Apache Commons Launcher 1.1

Apache Commons Launcher - Java classes designed to make a cross-platform Java application launcher.

Java classes designed to make a cross-platform Java application launcher.

The Apache Commons Launcher was specially developed to be a cross-platform Java application launcher.

Apache Commons Launcher eliminates the need for a batch or shell script to launch a Java class.

Some situations where elimination of a batch or shell script may be desirable are:
- You want to avoid having to determining where certain application paths are e.g. your application's home directory, etc. Determining this dynamically in a Windows batch scripts is very tricky on some versions of Windows or when softlinks are used on Unix platforms.
- You want to avoid having to handle native file and path separators or native path quoting issues.
- You need to enforce certain system properties e.g. java.endorsed.dirs when running with JDK 1.4.
- You want to allow users to pass in custom JVM arguments or system properties without having to parse and reorder arguments in your script. This can be tricky and/or messy in batch and shell scripts.
- You want to bootstrap system properties from a configuration file instead hard-coding them in your batch and shell scripts.
- You want to provide localized error messages which is very tricky to do in batch and shell scripts.


Requirements:

- Java

Apache Commons Launcher 1.1 is licensed as Freeware for the Windows operating system / platform. Apache Commons Launcher is provided as a free download for all software users (Freeware).