[Q#10008527][A#10008565] How to get operating system in Java

https://stackoverflow.com/q/10008527

I know there is such a question on SO, but I could not find it. So asking again… I need to set up properties to my program, but I need to make it OS indipendent - running both on Windows XP and Linux (unknown distro, unknown version) More specifically - I need to set up to the system where to find the chromedriver binary. I need something like this pseudocode: Now I need the part for getting the OS. Thanks for help.

Answer

https://stackoverflow.com/a/10008565

APIzation

System.getProperty("os.name");
System.getProperty("os.version");
System.getProperty("os.arch");

package com.stackoverflow.api;

public class Human10008565 {

  public static String getOperatingSystem() {
    return (
      System.getProperty("os.name") +
      " " +
      System.getProperty("os.version") +
      " " +
      System.getProperty("os.arch")
    );
  }
}

package com.stackoverflow.api;

/**
 * How to get operating system in Java
 *
 * @author APIzator
 * @see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/10008565">https://stackoverflow.com/a/10008565</a>
 */
public class APIzator10008565 {

  public static void getSystem() throws Exception {
    System.getProperty("os.name");
    System.getProperty("os.version");
    System.getProperty("os.arch");
  }
}