Java.lang.System.mapLibraryName() Method

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Description

The java.lang.System.mapLibraryName() method maps a library name into a platform-specific string representing a native library.

Declaration

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

public static String mapLibraryName(String libname)

Parameters

libname − This is the name of the library.

Return Value

This method returns a platform-dependent native library name.

Exception

NullPointerException − if libname is null

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.System.mapLibraryName() 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"));

      /* maps a library name into a platform-specific string representing
         a native library */
      String str = System.mapLibraryName("os.name");   
      System.out.println(str);
   }
} 

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

Linux
libos.name.so