How do I programmatically determine operating system in Java?

Question

I would like to determine the operating system of the host that my Java program is running programmatically (for example: I would like to be able to load different propertie

Answer 1

The following JavaFX classes have static methods to determine current OS (isWindows(),isLinux()...):

• com.sun.javafx.PlatformUtil
• com.sun.media.jfxmediaimpl.HostUtils
• com.sun.javafx.util.Utils

Example:

if (PlatformUtil.isWindows()){
           ...
}