java - write a gui wrapper around a command line based program

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i have a command line based program that i want to write a gui based wrapper for. is there a way that i can redirect the stdout steam from that program to my gui and launch the other program with arguments?

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:51:59Z

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Yes. Invoke the program using Process and grab the input / output / error stream of the process.(see an example here: http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0014.html)

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mKorbel Over a year ago

and then look here : javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-traps.html

Augusto · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-30 15:51:57Z

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try Apache common-exec, it provides an api to invoke commands and capture the stderr, sdtout and provide an stdin.

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