gcc/libjava/java/lang/System.java

/* System.java -- useful methods to interface with the system
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package java.lang;

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.FileDescriptor;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.PropertyPermission;
import gnu.classpath.Configuration;

/**
 * System represents system-wide resources; things that represent the
 * general environment.  As such, all methods are static.
 *
 * @author John Keiser
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 * @since 1.0
 * @status still missing 1.4 functionality
 */
public final class System
{
  // WARNING: System is a CORE class in the bootstrap cycle. See the comments
  // in vm/reference/java/lang/Runtime for implications of this fact.

  /**
   * Add to the default properties. The field is stored in Runtime, because
   * of the bootstrap sequence; but this adds several useful properties to
   * the defaults. Once the default is stabilized, it should not be modified;
   * instead it is passed as a parent properties for fast setup of the
   * defaults when calling <code>setProperties(null)</code>.
   */
  static
  {
    // Note that this loadLibrary() takes precedence over the one in Object,
    // since Object.<clinit> is waiting for System.<clinit> to complete
    // first; but loading a library twice is harmless.
    if (Configuration.INIT_LOAD_LIBRARY)
      loadLibrary("javalang");

    Properties defaultProperties = Runtime.defaultProperties;

    // Set base URL if not already set.
    if (defaultProperties.get("gnu.classpath.home.url") == null)
      defaultProperties.put("gnu.classpath.home.url",
			    "file://"
			    + defaultProperties.get("gnu.classpath.home")
			    + "/lib");

    // Set short name if not already set.
    if (defaultProperties.get("gnu.classpath.vm.shortname") == null)
      {
	String value = defaultProperties.getProperty("java.vm.name");
	int index = value.lastIndexOf(' ');
	if (index != -1)
	  value = value.substring(index + 1);
	defaultProperties.put("gnu.classpath.vm.shortname", value);
      }

    defaultProperties.put("gnu.cpu.endian",
			  isWordsBigEndian() ? "big" : "little");
    // XXX FIXME - Temp hack for old systems that set the wrong property
    if (defaultProperties.get("java.io.tmpdir") == null)
      defaultProperties.put("java.io.tmpdir",
                            defaultProperties.get("java.tmpdir"));
  }

  /**
   * Stores the current system properties. This can be modified by
   * {@link #setProperties(Properties)}, but will never be null, because
   * setProperties(null) sucks in the default properties.
   */
  // Note that we use clone here and not new.  Some programs assume
  // that the system properties do not have a parent.
  private static Properties properties
    = (Properties) Runtime.defaultProperties.clone();

  /**
   * The standard InputStream. This is assigned at startup and starts its
   * life perfectly valid. Although it is marked final, you can change it
   * using {@link #setIn(InputStream)} through some hefty VM magic.
   *
   * <p>This corresponds to the C stdin and C++ cin variables, which
   * typically input from the keyboard, but may be used to pipe input from
   * other processes or files.  That should all be transparent to you,
   * however.
   */
  public static final InputStream in
    = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(FileDescriptor.in));
  /**
   * The standard output PrintStream.  This is assigned at startup and
   * starts its life perfectly valid. Although it is marked final, you can
   * change it using {@link #setOut(PrintStream)} through some hefty VM magic.
   *
   * <p>This corresponds to the C stdout and C++ cout variables, which
   * typically output normal messages to the screen, but may be used to pipe
   * output to other processes or files.  That should all be transparent to
   * you, however.
   */
  public static final PrintStream out
    = new PrintStream(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(FileDescriptor.out)), true);
  /**
   * The standard output PrintStream.  This is assigned at startup and
   * starts its life perfectly valid. Although it is marked final, you can
   * change it using {@link #setOut(PrintStream)} through some hefty VM magic.
   *
   * <p>This corresponds to the C stderr and C++ cerr variables, which
   * typically output error messages to the screen, but may be used to pipe
   * output to other processes or files.  That should all be transparent to
   * you, however.
   */
  public static final PrintStream err
    = new PrintStream(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(FileDescriptor.err)), true);

  /**
   * This class is uninstantiable.
   */
  private System()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Set {@link #in} to a new InputStream. This uses some VM magic to change
   * a "final" variable, so naturally there is a security check,
   * <code>RuntimePermission("setIO")</code>.
   *
   * @param in the new InputStream
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static void setIn(InputStream in)
  {
    SecurityManager sm = Runtime.securityManager; // Be thread-safe.
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPermission(new RuntimePermission("setIO"));
    setIn0(in);
  }

