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Subject: cvs commit: jakarta-commons/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang
 SystemUtils.java
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ggregory    2003/05/30 18:02:33

  Modified:    lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang SystemUtils.java
  Log:
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  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.15      +78 -77    jakarta-commons/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/SystemUtils.java
  
  Index: SystemUtils.java
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/SystemUtils.java,v
  retrieving revision 1.14
  retrieving revision 1.15
  diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15
  --- SystemUtils.java	30 May 2003 01:15:53 -0000	1.14
  +++ SystemUtils.java	31 May 2003 01:02:33 -0000	1.15
  @@ -54,10 +54,11 @@
   package org.apache.commons.lang;
   
   /**
  - * <p>Common <code>System</code> class helpers.</p>
  + * <p>Helpers for <code>java.lang.System</code>.</p>
    * 
  - * <p>If a particular system property cannot be read due to security
  - * restrictions, the field will return <code>null</code>.</p>
  + * <p>If a system property cannot be read due to security restrictions, 
  + * the corresponding field in this class will be set to <code>null</code>
  + * and a message will be written to <code>System.err</code>.</p>
    *
    * @author Based on code from Avalon Excalibur
    * @author Based on code from Lucene
  @@ -76,7 +77,7 @@
        * <p>File encoding, such as <code>Cp1252</code>.</p>
        * 
        * <p>Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.</p>
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java version 1.2.
        */
  @@ -87,7 +88,7 @@
        * File separator ("/" on UNIX).
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java version 1.1.
        */
  @@ -97,63 +98,63 @@
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Java version 1.1 (also 1.1.x versions).
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>JAVA_VERSION</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if {@link #JAVA_VERSION} is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_JAVA_1_1 = getJavaVersionMatches("1.1");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Java version 1.2 (also 1.2.x versions).
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>JAVA_VERSION</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if {@link #JAVA_VERSION} is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_JAVA_1_2 = getJavaVersionMatches("1.2");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Java version 1.3 (also 1.3.x versions).
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>JAVA_VERSION</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if {@link #JAVA_VERSION} is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_JAVA_1_3 = getJavaVersionMatches("1.3");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Java version 1.4 (also 1.4.x versions).
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>JAVA_VERSION</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if {@link #JAVA_VERSION} is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_JAVA_1_4 = getJavaVersionMatches("1.4");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Java version 1.5 (also 1.5.x versions).
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>JAVA_VERSION</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if {@link #JAVA_VERSION} is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_JAVA_1_5 = getJavaVersionMatches("1.5");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is AIX.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_AIX = getOSMatches("AIX");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is HP-UX.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_HP_UX = getOSMatches("HP-UX");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Irix.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_IRIX = getOSMatches("Irix");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Linux.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_LINUX = getOSMatches("Linux") || getOSMatches("LINUX");
       // Windows XP returns 'Windows 2000' just for fun...
  @@ -161,35 +162,35 @@
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Mac.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_MAC = getOSMatches("Mac");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Mac.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_MAC_OSX = getOSMatches("Mac OS X");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Mac.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_OS2 = getOSMatches("OS/2");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Solaris.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_SOLARIS = getOSMatches("Solaris");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is SunOS.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_SUN_OS = getOSMatches("SunOS");
   
  @@ -201,21 +202,21 @@
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Windows.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_WINDOWS = getOSMatches("Windows");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Windows 2000.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_WINDOWS_2000 = getOSMatches("Windows", "5.0");
   
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Windows 95.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_WINDOWS_95 = getOSMatches("Windows 9", "4.0");
       // JDK 1.2 running on Windows98 returns 'Windows 95', hence the above
  @@ -223,7 +224,7 @@
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Windows 98.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_WINDOWS_98 = getOSMatches("Windows 9", "4.1");
       // JDK 1.2 running on Windows98 returns 'Windows 95', hence the above
  @@ -231,7 +232,7 @@
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Windows ME.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_WINDOWS_ME = getOSMatches("Windows", "4.9");
       // JDK 1.2 running on WindowsME may return 'Windows 95', hence the above
  @@ -239,7 +240,7 @@
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Windows NT.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_WINDOWS_NT = getOSMatches("Windows NT");
       // Windows 2000 returns 'Windows 2000' but may suffer from same JDK1.2 problem
  @@ -247,7 +248,7 @@
       /**
        * Is <code>true</code> if this is Windows XP.
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return false if <code>OS_NAME</code> is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final boolean IS_OS_WINDOWS_XP = getOSMatches("Windows", "5.1");
   
  @@ -256,7 +257,7 @@
        * Java class path.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java version 1.1.
        */
  @@ -267,7 +268,7 @@
        * Java class format version number.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java version 1.1.
        */
  @@ -279,7 +280,7 @@
        * First in JDK version 1.2. Not used in Sun JDKs after 1.2.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java version 1.2. Not used in Sun versions after 1.2.
        */
  @@ -290,7 +291,7 @@
        * Path of extension directory or directories.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.3
        */
  @@ -301,7 +302,7 @@
        * Java installation directory.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -312,7 +313,7 @@
        * Default temp file path.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -323,7 +324,7 @@
        * List of paths to search when loading libraries.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -334,7 +335,7 @@
        * Java Runtime Environment name.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.3
        */
  @@ -345,7 +346,7 @@
        * Java Runtime Environment version.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.3
        */
  @@ -356,7 +357,7 @@
        * Java Runtime Environment specification name.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -367,7 +368,7 @@
        * Java Runtime Environment specification vendor.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -378,7 +379,7 @@
        * Java Runtime Environment specification version.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.3
        */
  @@ -389,7 +390,7 @@
        * Java vendor-specific string.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -400,7 +401,7 @@
        * Java vendor URL.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
         * 
        * @since Java 1.1
       */
  @@ -411,7 +412,7 @@
        * Java version number.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -420,25 +421,25 @@
       //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
       /**
        * Gets the Java version as a <code>float</code>.
  -     * Example output:
  +     * <p>Example return values:</p>
        * <ul>
        *  <li><code>1.2f</code> for JDK 1.2
        *  <li><code>1.31f</code> for JDK 1.3.1
        * </ul>
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return zero if <code>JAVA_VERSION</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return zero if {@link #JAVA_VERSION} is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final float JAVA_VERSION_FLOAT = getJavaVersionAsFloat();
   
