Question

The code below works as long as the argument in the run configuration equals “-output”. But when the arguments are empty the compiler throws and ArrayOutOfBoundsException.

The point of this piece of code would eventually be to;
– Perform an action when -output is written in the run configurations arguments
– Perform something else if the arguments are empty or different from -output

I found many problems that looked like this one. But I’ve been working on a solutions for far to long, so I started a new post. Help is very much appreciated.

...
public static void main(String[] args) {
        Version_5 v5 = new Version_5("Test");
        {
            if(args[0].equals("-output")){
                System.out.println("It works");
            }
        }
    }
...

Answer 1

You need to check if you have arguments first, that’s all.

if ((args.length > 0) && (args[0].equals("-output")) {
    ...

You might also consider using an argument-parsing library, of which there are several.

What are the extra brackets for?