Package com.actelion.research.util

Class Platform

  • public class Platform
extends java.lang.Object
    Requires JRE 1.6

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      Platform()  

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static void execute​(java.lang.String[] programAndArgs)
      Start an executable with parameters.
      static java.lang.Process execute​(java.lang.String program, java.lang.String... args)
      Start an executable with parameters.
      static boolean is64BitJRE()  
      static boolean isLinux()  
      static boolean isMacintosh()  
      static boolean isUnix()  
      static boolean isWindows()  
      static void openDocument​(java.lang.String doc)
      Given a filename, open this file with the default application
      static java.lang.Process systemExec​(java.lang.String[] programAndArgs)
      Wrapper for Runtime.exec() that allows different handling by platform This method fixes forking issues in Windows when starting Mercury (by default new processes do not seem to be forked correctly)

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    • Constructor Detail

      • Platform

        public Platform()

    • Method Detail

      • isWindows

        public static boolean isWindows()

      • isMacintosh

        public static boolean isMacintosh()

      • isLinux

        public static boolean isLinux()

      • isUnix

        public static boolean isUnix()

      • is64BitJRE

        public static boolean is64BitJRE()

      • execute

        public static java.lang.Process execute​(java.lang.String program,
                                        java.lang.String... args)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
        Start an executable with parameters. In non-windows environment this is searching the PATH In the windows environment @Actelion this first checks the standard locations where applications are installed usually \\actelch02\pgm. This is achieved by consulting the ApplicationDatabase.db file located under \\actelch02\pgm\ActelionResearch. The file format is a standard Java properties file where the key contains the name of the application and the value the respective absolute path of the executable e.g. datawarrior=//actelch02/pgm/Datawarrior/DataWarrior.exe
        Parameters:
        program -
        args -
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException

      • execute

        public static void execute​(java.lang.String[] programAndArgs)
                    throws java.io.IOException
        Start an executable with parameters. In non-windows environment this is searching the PATH In the windows environment @Actelion this first checks the standard locations where applications are installed usually \\actelch02\pgm. This is achieved by consulting the ApplicationDatabase.db file located under \\actelch02\pgm\ActelionResearch. The file format is a standard Java properties file where the key contains the name of the application and the value the respective absolute path of the executable e.g. datawarrior=//actelch02/pgm/Datawarrior/DataWarrior.exe
        Parameters:
        programAndArgs -
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException

      • systemExec

        public static java.lang.Process systemExec​(java.lang.String[] programAndArgs)
                                    throws java.io.IOException
        Wrapper for Runtime.exec() that allows different handling by platform This method fixes forking issues in Windows when starting Mercury (by default new processes do not seem to be forked correctly)
        Parameters:
        programAndArgs -
        Returns:
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException

      • openDocument

        public static void openDocument​(java.lang.String doc)
                         throws java.io.IOException,
                                java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
        Given a filename, open this file with the default application
        Parameters:
        doc - File name to open
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - if the file is unavailable
        java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException