the collection of non-option arguments parsed.
Set<String>	getOptionNames() Return then names of all option arguments.
List<String>	getOptionValues(String name) Return the collection of values associated with the arguments option having the given name.
String[]	getSourceArgs() Return the raw unprocessed arguments that were passed to the application.

Method Detail

getSourceArgs

String[] getSourceArgs()

Return the raw unprocessed arguments that were passed to the application.

Returns:

the arguments

getOptionNames

Set<String> getOptionNames()

Return then names of all option arguments. For example, if the arguments were "--foo=bar --debug" would return the values ["foo", "debug"].

Returns:

the option names or an empty set

containsOption

boolean containsOption(String name)

Return whether the set of option arguments parsed from the arguments contains an option with the given name.

Parameters:

name - the name to check

Returns:

true if the arguments contain an option with the given name

getOptionValues

List<String> getOptionValues(String name)

Return the collection of values associated with the arguments option having the given name.

• if the option is present and has no argument (e.g.: "--foo"), return an empty collection ([])
• if the option is present and has a single value (e.g. "--foo=bar"), return a collection having one element (["bar"])
• if the option is present and has multiple values (e.g. "--foo=bar --foo=baz"), return a collection having elements for each value (["bar", "baz"])
• if the option is not present, return null

Parameters:

name - the name of the option

Returns:

a list of option values for the given name

getNonOptionArgs

List<String> getNonOptionArgs()

Return the collection of non-option arguments parsed.

Returns:

the non-option arguments or an empty list