com.intellij.openapi.application
Interface ApplicationStarter

All Known Implementing Classes:

DiffApplication

public interface ApplicationStarter

Implementors of this interface declared via com.intellij.ExtensionPoints.APPLICATION_STARTER contribute a command line application based on IDEA platform.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getCommandName() Command line switch to start with this runner.
void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Called when application have been initialized.
void	premain(java.lang.String[] args) Called before application initialization.

Method Detail

getCommandName

java.lang.String getCommandName()

Command line switch to start with this runner. For example return "inspect" if you'd like to start app with idea.exe inspect cmdline.

Returns:

command line selector.

premain

void premain(java.lang.String[] args)

Called before application initialization. Invoked in awt dispatch thread.

Parameters:

args - cmdline arguments including declared selector. For example "idea.exe inspect myproject.ipr" will pass {"inspect", "myproject.ipr"}

main

void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Called when application have been initialized. Invoked in awt dispatch thread. An application starter should take care terminating JVM itself when appropriate by calling java.lang.System.exit(0);

Parameters:

args - cmdline arguments including declared selector. For example "idea.exe inspect myproject.ipr" will pass {"inspect", "myproject.ipr"}