       /**
        * Gets the Java version as an <code>int</code>.
  -     * Example output:
  +     * <p>Example return values:</p>
        * <ul>
        *  <li><code>120</code> for JDK 1.2
        *  <li><code>131</code> for JDK 1.3.1
        * </ul>
        * <p>
  -     * The field will return zero if <code>JAVA_VERSION</code> is <code>null</code>.
  +     * The field will return zero if {@link #JAVA_VERSION} is <code>null</code>.</p>
        */
       public static final int JAVA_VERSION_INT = getJavaVersionAsInt();
   
  @@ -447,7 +448,7 @@
        * Java Virtual Machine implementation info.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -458,7 +459,7 @@
        * Java Virtual Machine implementation name.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -469,7 +470,7 @@
        * Java Virtual Machine specification name.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -480,7 +481,7 @@
        * Java Virtual Machine specification vendor.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -491,7 +492,7 @@
        * Java Virtual Machine specification version.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -502,7 +503,7 @@
        * Java Virtual Machine implementation vendor.
         * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -513,7 +514,7 @@
        * Java Virtual Machine implementation version.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -524,7 +525,7 @@
        * Line separator ("\n" on UNIX).
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -535,7 +536,7 @@
        * Operating system architecture.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -546,7 +547,7 @@
        * Operating system name.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -557,7 +558,7 @@
        * Operating system version.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -568,7 +569,7 @@
        * Path separator (":" on UNIX).
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -581,7 +582,7 @@
        * Renamed to <code>user.country</code> in 1.4
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -594,7 +595,7 @@
        * User's current working directory.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -605,7 +606,7 @@
        * User's home directory.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -616,7 +617,7 @@
        * User's language code, such as 'en'.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.2
        */
  @@ -627,7 +628,7 @@
        * User's account name.
        * <p>
        * Defaults to <code>null</code> if the runtime does not have
  -     * security access to read this property or property not specified.
  +     * security access to read this property or the property does not exist.</p>
        * 
        * @since Java 1.1
        */
  @@ -635,9 +636,9 @@
   
       //-----------------------------------------------------------------------    
       /**
  -     * <p>Get the Java version number as a <code>float</code>.</p>
  +     * <p>Gets the Java version number as a <code>float</code>.</p>
        *
  -     * <P>Example output:</p>
  +     * <p>Example return values:</p>
        * <ul>
        *  <li><code>1.2f</code> for JDK 1.2
        *  <li><code>1.31f</code> for JDK 1.3.1
  @@ -652,16 +653,16 @@
       }
   
       /**
  -     * <p>Get the Java version number as a <code>float</code>.</p>
  +     * <p>Gets the Java version number as a <code>float</code>.</p>
        *
  -     * <p>Example output:</p>
  +     * <p>Example return values:</p>
        * <ul>
        *  <li><code>1.2f</code> for JDK 1.2
        *  <li><code>1.31f</code> for JDK 1.3.1
        * </ul>
        * 
        * <p>Patch releases are not reported.
  -     * Zero is returned if JAVA_VERSION is <code>null</code>.</p>
  +     * Zero is returned if {@link #JAVA_VERSION} is <code>null</code>.</p>
        * 
        * @return the version, for example 1.31f for JDK 1.3.1
        */
  @@ -677,16 +678,16 @@
       }
       
       /**
  -     * <p>Get the Java version number as an <code>int</code>.</p>
  +     * <p>Gets the Java version number as an <code>int</code>.</p>
        *
  -     * <p>Example output:</p>
  +     * <p>Example return values:</p>
        * <ul>
        *  <li><code>120</code> for JDK 1.2
        *  <li><code>131</code> for JDK 1.3.1
        * </ul>
        * 
        * <p>Patch releases are not reported.
  -     * Zero is returned if JAVA_VERSION is <code>null</code>.</p>
  +     * Zero is returned if {@link #JAVA_VERSION} is <code>null</code>.</p>
        * 
        * @return the version, for example 131 for JDK 1.3.1
        */
  @@ -746,21 +747,21 @@
   
       //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
       /**
  -     * Gets a System property, defaulting to the given value if the property 
  -     * cannot be read.
  +     * Gets a System property, defaulting to <code>null</code> if the property 
  +     * cannot be read. If a <code>SecurityException</code> is caught, the return
  +     * value is <code>null</code> and a message is written to <code>System.err</code>.
        * 
        * @param property the system property name
  -     * @return the system property value or <code>null</code> if security problem
  +     * @return the system property value or <code>null</code> if a security problem occurs
        */
       private static String getSystemProperty(String property) {
           try {
               return System.getProperty(property);
  -            
           } catch (SecurityException ex) {
               // we are not allowed to look at this property
               System.err.println(
  -                "SecurityException thrown when reading system property '" + property 
  -                + "' - property value will default to null"
  +                "Caught a SecurityException reading the system property '" + property 
  +                + "'; the SystemUtils property value will default to null."
               );
               return null;
           }
  
  
  

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