If you are already using Spring Boot, argument parsing comes out of the box.
If you want to run something after startup, implement the ApplicationRunner interface:
@SpringBootApplication
public class Application implements ApplicationRunner {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
@Override
public void run(ApplicationArguments args) {
args.containsOption("my-flag-option"); // test if --my-flag-option was set
args.getOptionValues("my-option"); // returns values of --my-option=value1 --my-option=value2
args.getOptionNames(); // returns a list of all available options
// do something with your args
}
}
Your run method will be invoked after the context has started up successfully.
If you need access to the arguments before you fire up your application context, you can just simply parse the application arguments manually:
@SpringBootApplication
public class Application implements ApplicationRunner {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApplicationArguments arguments = new DefaultApplicationArguments(args);
// do whatever you like with your arguments
// see above ...
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
}
And finally, if you need access to your arguments in a bean, just inject the ApplicationArguments:
@Component
public class MyBean {
@Autowired
private ApplicationArguments arguments;
// ...
}
