We're going to be using jcommander for parsing of the commands.

http://jcommander.org/

pom.xml

@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@
 			<type>jar</type>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.beust</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcommander</artifactId>
+			<version>1.30</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!-- Start of Test Dependencies -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -147,6 +153,26 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>shade</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<artifactSet>
+								<includes>
+									<include>com.beust:jcommander</include>
+								</includes>
+							</artifactSet>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>

src/test/java/test/java/com/graywolf336/jail/TestJCommander.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package test.java.com.graywolf336.jail;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.beust.jcommander.JCommander;
+
+import test.java.com.graywolf336.jail.util.JCommanderExample;
+
+public class TestJCommander {
+	@Test
+	public void testIt() {
+		JCommanderExample jce = new JCommanderExample();
+		String[] args = { "-log", "2", "-groups", "unit" };
+		new JCommander(jce, args);
+		
+		Assert.assertEquals(jce.verbose.intValue(), 2);
+		Assert.assertEquals(jce.groups.toLowerCase(), "unit");
+	}
+}

src/test/java/test/java/com/graywolf336/jail/util/JCommanderExample.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package test.java.com.graywolf336.jail.util;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
+
+public class JCommanderExample {
+	@Parameter
+	public List<String> parameters = new ArrayList<String>();
+	
+	@Parameter(names = { "-log", "-verbose" }, description = "Level of verbosity")
+	public Integer verbose = 1;
+
+	@Parameter(names = "-groups", description = "Comma-separated list of group names to be run")
+	public String groups;
+	
+	@Parameter(names = "-debug", description = "Debug mode")
+	public boolean debug = false;
+}