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Introduction

This page introduces the basic usage of yacap.

• Introduction
• Main features
  • Configuration
  • Parsing
  • Text-based help generation
• Release history
• Dependencies
• Installation
• More info

Main features

Configuration

• Easy to configure option sets based on builder patterns
• Typed options: boolean, string, int, long, double and enum
• Dual POSIX short and GNU long parameter names
• Support for unnamed (such as file list after options) and internal options (options are unparsed after --)

Parsing

• One step parsing
• Result set with safe and typed getters
• Error messages and warnings returned by result set, so can be handled as you wish

Text-based help generation

• Linux-like help structure
• Highly configurable, formatted output
• Wrapped, justified text in user provided width

Release history

0.9 (2014-05-13)

• First public release

Dependencies

Needs Java 7 or higher.

Guava libraries

Installation

More info

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