System.getProperty(String key) has the following syntax.
public static String getProperty(String key)
In the following code shows how to use System.getProperty(String key) method.
/* w w w .ja v a2s . c o m*/ public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // prints the name of the system property System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir")); // prints the name of the Operating System System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.name")); // prints Java Runtime Version System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.runtime.version" )); } }
The code above generates the following result.