RStarter.java

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package org.n52.wps.server.r.util;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Starting RServe via command line on different OS.
 * 
 * For documentation see http://www.rforge.net/Rserve/doc.html
 * 
 * For information about RServe on Windows see http://rforge.net/Rserve/rserve-win.html
 * 
 * @author Daniel
 * 
 */
public class RStarter {

    private static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RStarter.class);

    private static void startRServeOnLinux() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
        String rserveStartCMD = "R CMD Rserve --vanilla --slave";
        Runtime.getRuntime().exec(rserveStartCMD).waitFor();
    }

    private static void startRServeOnWindows() throws IOException {
        String rserveStartCMD = "cmd /c start R -e library(Rserve);Rserve() --vanilla --slave";
        Runtime.getRuntime().exec(rserveStartCMD);
    }

    public void startR() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
        log.debug("Starting R locally...");

        if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().indexOf("linux") > -1) {
            startRServeOnLinux();
        }
        else if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().indexOf("windows") > -1) {
            startRServeOnWindows();
        }

        log.info("Started R.");
    }

}