Reading program arguments in a RCP application? - eclipse-rcp

Question

I have created an eclipse application and a product configuration.
In the product configuration on the "Launching" tab its possible to specify "Program arguments" and "VM Arguments".
Is it possible to access these arguments from the Application class? Currently this class looks like this:
public class Application implements IApplication {
#Override
public Object start(IApplicationContext context) throws Exception {
Map<?, ?> arguments = context.getArguments(); // this is empty!
// This actually does the trick but is a bit ugly - must be parsed
String[] strings = (String[]) context.getArguments()
.get("application.args");
Display display = PlatformUI.createDisplay();
try {
ApplicationWorkbenchAdvisor advisor = new ApplicationWorkbenchAdvisor();
int returnCode = PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(display, advisor);
if (returnCode == PlatformUI.RETURN_RESTART) {
return IApplication.EXIT_RESTART;
} else {
return IApplication.EXIT_OK;
}
} finally {
display.dispose();
}
}
/*
* (non-Javadoc)
*
* #see org.eclipse.equinox.app.IApplication#stop()
*/
#Override
public void stop() {
final IWorkbench workbench = PlatformUI.getWorkbench();
if (workbench == null) {
return;
}
final Display display = workbench.getDisplay();
display.syncExec(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
if (!display.isDisposed()) {
workbench.close();
}
}
});
}
Are there a better way to extract the application args than:
// This actually does the trick but is a bit ugly
String[] strings = (String[]) context.getArguments()
.get("application.args");

Answer 1

Just
Platform.getCommandLineArgs();
See http://www.vogella.de/blog/2008/06/21/passing-parameters-to-eclipse-rcp-via-the-command-line/ for an example.