Using shell pass parameters with space to Java

Question

Hi friends,
I have a shell script accepting parameters as below
#!/bin/sh
#test.sh
./setEnv.sh
java -classpath $CP com.rky.Main *$@*
CP=
If I run the script like this ./test.sh -annotation "This is a problem".
If shell pass the parameters to Java, the parameter "This is a problem" will recognized as 4 parameters by java. That's not what I want . I still need java use it as a whole parameter.
Do you have any easy ideas to resolve this problem out of my java code?
Thank you.

Answer 1

yes, from the bash manpage:
       @      Expands to the positional parameters, starting from  one.   When
              the  expansion  occurs  within  double  quotes,  each  parameter
              expands to a separate word.  That is, "$@" is equivalent to "$1"
              "$2"  ...   If the double-quoted expansion occurs within a word,
              the expansion of the first parameter is joined with  the  begin-
              ning  part  of  the original word, and the expansion of the last
              parameter is joined with the last part  of  the  original  word.
              When  there  are no positional parameters, "$@" and $@ expand to
              nothing (i.e., they are removed).(your manpage could be a little different because of versions, and I got this from the manpage of bash on a mac. but the main things should apply)