Finding a JDK path and saving it as a string in Java

JDK, , javac. , "javac" , , " javac" , ,

public static String getCommandOutput(String command)  {
    String output = null;       //the string to return

    Process process = null;
    BufferedReader reader = null;
    InputStreamReader streamReader = null;
    InputStream stream = null;

    try {
        process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);

        //Get stream of the console running the command
        stream = process.getInputStream();
        streamReader = new InputStreamReader(stream);
        reader = new BufferedReader(streamReader);

        String currentLine = null;  //store current line of output from the cmd
        StringBuilder commandOutput = new StringBuilder();  //build up the output from cmd
        while ((currentLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            commandOutput.append(currentLine);
        }

        int returnCode = process.waitFor();
        if (returnCode == 0) {
            output = commandOutput.toString();
        }

    } catch (IOException e) {
        System.err.println("Cannot retrieve output of command");
        System.err.println(e);
        output = null;
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        System.err.println("Cannot retrieve output of command");
        System.err.println(e);
    } finally {
        //Close all inputs / readers

        if (stream != null) {
            try {
                stream.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                System.err.println("Cannot close stream input! " + e);
            }
        } 
        if (streamReader != null) {
            try {
                streamReader.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                System.err.println("Cannot close stream input reader! " + e);
            }
        }
        if (reader != null) {
            try {
                streamReader.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                System.err.println("Cannot close stream input reader! " + e);
            }
        }
    }
    //Return the output from the command - may be null if an error occured
    return output;
}

javac, , , javac. Windows

public static void main(String[] args) {

    //"where" on Windows and "whereis" on Linux/Mac
    if (System.getProperty("os.name").contains("win") || System.getProperty("os.name").contains("Win")) {
        String path = getCommandOutput("where javac");
        if (path == null || path.isEmpty()) {
            System.err.println("There may have been an error processing the command or ");
            System.out.println("JAVAC may not set up to be used from the command line");
            System.out.println("Unable to determine the location of the JDK using the command line");
        } else {
            //Response will be the path including "javac.exe" so need to
            //Get the two directories above that
            File javacFile = new File(path);
            File jdkInstallationDir = javacFile.getParentFile().getParentFile();
            System.out.println("jdk in use at command line is: " + jdkInstallationDir.getPath());
        }//else: path can be found
    } else {
        String response = getCommandOutput("whereis javac");
        if (response == null) {
            System.err.println("There may have been an error processing the command or ");
            System.out.println("JAVAC may not set up to be used from the command line");
            System.out.println("Unable to determine the location of the JDK using the command line");
        } else {
            //The response will be "javac:  /usr ... "
            //so parse from the "/" - if no "/" then there was an error with the command
            int pathStartIndex = response.indexOf('/');
            if (pathStartIndex == -1) {
                System.err.println("There may have been an error processing the command or ");
                System.out.println("JAVAC may not set up to be used from the command line");
                System.out.println("Unable to determine the location of the JDK using the command line");
            } else {
                //Else get the directory that is two above the javac.exe file
                String path = response.substring(pathStartIndex, response.length());
                File javacFile = new File(path);
                File jdkInstallationDir = javacFile.getParentFile().getParentFile();
                System.out.println("jdk in use at command line is: " + jdkInstallationDir.getPath());
            }//else: path found
        }//else: response wasn't null
    }//else: OS is not windows
}//end main method

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