Command Line Interface

The module jabkit is mainly responsible for handling the command line options. The module jabgui also provides some rudimentary functionality, mainly responsible for command line interaction with the gui.

In both modules, the package org.jabref.cli uses the PicoCli library to process arguments.

During development, one can configure IntelliJ to pass command line parameters:

Passing command line arguments using gradle is possible by adding the arguments to the run command with the --args option.

Without jlink, it is not possible to generate a fat jar anymore. During development, the capabilities of the IDE has to be used.