  /**
   * Set {@link #out} to a new PrintStream. This uses some VM magic to change
   * a "final" variable, so naturally there is a security check,
   * <code>RuntimePermission("setIO")</code>.
   *
   * @param out the new PrintStream
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static void setOut(PrintStream out)
  {
    SecurityManager sm = Runtime.securityManager; // Be thread-safe.
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPermission(new RuntimePermission("setIO"));
    
    setOut0(out);
  }

  /**
   * Set {@link #err} to a new PrintStream. This uses some VM magic to change
   * a "final" variable, so naturally there is a security check,
   * <code>RuntimePermission("setIO")</code>.
   *
   * @param err the new PrintStream
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static void setErr(PrintStream err)
  {
    SecurityManager sm = Runtime.securityManager; // Be thread-safe.
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPermission(new RuntimePermission("setIO"));
    setErr0(err);
  }

  /**
   * Set the current SecurityManager. If a security manager already exists,
   * then <code>RuntimePermission("setSecurityManager")</code> is checked
   * first. Since this permission is denied by the default security manager,
   * setting the security manager is often an irreversible action.
   *
   * <STRONG>Spec Note:</STRONG> Don't ask me, I didn't write it.  It looks
   * pretty vulnerable; whoever gets to the gate first gets to set the policy.
   * There is probably some way to set the original security manager as a
   * command line argument to the VM, but I don't know it.
   *
   * @param sm the new SecurityManager
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   */
  public synchronized static void setSecurityManager(SecurityManager sm)
  {
    // Implementation note: the field lives in Runtime because of bootstrap
    // initialization issues. This method is synchronized so that no other
    // thread changes it to null before this thread makes the change.
    if (Runtime.securityManager != null)
      Runtime.securityManager.checkPermission
        (new RuntimePermission("setSecurityManager"));
    Runtime.securityManager = sm;
  }

  /**
   * Get the current SecurityManager. If the SecurityManager has not been
   * set yet, then this method returns null.
   *
   * @return the current SecurityManager, or null
   */
  public static SecurityManager getSecurityManager()
  {
    // Implementation note: the field lives in Runtime because of bootstrap
    // initialization issues.
    return Runtime.securityManager;
  }

  /**
   * Get the current time, measured in the number of milliseconds from the
   * beginning of Jan. 1, 1970. This is gathered from the system clock, with
   * any attendant incorrectness (it may be timezone dependent).
   *
   * @return the current time
   * @see java.util.Date
   */
  public static native long currentTimeMillis();

  /**
   * Copy one array onto another from <code>src[srcStart]</code> ...
   * <code>src[srcStart+len-1]</code> to <code>dest[destStart]</code> ...
   * <code>dest[destStart+len-1]</code>. First, the arguments are validated:
   * neither array may be null, they must be of compatible types, and the
   * start and length must fit within both arrays. Then the copying starts,
   * and proceeds through increasing slots.  If src and dest are the same
   * array, this will appear to copy the data to a temporary location first.
   * An ArrayStoreException in the middle of copying will leave earlier
   * elements copied, but later elements unchanged.
   *
   * @param src the array to copy elements from
   * @param srcStart the starting position in src
   * @param dest the array to copy elements to
   * @param destStart the starting position in dest
   * @param len the number of elements to copy
   * @throws NullPointerException if src or dest is null
   * @throws ArrayStoreException if src or dest is not an array, if they are
   *         not compatible array types, or if an incompatible runtime type
   *         is stored in dest
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if len is negative, or if the start or
   *         end copy position in either array is out of bounds
   */
  public static native void arraycopy(Object src, int srcStart,
				      Object dest, int destStart, int len);

  /**
   * Get a hash code computed by the VM for the Object. This hash code will
   * be the same as Object's hashCode() method.  It is usually some
   * convolution of the pointer to the Object internal to the VM.  It
   * follows standard hash code rules, in that it will remain the same for a
   * given Object for the lifetime of that Object.
   *
   * @param o the Object to get the hash code for
   * @return the VM-dependent hash code for this Object
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static native int identityHashCode(Object o);

