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Detecting JDK Version using ANT

2005-06-15       - By Alexey N. Solofnenko
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Java sets ${java.vm.version} property with its version.

- Alexey.

Zarar Siddiqi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a clean way to detect what version of Java is being used when
> running a build file?
>
> Some possible solutions include:
>
> 1) parsing the JAVA_HOME variable to detect the version number
> 2) Checking the existence of a file which is specific to a version
>
> Both methods are somewhat brittle.
>
> Is there a sureshot way of knowing whether ANT is being invoked using
> Java 1.5 or not?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Zarar
>
>  

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