Method main

src/main/java/gate/Main.java:81–115

Main routine for GATE. Command-line arguments: -h display a short help message -d URL define URL to be a location for CREOLE resoures -i file additional initialisation file (probably called gate.xml ). Used for site-wide initialisation by the star

(String[] args)

    * </UL>
    */
  public static void main(String[] args) throws GateException {
    
    // check we have a useable JDK
    if(
      System.getProperty("java.version").compareTo(Gate.getMinJdkVersion())
      < 0
    ) {
      throw new GateException(
        "GATE requires JDK " + Gate.getMinJdkVersion() + " or newer"
      );
    }
    
    ThreadWarningSystem tws = new ThreadWarningSystem();
    tws.addListener(new ThreadWarningSystem.Listener() {
      
      final PrintStream out = System.out;
      
      @Override
      public void deadlockDetected(ThreadInfo inf) {
        out.println("Deadlocked Thread:");
        out.println("------------------");
        out.println(inf);
        for (StackTraceElement ste : inf.getStackTrace()) {
          out.println("\t" + ste);
        }
      }
      @Override
      public void thresholdExceeded(ThreadInfo[] threads) { }
    });

    // process command-line options
    processArgs(args);
    
    runGui();
  } // main

  /** Register any CREOLE URLs that we got on the command line */
  protected static void registerCreoleUrls() {