CommandParser (OpenJ9 JDK 11)

java.lang.Object
- com.ibm.j9ddr.command.CommandParser

```
public class CommandParser
extends Object
```
Handles command line entries and does extra interpretation, such as handling quoted strings (whilst discarding quotes themselves and handling escaped characters), recognising redirection to file etc. NOTE: As of Nov 2011, another copy of this class lives in com.ibm.java.diagnostics. Any changes to this file must be copied across.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

CommandParser(String commandLine)

CommandParser(String command, String[] arguments)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String[]`	`getArguments()`	Just the command arguments, strips the ">" or ">>" and all strings that follow (i.e. file redirection).
`String`	`getCommand()`
`String`	`getOriginalLine()`
`PrintStream`	`getOutputFile()`	Returns a PrintStream, which either writes to a new file or overwrites or appends to an existing one, depending on the command.
`boolean`	`isRedirectedToFile()`

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - CommandParser
```
public CommandParser(String commandLine)
              throws ParseException
```
    Throws:
    
    ParseException
  - CommandParser
```
public CommandParser(String command,
                     String[] arguments)
              throws ParseException
```
    Throws:
    
    ParseException
- Method Detail
  - getOriginalLine
```
public String getOriginalLine()
```
  - getCommand
```
public String getCommand()
```
  - isRedirectedToFile
```
public boolean isRedirectedToFile()
```
  - getArguments
```
public String[] getArguments()
```
    Just the command arguments, strips the ">" or ">>" and all strings that follow (i.e. file redirection).
    
    Returns:
  - getOutputFile
```
public PrintStream getOutputFile()
                          throws IOException
```
    Returns a PrintStream, which either writes to a new file or overwrites or appends to an existing one, depending on the command.
    
    Returns:
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
    
    IllegalStateException - - thrown if the command is not redirected to file. Use isRedirectedToFile() to check.