JVMUtils.java

/* 
 * Copyright 2003,2004,2005 Colin Crist
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 * 
 */

package hermes.util;

public class JVMUtils
{

   public static String getUserHome()
   {
      if (System.getProperty("jnlpx.deployment.user.home") != null)
      {
         return System.getProperty("jnlpx.deployment.user.home");
      }
      else
      {
         return System.getProperty("user.home");
      }
   }

   public static <T> Class<T> forceInit(Class<T> klass)
   {
      try
      {
         Class.forName(klass.getName(), true, klass.getClassLoader());
      }
      catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
      {
         throw new AssertionError(e); // Can't happen
      }
      return klass;
   }
}