diff --git a/src/eva2/cli/NewMain.java b/src/eva2/cli/NewMain.java
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+package eva2.cli;
+
+import eva2.optimization.go.InterfaceOptimizationParameters;
+
+/**
+ * Created by becker on 01.11.2014.
+ */
+public class NewMain {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        InterfaceOptimizationParameters parameters = OptimizationBuilder.parseArguments(args);
+
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/eva2/cli/OptimizationBuilder.java b/src/eva2/cli/OptimizationBuilder.java
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+package eva2.cli;
+
+import eva2.gui.BeanInspector;
+import eva2.optimization.go.InterfaceOptimizationParameters;
+import eva2.optimization.modules.OptimizationParameters;
+import eva2.tools.ReflectPackage;
+import eva2.util.annotation.Hidden;
+import eva2.util.annotation.Parameter;
+
+import java.beans.BeanInfo;
+import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
+import java.beans.Introspector;
+import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+
+class ArgumentTree extends LinkedHashMap<String, Object> {
+    private Object value;
+
+    public void setValue(Object value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    public Object getValue() {
+        return this.value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return ((value != null) ? value.toString() + ", " : "") + super.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If there are no key, value pairs present and the value is unset,
+     * this tree belongs to a flag.
+     *
+     * @return
+     */
+    public boolean isFlag() {
+        return this.size() == 0 && this.value == null;
+    }
+}
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public final class OptimizationBuilder {
+    private OptimizationBuilder() {}
+
+    public static InterfaceOptimizationParameters parseArguments(String[] args) {
+        HashMap<String, String> argumentMap = new HashMap<>(args.length/2);
+        int i = 0;
+        while (i < args.length) {
+            // Is it a parameter?
+            if (args[i].startsWith("--")) {
+                String key = args[i].substring(2);
+                String value = null;
+                // Is the next a value?
+                if (i < args.length - 1 && !args[i+1].startsWith("--")) {
+                    value = args[i + 1];
+                    argumentMap.put(key, value);
+                    i = i + 2;
+                } else {
+                    argumentMap.put(key, null);
+                    i++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println(argumentMap.toString());
+        ArgumentTree argumentTree = new ArgumentTree();
+        for (String key : argumentMap.keySet()) {
+            insertIntoArgumentTree(argumentTree, key, argumentMap.get(key));
+        }
+        System.out.println(argumentTree.toString());
+
+        return constructFromArgumentTree(OptimizationParameters.class, argumentTree);
+    }
+
+    private static void insertIntoArgumentTree(ArgumentTree tree, String key, String value) {
+        // Basic type?
+        if (!key.contains("-")) {
+            if (!tree.containsKey(key)) {
+                tree.put(key, new ArgumentTree());
+            }
+            ((ArgumentTree)tree.get(key)).setValue(value);
+        } else {
+            String baseKey = key.substring(0, key.indexOf('-'));
+            String restKey = key.substring(key.indexOf('-') + 1);
+            if (!tree.containsKey(baseKey)) {
+                tree.put(baseKey, new ArgumentTree());
+            }
+            insertIntoArgumentTree((ArgumentTree)tree.get(baseKey), restKey, value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param clazz
+     * @param tree Tree containing key, value pairs
+     */
+    private static <T> T constructFromArgumentTree(Class<T> clazz, ArgumentTree tree) {
+        T instance = null;
+
+        // Create new instance
+        if (clazz.isInterface() || Modifier.isAbstract(clazz.getModifiers())) {
+            // Find subclasses of clazz that match tree.getValue()
+        } else {
+            Class<?>[] params = new Class[0];
+            try {
+                Constructor constr = clazz.getConstructor(params);
+                instance = (T)constr.newInstance(null);
+            } catch (NoSuchMethodException | InvocationTargetException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException ex) {
+                ex.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        BeanInfo info;
+        try {
+            if (clazz.isInterface()) {
+                info = Introspector.getBeanInfo(clazz);
+            } else {
+                info = Introspector.getBeanInfo(clazz, Object.class);
+            }
+            PropertyDescriptor[] properties = info.getPropertyDescriptors();
+            for (PropertyDescriptor pd : properties) {
+                String name = pd.getName();
+                Method getter = pd.getReadMethod();
+                Method setter = pd.getWriteMethod();
+                Class<?> type = pd.getPropertyType();
+                // We skip non-existing setters or setters that are hidden by annotation
+                if (setter == null || setter.isAnnotationPresent(Hidden.class)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                System.out.println(name + " = " + " type = " + type);
+
+                // We use the name of the descriptor or if possible
+                // one that is given by the @Parameter annotation.
+                if (setter.isAnnotationPresent(Parameter.class)) {
+                    Parameter param = setter.getAnnotation(Parameter.class);
+                    if (!param.name().isEmpty()) {
+                        name = param.name();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                /**
+                 * If the tree contains this property we try to set it on the object.
+                 */
+                if (tree.containsKey(name)) {
+                    Object obj;
+                    if (type.isPrimitive() && ((ArgumentTree)tree.get(name)).getValue() != null) {
+                        obj = BeanInspector.stringToPrimitive((String)((ArgumentTree) tree.get(name)).getValue(), type);
+                    } else {
+                        // The subtree has the name of the class
+                        String className = (String)((ArgumentTree)tree.get(name)).getValue();
+                        // Try to get the actual class from its name
+                        Class subType = getClassFromName(className, type);
+
+                        // Here the recursion starts
+                        obj = constructFromArgumentTree(subType, (ArgumentTree) tree.get(name));
+                    }
+
+                    // We preserve the default if obj is null
+                    if (obj != null) {
+                        BeanInspector.callIfAvailable(instance, setter.getName(), new Object[]{obj});
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IntrospectionException ex) {
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        return instance;
+    }
+
+    private static Class<?> getClassFromName(String name, Class type) {
+        Class<?>[] classes = ReflectPackage.getAssignableClassesInPackage("eva2", type, true, true);
+        for (Class clazz : classes) {
+            // We allow both the fully qualified name (eva2.optimization.strategies.GeneticAlgorithm
+            // and the simple name (GeneticAlgorithm)
+            if (clazz.getName().equals(name) || clazz.getSimpleName().equals(name)) {
+                return clazz;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}