net.dpml.transit
Class Environment

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Dictionary
      java.util.Hashtable
          java.util.Properties
              net.dpml.transit.Environment

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Map, Serializable

public class Environment

extends Properties

Encapsulates operating system and shell specific access to environment variables.

Version:

1.0.1

Author:

Digital Product Meta Library

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static String	OSNAME os.name System property
static String	USERNAME user.name System property

Fields inherited from class java.util.Properties

defaults

Constructor Summary

Environment()
Creates a snapshot of the current shell environment variables for a user.

Method Summary

static String	getEnvVariable(String name) Gets the value of a shell environment variable.
static Properties	getEnvVariables() Gets all environment variables within a Properties instance where the key is the environment variable name and value is the value of the property.
static String	getUserShell() Gets the user's shell executable.
static boolean	isNetWare() Checks to see if the operating system is NetWare.
static boolean	isOpenVMS() Checks to see if the operating system is OpenVMS.
static boolean	isUnix() Checks to see if the operating system is a UNIX variant.
static boolean	isWindows() Checks to see if the operating system is a Windows variant.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Properties

getProperty, getProperty, list, list, load, propertyNames, save, setProperty, store

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, rehash, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

OSNAME

public static final String OSNAME

os.name System property

USERNAME

public static final String USERNAME

user.name System property

Constructor Detail

Environment

public Environment()
            throws EnvironmentException

Creates a snapshot of the current shell environment variables for a user.

Throws:

EnvironmentException - if there is an error accessing the environment

Method Detail

getEnvVariable

public static String getEnvVariable(String name)
                             throws EnvironmentException

Gets the value of a shell environment variable.

Parameters:

name - the name of variable

Returns:

the String representation of an environment variable value

Throws:

EnvironmentException - if there is a problem accessing the environment

isUnix

public static boolean isUnix()

Checks to see if the operating system is a UNIX variant.

Returns:

true of the OS is a UNIX variant, false otherwise

isWindows

public static boolean isWindows()

Checks to see if the operating system is a Windows variant.

Returns:

true of the OS is a Windows variant, false otherwise

isNetWare

public static boolean isNetWare()

Checks to see if the operating system is NetWare.

Returns:

true of the OS is NetWare, false otherwise

isOpenVMS

public static boolean isOpenVMS()

Checks to see if the operating system is OpenVMS.

Returns:

true of the OS is a NetWare variant, false otherwise

getEnvVariables

public static Properties getEnvVariables()
                                  throws EnvironmentException

Gets all environment variables within a Properties instance where the key is the environment variable name and value is the value of the property.

Returns:

the environment variables and values as Properties

Throws:

EnvironmentException - if os is not recognized

getUserShell

public static String getUserShell()
                           throws EnvironmentException

Gets the user's shell executable.

Returns:

the shell executable for the user

Throws:

EnvironmentException - the there is a problem accessing shell information