Java exec execute(final String applicationName, final String workingDirectory)

Description

Run an external application from a given directory.

License

MIT License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
applicationName	Full application name, with its extension.
workingDirectory	Root is considered as calling application working directory.

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	Exception thrown from the runtime exec method.

Declaration

static void execute(final String applicationName, final String workingDirectory) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w ww  .ja v  a 2  s  .  c o m
 * This file is part of the Yildiz-Engine project, licenced under the MIT License  (MIT)
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2017 Gr?gory Van den Borre
 *
 * More infos available: https://www.yildiz-games.be
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
 * documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without
 * limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
 * of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
 * subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial
 * portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS
 * OR COPYRIGHT  HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
 * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE  SOFTWARE.
 */

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Run an external application from a given directory.
     *
     * @param applicationName  Full application name, with its extension.
     * @param workingDirectory Root is considered as calling application working directory.
     * @throws IOException Exception thrown from the runtime exec method.
     */
    static void execute(final String applicationName, final String workingDirectory) throws IOException {
        Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
                new String[] { new File(workingDirectory + File.separator + applicationName).getAbsolutePath() },
                null, new File(workingDirectory).getAbsoluteFile());
    }
}

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