How to find "My Documents" folder in Java

Question

I'm willing to save a file in the user's "My Documents" folder.

I tried getting the location like this :

System.getenv("USERPROFILE") + "\\My Documents\\"

Then, I realized this wouldn't work in a system where the language is set to another language, french for example.

Is there another way of getting the "My Documents" folder efficiently?

Answer 1

Regarding performance, this is faster than using JFileChooser:

FileSystemView.getFileSystemView().getDefaultDirectory().getPath()

In my PC, JFileChooser approach needed 300ms, and calling FileSystemView directly needed less than 100ms.