org.scijava.util
Class ProcessUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.scijava.util.ProcessUtils

public final class ProcessUtils
extends Object

Useful methods for working with processes.

Author:

Johannes Schindelin

Method Summary

static String	exec(File workingDirectory, InputStream in, PrintStream err, PrintStream out, String... args) Executes a program.
static String	exec(File workingDirectory, PrintStream err, PrintStream out, String... args) Executes a program.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

exec

public static String exec(File workingDirectory,
                          PrintStream err,
                          PrintStream out,
                          String... args)

Executes a program. This is a convenience method mainly to be able to catch the output of programs as shell scripts can do by wrapping calls in $(...).

Parameters:

workingDirectory - the directory in which to execute the program

err - the PrintStream to print the program's error stream to; if null is passed, the error goes straight to Nirvana (not the band, though).

out - the PrintStream to print the program's output to; if null is passed, the output will be accumulated into a String and returned upon exit.

args - the command-line to execute, split into components

Returns:

the output of the program if out is null, otherwise an empty String

Throws:

RuntimeException - if interrupted or the program failed to execute successfully.

exec

public static String exec(File workingDirectory,
                          InputStream in,
                          PrintStream err,
                          PrintStream out,
                          String... args)

Executes a program. This is a convenience method mainly to be able to catch the output of programs as shell scripts can do by wrapping calls in $(...).

Parameters:

workingDirectory - the directory in which to execute the program

in - the InputStream which gets fed to the program as standard input;

err - the PrintStream to print the program's error stream to; if null is passed, the error goes straight to Nirvana (not the band, though).

out - the PrintStream to print the program's output to; if null is passed, the output will be accumulated into a String and returned upon exit.

args - the command-line to execute, split into components

Returns:

the output of the program if out is null, otherwise an empty String

Throws:

RuntimeException - if interrupted or the program failed to execute successfully.