import org.apache.commons.cli.*; public class MyCLIApplication { public static void main(String[] args) { Options options = new Options(); CommandLineParser parser = new DefaultParser(); try { CommandLine cmd = parser.parse(options, args); if (cmd.hasOption("help")) { // ... } else if (cmd.hasOption("version")) { // ... } else if (cmd.hasOption("name")) { String name = cmd.getOptionValue("name"); // ... } } catch (ParseException e) { } } }