com.izforge.izpack.util
Class OsVersion

java.lang.Object
  com.izforge.izpack.util.OsVersion

All Implemented Interfaces:

OsVersionConstants, StringConstants

public final class OsVersion
extends java.lang.Object
implements OsVersionConstants, StringConstants

This is a convienient class, which helps you to detect / identify the running OS/Distribution

Created at: Date: Nov 9, 2004 Time: 8:53:22 PM

Author:

hani, Marc.Eppelmann@reddot.de

Field Summary

static boolean	IS_AIX True if this is AIX.
static boolean	IS_DEBIAN_LINUX True if Debian Linux or derived was detected
static boolean	IS_FEDORA_LINUX True if Fedora Linux was detected
static boolean	IS_FREEBSD True if this is FreeBSD.
static boolean	IS_HPUX True if this is HP-UX.
static boolean	IS_LINUX True if this is Linux.
static boolean	IS_MAC True is this is Mac OS
static boolean	IS_MANDRAKE_LINUX True if Mandriva(Mandrake) Linux was detected
static boolean	IS_MANDRIVA_LINUX True if Mandrake/Mandriva Linux was detected
static boolean	IS_OS2 True if this is OS/2.
static boolean	IS_OSX True if this is the Mac OS X.
static boolean	IS_PPC True if the processor is in the PowerPC family.
static boolean	IS_REDHAT_LINUX True if RedHat Linux was detected
static boolean	IS_SPARC True if the processor is in the SPARC family.
static boolean	IS_SUNOS True if this is SunOS.
static boolean	IS_SUNOS_SPARC True if this is SunOS / sparc
static boolean	IS_SUNOS_X86 True if this is SunOS / x86
static boolean	IS_SUSE_LINUX True if SuSE Linux was detected
static boolean	IS_UNIX True if this is some variant of Unix (OSX, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc).
static boolean	IS_WINDOWS True if this is Windows.
static boolean	IS_WINDOWS_2003 True if this is Windows 2003
static boolean	IS_WINDOWS_7 True if this is Windows 7
static boolean	IS_WINDOWS_VISTA True if this is Windows VISTA
static boolean	IS_WINDOWS_XP True if this is Windows XP
static boolean	IS_X86 True if the processor is in the Intel x86 family.
static java.lang.String	OS_ARCH OS_ARCH = System.getProperty("os.arch")
static java.lang.String	OS_NAME OS_NAME = System.getProperty( "os.name" )
static java.lang.String	OS_VERSION OS_VERSION = System.getProperty("os.aversion")

Fields inherited from interface com.izforge.izpack.util.OsVersionConstants

AIX, DEBIAN, FEDORA, FREEBSD, HP_UX, I386, LINUX, MAC, MACOSX, MANDRAKE, MANDRIVA, OS_2, OSARCH, OSNAME, OSVERSION, PPC, PROC_VERSION, RED_HAT, REDHAT, SOLARIS, SPARC, SUNOS, SUSE, WINDOWS, WINDOWS_2003_VERSION, WINDOWS_7_VERSION, WINDOWS_VISTA_VERSION, WINDOWS_XP_VERSION, X86

Fields inherited from interface com.izforge.izpack.util.StringConstants

NL, SP

Constructor Summary

OsVersion()

Method Summary

private static java.lang.String	getLinuxDistribution() Gets the Details of a Linux Distribution
static java.lang.String	getOsDetails() returns a String which contains details of known OSs
private static java.lang.String	getReleaseFileName() Gets the etc Release Filename
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Testmain

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

OS_NAME

public static final java.lang.String OS_NAME

OS_NAME = System.getProperty( "os.name" )

OS_ARCH

public static final java.lang.String OS_ARCH

OS_ARCH = System.getProperty("os.arch")

OS_VERSION

public static final java.lang.String OS_VERSION

OS_VERSION = System.getProperty("os.aversion")

IS_X86

public static final boolean IS_X86

True if the processor is in the Intel x86 family.

IS_PPC

public static final boolean IS_PPC

True if the processor is in the PowerPC family.

IS_SPARC

public static final boolean IS_SPARC

True if the processor is in the SPARC family.

IS_FREEBSD

public static final boolean IS_FREEBSD

True if this is FreeBSD.

IS_LINUX

public static final boolean IS_LINUX

True if this is Linux.

IS_HPUX

public static final boolean IS_HPUX

True if this is HP-UX.

IS_AIX

public static final boolean IS_AIX

True if this is AIX.

IS_SUNOS

public static final boolean IS_SUNOS

True if this is SunOS.

IS_SUNOS_X86

public static final boolean IS_SUNOS_X86

True if this is SunOS / x86

IS_SUNOS_SPARC

public static final boolean IS_SUNOS_SPARC

True if this is SunOS / sparc

IS_OS2

public static final boolean IS_OS2

True if this is OS/2.

IS_MAC

public static final boolean IS_MAC

True is this is Mac OS

IS_OSX

public static final boolean IS_OSX

True if this is the Mac OS X.

IS_WINDOWS

public static final boolean IS_WINDOWS

True if this is Windows.

IS_WINDOWS_XP

public static final boolean IS_WINDOWS_XP

True if this is Windows XP

IS_WINDOWS_2003

public static final boolean IS_WINDOWS_2003

True if this is Windows 2003

IS_WINDOWS_VISTA

public static final boolean IS_WINDOWS_VISTA

True if this is Windows VISTA

IS_WINDOWS_7

public static final boolean IS_WINDOWS_7

True if this is Windows 7

IS_UNIX

public static final boolean IS_UNIX

True if this is some variant of Unix (OSX, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc).

IS_REDHAT_LINUX

public static final boolean IS_REDHAT_LINUX

True if RedHat Linux was detected

IS_FEDORA_LINUX

public static final boolean IS_FEDORA_LINUX

True if Fedora Linux was detected

IS_MANDRAKE_LINUX

public static final boolean IS_MANDRAKE_LINUX

True if Mandriva(Mandrake) Linux was detected

IS_MANDRIVA_LINUX

public static final boolean IS_MANDRIVA_LINUX

True if Mandrake/Mandriva Linux was detected

IS_SUSE_LINUX

public static final boolean IS_SUSE_LINUX

True if SuSE Linux was detected

IS_DEBIAN_LINUX

public static final boolean IS_DEBIAN_LINUX

True if Debian Linux or derived was detected

Constructor Detail

OsVersion

public OsVersion()

Method Detail

getReleaseFileName

private static java.lang.String getReleaseFileName()

Gets the etc Release Filename

Returns:

name of the file the release info is stored in for Linux distributions

getLinuxDistribution

private static java.lang.String getLinuxDistribution()

Gets the Details of a Linux Distribution

Returns:

description string of the Linux distribution

getOsDetails

public static java.lang.String getOsDetails()

returns a String which contains details of known OSs

Returns:

the details

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Testmain

Parameters:

args - Commandline Args