How to retrieve Java vendor information

Question

How can I retrieve Java vendor information without having to compile and run following script:

import java.util.Properties; public class test {     public static void main(String args[])     {             Properties prop = System.getProperties();             System.out.println ("JVM Vendor : " + prop.getProperty("java.vendor") );     } } 

I couldn't find it in command line options.

Answer 1

Note: The following will work for the Oracle JVM - not tested on others. (To get details on non-standard options execute java -X)

You can use the non-standard -XshowSettings flag to show all settings, or alternatively -XshowSettings:properties to show all property settings.

So for example if you execute the following command:

java -XshowSettings:properties -version 

This will show you all properties one of which is java.vendor. Not sure if it is possible to get it to output just a single property though.