  /**
   * Get all the system properties at once. A security check may be performed,
   * <code>checkPropertiesAccess</code>. Note that a security manager may
   * allow getting a single property, but not the entire group.
   *
   * <p>The required properties include:
   * <dl>
   * <dt>java.version         <dd>Java version number
   * <dt>java.vendor          <dd>Java vendor specific string
   * <dt>java.vendor.url      <dd>Java vendor URL
   * <dt>java.home            <dd>Java installation directory
   * <dt>java.vm.specification.version <dd>VM Spec version
   * <dt>java.vm.specification.vendor  <dd>VM Spec vendor
   * <dt>java.vm.specification.name    <dd>VM Spec name
   * <dt>java.vm.version      <dd>VM implementation version
   * <dt>java.vm.vendor       <dd>VM implementation vendor
   * <dt>java.vm.name         <dd>VM implementation name
   * <dt>java.specification.version    <dd>Java Runtime Environment version
   * <dt>java.specification.vendor     <dd>Java Runtime Environment vendor
   * <dt>java.specification.name       <dd>Java Runtime Environment name
   * <dt>java.class.version   <dd>Java class version number
   * <dt>java.class.path      <dd>Java classpath
   * <dt>java.library.path    <dd>Path for finding Java libraries
   * <dt>java.io.tmpdir       <dd>Default temp file path
   * <dt>java.compiler        <dd>Name of JIT to use
   * <dt>java.ext.dirs        <dd>Java extension path
   * <dt>os.name              <dd>Operating System Name
   * <dt>os.arch              <dd>Operating System Architecture
   * <dt>os.version           <dd>Operating System Version
   * <dt>file.separator       <dd>File separator ("/" on Unix)
   * <dt>path.separator       <dd>Path separator (":" on Unix)
   * <dt>line.separator       <dd>Line separator ("\n" on Unix)
   * <dt>user.name            <dd>User account name
   * <dt>user.home            <dd>User home directory
   * <dt>user.dir             <dd>User's current working directory
   * </dl>
   *
   * In addition, gnu defines several other properties, where ? stands for
   * each character in '0' through '9':
   * <dl>
   * <dl> gnu.classpath.vm.shortname <dd> Succinct version of the VM name;
   *      used for finding property files in file system
   * <dl> gnu.classpath.home.url <dd> Base URL; used for finding
   *      property files in file system
   * <dt> gnu.cpu.endian      <dd>big or little
   * <dt> gnu.java.io.encoding_scheme_alias.ISO-8859-?   <dd>8859_?
   * <dt> gnu.java.io.encoding_scheme_alias.iso-8859-?   <dd>8859_?
   * <dt> gnu.java.io.encoding_scheme_alias.iso8859_?    <dd>8859_?
   * <dt> gnu.java.io.encoding_scheme_alias.iso-latin-_? <dd>8859_?
   * <dt> gnu.java.io.encoding_scheme_alias.latin?       <dd>8859_?
   * <dt> gnu.java.io.encoding_scheme_alias.UTF-8        <dd>UTF8
   * <dt> gnu.java.io.encoding_scheme_alias.utf-8        <dd>UTF8
   * </dl>
   *
   * @return the system properties, will never be null
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   */
  public static Properties getProperties()
  {
    SecurityManager sm = Runtime.securityManager; // Be thread-safe.
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPropertiesAccess();
    return properties;
  }

  /**
   * Set all the system properties at once. A security check may be performed,
   * <code>checkPropertiesAccess</code>. Note that a security manager may
   * allow setting a single property, but not the entire group. An argument
   * of null resets the properties to the startup default.
   *
   * @param properties the new set of system properties
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   */
  public static void setProperties(Properties properties)
  {
    SecurityManager sm = Runtime.securityManager; // Be thread-safe.
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPropertiesAccess();
    if (properties == null)
      {
	// Note that we use clone here and not new.  Some programs
	// assume that the system properties do not have a parent.
	properties = (Properties) Runtime.defaultProperties.clone();
      }
    System.properties = properties;
  }

  /**
   * Get a single system property by name. A security check may be performed,
   * <code>checkPropertyAccess(key)</code>.
   *
   * @param key the name of the system property to get
   * @return the property, or null if not found
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   * @throws NullPointerException if key is null
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if key is ""
   */
  public static String getProperty(String key)
  {
    SecurityManager sm = Runtime.securityManager; // Be thread-safe.
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPropertyAccess(key);
    else if (key.length() == 0)
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("key can't be empty");
    return properties.getProperty(key);
  }

  /**
   * Get a single system property by name. A security check may be performed,
   * <code>checkPropertyAccess(key)</code>.
   *
   * @param key the name of the system property to get
   * @param def the default
   * @return the property, or def if not found
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   * @throws NullPointerException if key is null
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if key is ""
   */
  public static String getProperty(String key, String def)
  {
    SecurityManager sm = Runtime.securityManager; // Be thread-safe.
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPropertyAccess(key);
    return properties.getProperty(key, def);
  }

  /**
   * Set a single system property by name. A security check may be performed,
   * <code>checkPropertyAccess(key, "write")</code>.
   *
   * @param key the name of the system property to set
   * @param value the new value
   * @return the previous value, or null
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   * @throws NullPointerException if key is null
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if key is ""
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public static String setProperty(String key, String value)
  {
    SecurityManager sm = Runtime.securityManager; // Be thread-safe.
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPermission(new PropertyPermission(key, "write"));
    return (String) properties.setProperty(key, value);
  }

