Java System Properties
Posted on Oct 29, 2008 (last modified Jun 1, 2021)
Following are a list of the standard system properties which can be accessed in Java code by using the System.getProperty methods. For example…
System.getProperty("path.separator");| Property Name | Description | Java Version |
|---|---|---|
file.encoding | The character encoding for the default locale | 1.1 |
file.encoding.pkg | The package that contains the converters that handle converting between local encodings and Unicode | 1.1 |
file.separator | The platform-dependent file separator (e.g., “/” on UNIX, “\” for Windows) | 1.0 |
java.class.path | The value of the CLASSPATH environment variable | 1.0 |
java.class.version | The version of the Java API | 1.0 |
java.compiler | The just-in-time compiler to use, if any. The java interpreter provided with the JDK initializes this property from the environment variable JAVA_COMPILER. | 1.0 |
java.home | The directory in which Java is installed | 1.0 |
java.io.tmpdir | The directory in which java should create temporary files | 1.2 |
java.version | The version of the Java interpreter | 1.0 |
java.vendor | A vendor-specific string | 1.0 |
java.vendor.url | A vendor URL | 1.0 |
line.separator | The platform-dependent line separator (e.g., “\n” on UNIX, “\r\n” for Windows) | 1.0 |
os.name | The name of the operating system | 1.0 |
os.arch | The system architecture | 1.0 |
os.version | The operating system version | 1.0 |
path.separator | The platform-dependent path separator (e.g., “:” on UNIX, “,” for Windows) | 1.0 |
user.dir | The current working directory when the properties were initialized | 1.0 |
user.home | The home directory of the current user | 1.0 |
user.language | The two-letter language code of the default locale | 1.1 |
user.name | The username of the current user | 1.0 |
user.region | The two-letter country code of the default locale | 1.1 |
user.timezone | The default time zone | 1.1 |