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Hi, I'm currently working on a java program for my class and am needing some information. I've been coding in java fro about 2 years now and am totally stumped right now. Normally I write a program in a Program.java file, then compile it (javac Program.java) and then run it (java Program). Sometimes I require command line arguments, which is just (java Program filename).

The program I'm writing right now is slightly different. The instructor says:


Is there some way to make a program recognize that "login_name" is the same as "java Program"???

I assume... even though I shouldn't... that he will have a directory containing all the students programs, and I may have to rewrite my program so that everything is in 1 file, because right now it's broken up into 5 or 6, and rename that file as login_name, then compile it and submit the .class file, but that's a huge assumption. and even if that's true, is there a way for you program to recognize that if it's called by its name (login_name) that it does java login_name. Im so confused.

Please help, I can't find anything on such things in any of my java resources.

Why don't you ask your prof? We can't tell you what he wants, after all, and the implementation of the program depends entirely on how he intends to run it.

Just out of curiousity, what did the prof want you to do with this one?

My hunch is that you were supposed to accept both login_name and file as input, then he was going to use a batch program that called all of the students code (ideally, running them through a series of unit tests).

Anyways, just a hunch.

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