[npa]

I wrote one that takes:

java theProg -a value_for_a -b "value for b" "and now the final variable"

below is current code:

int argc = args.length;
if(0 == argc){
	show("Usage error: no arguments specified.\r\n" + usage);
	return;
}

for(int k = 0; k < argc; k++){
	char _switch;
	if(args[k].length() == 2 && '-' == args[k].charAt(0)){
		_switch = args[k].charAt(1);
	} else {  // final argument
		if('"' == args[k].charAt(0)){
			StringBuffer tmp = new StringBuffer();
			tmp.append(args[k]);
			while(k < argc && args[k].charAt(args[k].length() - 1) != '"')
				tmp.append(" " + args[++k]);
			/**
			 * Consider using StringBuffer.getChars(0, len, char[], 0);
			 */
			path = new String( tmp );
			path = new String( path.toCharArray(), 1, path.length() - 2 );
		} else
			path = args[k];
		break;
	}
	switch(_switch){
		case 'm': /** Mode specifed */
			if(++k >= argc){
				show("Usage error: mode not specified.");
				return;
			}
			char tmp_mode = args[k].charAt(0);
			switch(tmp_mode){
				case 's':
					mode = MODE_SINGLE;
					break;
				case 'd':
					flags = FLAG_DIR_ONLY;
					/** Fall through */
				case 'm':
					mode = MODE_MULTI;
					break;
				default:
					show("Usage error: unknown mode \"" + tmp_mode + "\".");
					return;
			}
			break;
		/** case 'm' ends */

		case 'h': /** Help requested */
			show(usage);
			return;
		/** case 'h' ends */

		case 'o': /** Output path specified */
			if(++k >= argc){
				show("Usage error: output path not specified.");
				return;
			}
			if('"' == args[k].charAt(0)){
				StringBuffer tmp = new StringBuffer();
				tmp.append(args[k]);
				while(k < argc && args[k].charAt(args[k].length() - 1) != '"')
					tmp.append(" " + args[++k]);
				new_out_path = new String( tmp );
				new_out_path = new String( new_out_path.toCharArray(), 1, new_out_path.length() - 2 );
			} else
				new_out_path = args[k];
			break;
		/** case 'o' ends */

		case 's': /** Current output directories requested */
			show("\tCurrent output directories:");
			show("\t\tLocal: " + LOCAL);
			show("\t\tMulti: " + DOCPATH);
			return;
		/** case 's' ends */

		case 'v': /** Version requested */
			show("TBCA Version: " + VERSION);
			return;
		/** case 'v' ends */

		default:
			show("Usage error: unknown switch \"" + _switch + "\".");
			return;
		/** default case ends */
	}
}