Method Detail

• public static OperatingSystem current()

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

  Returns:

  An object implementing an extension of OperatingSystem.

• public 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

• public 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.

• public OperatingSystem.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.

• public String getArchStr()

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

• public String getHomeVar()

  The name of the environment variable that keeps the home directory.

  Returns:

  Name

  Since:

  5.2

• public String getName()

• public java.util.List<File> getPath()

  List of system search paths

  Returns:

  List of entries (can be empty).

• public String getPathSeparator()

  The character used to separate elements in a system search path

  Returns:

  OS-specific separator.

• public String getPathVar()

  The name of the environment variable that keeps the system path.

  Returns:

  Name

• public 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.

• public String getSharedLibrarySuffix()

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

  Returns:

  Shared library suffix

• public 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.

• public String getStaticLibrarySuffix()

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

  Returns:

  Static library suffix

• public String getVersion()

• public boolean isFreeBSD()

  Check is this is FreeBSD

  Returns:

  true if FreeBSD

• public boolean isLinux()

  Check is this is a Linux flavour

  Returns:

  true if any kind of Linux

• public boolean isMacOsX()

  Check is this is Apple Mac OS X

  Returns:

  true if Mac OS X

• public boolean isNetBSD()

  Check is this is NetBSD

  Returns:

  true if NetBSD

• public boolean isSolaris()

  Check is this is a Solaris flavour

  Returns:

  true if Solaris

• public boolean isUnix()

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

  Returns:

  true if any kind of Unix-like O/S

• public boolean isWindows()

  Check is this is Microsoft Windows

  Returns:

  true if Windows

• public String toString()

  Stringize implementation

  Returns:

  Name, Version and Architecture