Field Detail

• protected static final String OS_ARCH

• protected static final String OS_NAME

• protected static final String OS_VERSION

Property Detail

• final String name

  The short name for the current operating system. Possibly the same as System.getProperty( "os.name" ).

• final String pathVar

  Name of environmental variable that holds the system search path

• final String version

  The version for the current operating system.

Constructor Detail

• protected OperatingSystem()

Method Detail

• static OperatingSystem current()

  Returns a representation of the operating system that the JVM currently runs on.

  Returns:

  An object implementing an extension of OperatingSystem.

• java.util.List<File> findAllInPath(String name)

  Find all files in system search path of a certain name.

  Parameters:

  name - Name to look for

  Returns:

  List of files

• File findInPath(String name)

  Locates the given exe in the system path.

  Parameters:

  name - Name of exe to search for.

  Returns:

  Executable location of null if not found.

• Arch getArch()

  Architecture underlying the operating system

  Returns:

  Architecture type. Returns OperatingSystem.Arch.UNKNOWN is it cannot be identified. In that a caller might need to use getArchStr() to help with identification.

• String getArchStr()

  Architecture underlying the operating system

  Returns:

  Architecture string

• @Deprecated String getExecutableName(String executablePath)

  Returns OS-specific decorated exe name.

  deprecated:

  Use{

  link:

  } instead

  Parameters:

  executablePath - Name of exe

  Returns:

  Returns an appropriately decorated exe

• java.util.List<String> getExecutableNames(String executablePath)

  Returns list of possible OS-specific decorated exe names.

  Parameters:

  executablePath - Name of exe

  Returns:

  Returns a list of possible appropriately decorated exes

• java.util.List<File> getPath()

  List of system search paths

  Returns:

  List of entries (can be empty).

• String getPathSeparator()

  The character used to separate elements in a system search path

  Returns:

  OS-specific separator.

• @Deprecated String getScriptName(String scriptPath)

  Returns OS-specific decorated script name.

  deprecated:

  Since under some OS (especially, Windows), from practical point of view, there is no distinction between executables and scripts

  Parameters:

  scriptPath - Name of script

  Returns:

  Returns an appropriately decorated script name

• String getSharedLibraryName(String libraryName)

  Returns OS-specific shared library name

  Parameters:

  libraryName - This can be a base name or a full name.

  Returns:

  Shared library name.

• String getSharedLibrarySuffix()

  OS-dependent string that is used to suffix to shared libraries

  Returns:

  Shared library suffix

• String getStaticLibraryName(String libraryName)

  Returns OS-specific static library name

  Parameters:

  libraryName - This can be a base name or a full name.

  Returns:

  Static library name.

• String getStaticLibrarySuffix()

  OS-dependent string that is used to suffix to static libraries

  Returns:

  Static library suffix

• boolean isFreeBSD()

  Check is this is FreeBSD

  Returns:

  true if FreeBSD

• boolean isLinux()

  Check is this is a Linux flavour

  Returns:

  true if any kind of Linux

• boolean isMacOsX()

  Check is this is Apple Mac OS X

  Returns:

  true if Mac OS X

• boolean isNetBSD()

  Check is this is NetBSD

  Returns:

  true if NetBSD

• boolean isSolaris()

  Check is this is a Solaris flavour

  Returns:

  true if Solaris

• boolean isUnix()

  Check is this is any kind of Unix-like O/S

  Returns:

  true if any kind of Unix-like O/S

• boolean isWindows()

  Check is this is Microsoft Windows

  Returns:

  true if Windows

• String toString()

  Stringize implementation

  Returns:

  Name, Version and Architecture