EDIT

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;

import java.net.URL;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

import java.util.Properties;

    public void parseCommandOptions(String[] args) throws ParseException {

        CommandLineParser parser = new GnuParser();

         // print the help message

             HelpFormatter formatter = new HelpFormatter();

             formatter.setWidth(200);

             formatter.printHelp( "java .. ", CommandOptions.getOptions() );