how to pass arguments to other programs

[Karan Raj]

Hi,

As part of my application i have to interact with other program..whose source code is not available to me. I am trying to excute that program using "Runtime" class.

name of the other program is rimer
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#$primer -c
#$primer program running...
#$Enter the temp : 30
#$wrong entry...temp should be between 40-70.reenter
#$Enter the temp : 45
#$Enter the wordlength:20

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above is a sample program i have. i have to integrate it with my java application. i am able to run the program using "Runtime"..but how can i send the arguments & how can i handle error situations..?

please help me in this

thanks in advance
karan

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Moving this to the Intermediate forum...

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Hi,

When you launch a process using Runtime.exec(), you get back a Process object. The Process class has a method getInputStream() that returns an InputStream from which you can read the program's output. It also has a method getOutputStream() that returns... well, you guessed it, an OutputStream. If you write data to this OutputStream, it appears at the program's standard input.

So between these two methods (and a getErrorStream() method, too, for standard error) you can emulate a user typing at a command line.

[Karan Raj]

Hi,

i tried to run the program with following sample code.but i am not able to pass command line inputs.

sample code:
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public static void main(String args[]){

Runtime rr=Runtime.getRuntime();
try{

Process p=rr.exec("primer");BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));

BufferedWriter or = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(p.getOutputStream()));
String l=new String();


while((l=br.readLine())!=null){


System.out.println(">>>"+l);


try{

or.write(4);
or.write('\n');
or.write('\r');

or.flush();

}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("exception"+e);
}

}
System.out.flush();

}catch(Exception ioe){
System.out.println("Exception is:"+ioe);
}


}

}
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if i run the above sample code i am not able to see anything until i terminate the program.

please help me in this..if you have any sample code..that will help me in understanding how to do processing.

thanks in advance
karan