  /**
   * This used to get an environment variable, but following Sun's lead,
   * it now throws an Error. Use <code>getProperty</code> instead.
   *
   * @param name the name of the environment variable
   * @return this does not return
   * @throws Error this is not supported
   * @deprecated use {@link #getProperty(String)}; getenv is not supported
   */
  public static String getenv(String name)
  {
    throw new Error("getenv no longer supported, use properties instead: "
                    + name);
  }

  /**
   * Terminate the Virtual Machine. This just calls
   * <code>Runtime.getRuntime().exit(status)</code>, and never returns.
   * Obviously, a security check is in order, <code>checkExit</code>.
   *
   * @param status the exit status; by convention non-zero is abnormal
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   * @see Runtime#exit(int)
   */
  public static void exit(int status)
  {
    Runtime.getRuntime().exit(status);
  }

  /**
   * Calls the garbage collector. This is only a hint, and it is up to the
   * implementation what this hint suggests, but it usually causes a
   * best-effort attempt to reclaim unused memory from discarded objects.
   * This calls <code>Runtime.getRuntime().gc()</code>.
   *
   * @see Runtime#gc()
   */
  public static void gc()
  {
    Runtime.getRuntime().gc();
  }

  /**
   * Runs object finalization on pending objects. This is only a hint, and
   * it is up to the implementation what this hint suggests, but it usually
   * causes a best-effort attempt to run finalizers on all objects ready
   * to be reclaimed. This calls
   * <code>Runtime.getRuntime().runFinalization()</code>.
   *
   * @see Runtime#runFinalization()
   */
  public static void runFinalization()
  {
    Runtime.getRuntime().runFinalization();
  }

  /**
   * Tell the Runtime whether to run finalization before exiting the
   * JVM.  This is inherently unsafe in multi-threaded applications,
   * since it can force initialization on objects which are still in use
   * by live threads, leading to deadlock; therefore this is disabled by
   * default. There may be a security check, <code>checkExit(0)</code>. This
   * calls <code>Runtime.getRuntime().runFinalizersOnExit()</code>.
   *
   * @param finalizeOnExit whether to run finalizers on exit
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   * @see Runtime#runFinalizersOnExit()
   * @since 1.1
   * @deprecated never rely on finalizers to do a clean, thread-safe,
   *             mop-up from your code
   */
  public static void runFinalizersOnExit(boolean finalizeOnExit)
  {
    Runtime.getRuntime().runFinalizersOnExit(finalizeOnExit);
  }

  /**
   * Load a code file using its explicit system-dependent filename. A security
   * check may be performed, <code>checkLink</code>. This just calls
   * <code>Runtime.getRuntime().load(filename)</code>.
   *
   * @param filename the code file to load
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   * @throws UnsatisfiedLinkError if the file cannot be loaded
   * @see Runtime#load(String)
   */
  public static void load(String filename)
  {
    Runtime.getRuntime().load(filename);
  }

  /**
   * Load a library using its explicit system-dependent filename. A security
   * check may be performed, <code>checkLink</code>. This just calls
   * <code>Runtime.getRuntime().load(filename)</code>.
   *
   * @param libname the library file to load
   * @throws SecurityException if permission is denied
   * @throws UnsatisfiedLinkError if the file cannot be loaded
   * @see Runtime#load(String)
   */
  public static void loadLibrary(String libname)
  {
    Runtime.getRuntime().loadLibrary(libname);
  }

  /**
   * Convert a library name to its platform-specific variant.
   *
   * @param libname the library name, as used in <code>loadLibrary</code>
   * @return the platform-specific mangling of the name
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public static String mapLibraryName(String libname)
  {
    // XXX Fix this!!!!
    return Runtime.nativeGetLibname("", libname);
  }

  /**
   * Detect big-endian systems.
   *
   * @return true if the system is big-endian.
   */
  static native boolean isWordsBigEndian();

  /**
   * Set {@link #in} to a new InputStream.
   *
   * @param in the new InputStream
   * @see #setIn(InputStream)
   */
  private static native void setIn0(InputStream in);

  /**
   * Set {@link #out} to a new PrintStream.
   *
   * @param out the new PrintStream
   * @see #setOut(PrintStream)
   */
  private static native void setOut0(PrintStream out);

  /**
   * Set {@link #err} to a new PrintStream.
   *
   * @param err the new PrintStream
   * @see #setErr(PrintStream)
   */
  private static native void setErr0(PrintStream err);
} // class System