Disabling Java in OS X requires doing so for each user account; however, even terminal commands for doing this may be a bit impractical to use as a substitute.

There are three simple ways to set JAVA_HOME in Windows. This tutorial shows you how to do it manually, from the command line and through the installer.

Facilitate command line argument processing for Java tools with a simple helper class Many Java applications started from the command line take arguments to control their behavior.

Learn how to use the Command pattern to encapsulate requests as objects that you can execute alone or in sequence in your Java programs.

Writing code to parse command line arguments is still necessary sometimes. When you need to examine command line arguments, see how and why you should use your open source Java toolkit and use ...