Java.lang.System.getProperties() Method

Description

The java.lang.System.getProperties() method determines the current system properties. The current set of system properties for use by the getProperty(String) method is returned as a Properties object.

If there is no current set of system properties, a set of system properties is first created and initialized. This set of system properties includes values for the following keys −

Key Description of Associated Value
java.version Java Runtime Environment version
java.vendor Java Runtime Environment vendor
java.vendor.url Java vendor URL
java.home Java installation directory
java.vm.specification.version Java Virtual Machine specification version
java.vm.specification.vendor Java Virtual Machine specification vendor
java.vm.specification.name Java Virtual Machine specification name
java.vm.version Java Virtual Machine implementation version
java.vm.vendor Java Virtual Machine implementation vendor
java.vm.name Java Virtual Machine implementation name
java.specification.version Java Runtime Environment specification version
java.specification.vendor Java Runtime Environment specification vendor
java.specification.name Java Runtime Environment specification name
java.class.version Java class format version number
java.class.path Java class path
java.library.path List of paths to search when loading libraries
java.io.tmpdir Default temp file path
java.compiler Name of JIT compiler to use
java.ext.dirs Path of extension directory or directories
os.name Operating system name
os.arch Operating system architecture
os.version Operating system version
file.separator File separator ("/" on UNIX)
path.separator Path separator (":" on UNIX)
line.separator Line separator ("\n" on UNIX)
user.name User's account name
user.home User's home directory
user.dir User's current working directory

Declaration

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

public static Properties getProperties()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the system properties.

Exception

SecurityException − if a security manager exists and its checkPermission method doesn't allow access to the process environment.

Example

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

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class SystemDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // this will list the current system properties
      Properties p = System.getProperties();
      p.list(System.out);
   }
}

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

-- listing properties --
java.runtime.name=Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
sun.boot.library.path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre...
java.vm.version=10.0-b22
java.vm.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vendor.url=http://java.sun.com/
path.separator=;
java.vm.name=Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
file.encoding.pkg=sun.io
user.country=US
sun.java.launcher=SUN_STANDARD
sun.os.patch.level=Service Pack 2
java.vm.specification.name=Java Virtual Machine Specification
user.dir=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\bin
java.runtime.version=1.6.0_06-b02
java.awt.graphicsenv=sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
java.endorsed.dirs=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre...
os.arch=x86
java.io.tmpdir=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIT~1.AMI\LOCALS~1\Temp\
line.separator=

java.vm.specification.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
user.variant=
os.name=Windows XP
sun.jnu.encoding=Cp1252
java.library.path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\bin...
java.specification.name=Java Platform API Specification
java.class.version=50.0
sun.management.compiler=HotSpot Client Compiler
os.version=5.1
user.home=C:\Documents and Settings\amit.AMIT-4...
user.timezone=
java.awt.printerjob=sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob
file.encoding=Cp1252
java.specification.version=1.6
user.name=amit
java.class.path=.
java.vm.specification.version=1.0
sun.arch.data.model=32
java.home=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre
java.specification.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
user.language=en
awt.toolkit=sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
java.vm.info=mixed mode, sharing
java.version=1.6.0_06
java.ext.dirs=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre...
sun.boot.class.path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre...
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
file.separator=\
java.vendor.url.bug=http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport...
sun.cpu.endian=little
sun.io.unicode.encoding=UnicodeLittle
sun.desktop=windows
sun.cpu.isalist=
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