1 /* HelpPrinter -- help message printer
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38 package gnu.classpath.tools;
40 import java.io.BufferedReader;
41 import java.io.IOException;
42 import java.io.InputStream;
43 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
46 * The shared class to print the help message and exit, when applicable.
47 * Support the --help key.
49 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
51 public class HelpPrinter
54 * Check for the --help, -help and -? keys. If one is found, print help and
57 * @param args the program arguments.
58 * @param helpResourcePath the path to the help resource, related to the
61 public static void checkHelpKey(String[] args, String helpResourcePath)
63 for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++)
66 if (a.equals("-?") || a.equalsIgnoreCase("-help")
67 || a.equalsIgnoreCase("--help"))
68 printHelpAndExit(helpResourcePath);
73 * Prints the contents of the resource specified by the designated path.
75 * @param helpResourcePath the path to a help resource, related to the
78 public static void printHelp(String helpResourcePath)
80 InputStream in = HelpPrinter.class.getResourceAsStream(helpResourcePath);
81 BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
85 while ((s = br.readLine()) != null)
86 System.out.println(s);
90 System.err.print("Resource loading is broken:");
91 x.printStackTrace(System.err);
99 catch (IOException ignored)
106 * Prints the help message and terminates.
108 * @param helpResourcePath the path to the help resource, related to the
111 public static void printHelpAndExit(String helpResourcePath)
113 printHelp(helpResourcePath);