Java.lang.System.load() Method

Description

The java.lang.System.load() method loads a code file with the specified filename from the local file system as a dynamic library. The filename argument must be a complete path name.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.System.load() method

public static void load(String filename)

Parameters

• filename -- This is the file to load.

Return Value

This method does not return any value.

Exception

• SecurityException -- if a security manager exists and its checkLink method doesn't allow loading of the specified dynamic library.

• UnsatisfiedLinkError -- if the file does not exist.

• NullPointerException -- if filename is null

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.System.load() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class SystemDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

     // prints the name of the Operating System
     System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.name"));

     System.load("C:\\wamp\\ins.exe");
     System.out.println("file gets loaded...");
   }
} 

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Windows XP
file gets loaded...