OSHelper.java

/*
 * Jabox Open Source Version
 * Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Dimitris Kapanidis                                                                                                                          
 * 
 * This file is part of Jabox
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 * 
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 */
package org.jabox.eclipse_startup;

public class OSHelper {
    // Used to identify the windows platform.
    private static final String WIN_ID = "Windows";

    /**
     * Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or
     * some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
     * 
     * @return true if this application is running under a Windows OS
     */
    public static boolean isWindowsPlatform() {
        String os = System.getProperty("os.name");
        if (os != null && os.startsWith(WIN_ID)) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

}