Using System.getProperty as a condition

Question

Is it OK to use xxx.equals(System.getProperty(key)) as a condition? Or Am I supposed to use the properties for some other purposes?

I have been reading these;

however, I'm a little confused on its usage. Some more links or some code samples would be very helpful.

Thank you...

I don't see why not...it's entirely up to you what you want to do with the retrieved value, and performing a simple comparison is perfectly legit. — mre, Jul 11 '11 at 17:03
you can use them for whatever purpose they are useful to your application. It IS OK to use them in conditional statements. (just make sure you are either handling nulls or are using the overloaded getProperty(key, default)) — Amol Katdare, Jul 11 '11 at 17:05
@Mehmet Yesin, if you have found your answer accept the one that helped you the most so others can learn — RMT, Jul 12 '11 at 14:10

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 11 '11 at 17:03

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Yes it's ok you use them. (example: os.name to figure out what operation system)

answered Jul 11 '11 at 17:03

RMT

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '11 at 17:03

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Sure it's OK. Whether it's true will obviously depend on the value in xxx though.

answered Jul 11 '11 at 17:03

Mark Peters

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 11 '11 at 17:03

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I think that when you really need you can use it :)

answered Jul 11 '11 at 17:03

zacheusz

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '11 at 17:13

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As everybody said yes you can do this.

Regarding:

however, I'm a little confused on its usage. Some more links or some code samples would be very helpful.

try this link, you might find it helpful.

answered Jul 11 '11 at 17:13

Asad Rasheed

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