Passing command line arguments to javaws (Java WebStart) executable
Summary for those who might not want to read that much:
How do I do this: ? If we could pass ad-hoc command-line args to javaws, then javaws apps could be more like "1st class citizen" "ordinary application". E.g. we could pass filenames of files to be opened.
I would like to know if there is a way to pass "ad-hoc" command line arguments to the javaws executable. I already know how to specify them in JNLP file:
<application-desc main-class="org.example.ClassName">
<argument>...
While this can be used for what i want to accomplish, i treat this as a workaround. I tried
javaws http://example.org/launch.jnlp <some CLI args here>
But "some CLI args here" were just ignored, i think.
If we could pass ad-hoc command-line args to javaws, then javaws apps could be more like "1st class citizen" "ordinary application". E.g. we could pass filenames of files to be opened. Like e.g.
javaws [options] http://example.org/launch.jnlp my_file.jpg
Having arguments hardcoded in JNLP does not satisfy this use case.
Answer
There is nothing to confuse. The very straight answer which I tested and it is working perrfect.
To send the command line argument to any JNLP is very simple.
command prompt > javaws -open space arg1 space arg2 ... space arg n JNLP url
Ex:
c:\>javaws -open arg1 arg2 arg3 c:\myjnlp.jnlp
But remember one thing, We can get the -open also as args[0] in main method, so just avoid args[0]. Also it is not possible to avoid -open with direct argument prepixed with -.