Class SystemUtils

java.lang.Object
org.esa.snap.core.util.SystemUtils

public class SystemUtils extends Object
A collection of SNAP-system level functions.

All functions have been implemented with extreme caution in order to provide a maximum performance.

  • Field Details

    • SNAP_PARALLELISM_PROPERTY_NAME

      public static final String SNAP_PARALLELISM_PROPERTY_NAME
    • SNAP_CACHE_DIR_PROPERTY_NAME

      public static final String SNAP_CACHE_DIR_PROPERTY_NAME
    • LOG

      public static final Logger LOG
      The SNAP system logger. Default name is "org.esa.snap" which may be overridden by system property "snap.logger.name".
    • LS

      public static final String LS
    • AUXDATA_DIR_NAME

      public static final String AUXDATA_DIR_NAME
      Name of SNAP's auxdata directory.
      See Also:
  • Constructor Details

    • SystemUtils

      public SystemUtils()
  • Method Details

    • getUserName

      public static String getUserName()
      Gets the current user's name, or the string "unknown" if the the user's name cannot be determined.
      Returns:
      the current user's name, never null
    • getUserHomeDir

      public static File getUserHomeDir()
      Gets the current user's home directory, or the directory pointed to by '.' if the user's actual home directory cannot be determined.
      Returns:
      the current working directory, never null
    • getApplicationHomepageUrl

      public static String getApplicationHomepageUrl()
      Gets the application home page URL as set by the system property "${ceres.context}.homepage.url". Default is "http://sentinel.esa.int".
      Returns:
      the application homepage url
      Since:
      BEAM 4.10
    • getApplicationDataDir

      public static File getApplicationDataDir()
      Gets the current user's application data directory.
      Returns:
      the current user's application data directory
      Since:
      BEAM 4.2
    • getAuxDataPath

      public static Path getAuxDataPath()
      Gets the auxdata directory which stores dems, orbits, rgb profiles, etc.
      Returns:
      the auxiliary data directory
      Since:
      SNAP 2.0
    • getCacheDir

      public static File getCacheDir()
      Gets the SNAP cache directory . This is the directory where SNAP stores cached invalid input: '&' temporary data.

      The SNAP cache directory can be configured using the snap.cachedir configuration property (or Java system property).

      Returns:
      the cache directory
      Since:
      SNAP 2
    • getDefaultCacheDir

      public static File getDefaultCacheDir()
      Gets the default SNAP cache directory.
      Returns:
      the default cache directory
      See Also:
    • getApplicationDataDir

      public static File getApplicationDataDir(boolean force)
      Optionally creates and returns the current user's application data directory.
      Parameters:
      force - if true, the directory will be created if it didn't exist before
      Returns:
      the current user's application data directory
      Since:
      BEAM 4.2
    • getApplicationContextId

      public static String getApplicationContextId()
      Gets the application context ID uses as prefix in a number of application configuration settings. The context ID is configured using the system property "snap.context". If this property is not set, the string "snap" is used.
      Returns:
      The application context ID.
      Since:
      BEAM 4.10
    • getApplicationName

      public static String getApplicationName()
      Gets the application name used in logger output and information messages. The context ID is configured using the system property "${ceres.context}.application.name". If this property is not set, the string "SNAP" is used.
      Returns:
      The application name.
      Since:
      BEAM 4.10
      See Also:
    • getCurrentWorkingDir

      public static File getCurrentWorkingDir()
      Gets the current working directory, or the directory pointed to by '.' if the actual working directory cannot be determined.
      Returns:
      the current working directory, never null
    • getClassPathFiles

      public static File[] getClassPathFiles()
      Gets all files (class directory & JAR file pathes) given in the current class path of the Java runtime which loaded this class.

      The files pathes returned are either relative or absolute, just as they where defined for the runtime's class path.

      Returns:
      all files in the current class path, never null
    • getApplicationHomeDir

      public static File getApplicationHomeDir()
      Gets the application's home directory as set by the system property "${snap.context}.home".
      Returns:
      an assumption of an application's home directory, never null
    • getClassFileName

      public static String getClassFileName(Class aClass)
      Retrieves the file name of a class. For example, the string "Date.class" is returned for the class java.util.Date.
      Parameters:
      aClass - The class.
      Returns:
      the file name of the given class
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the given parameter is null.
    • convertToLocalPath

      public static String convertToLocalPath(String urlPath)
      Replace the separator character '/' with the system-dependent path-separator character.
      Parameters:
      urlPath - an URL path or any other string containing the forward slash '/' as directory separator.
      Returns:
      a path string with all occurrences of '/'
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the given parameter is null.
    • createHumanReadableExceptionMessage

      public static String createHumanReadableExceptionMessage(Exception e)
      Creates a (more) human readable exception message text for the given exception. This method should be used when exception messages are to be presented to the user in a GUI.

      Currently the only modifications are
      1. the first letter is turned into upper case
      2. the message is suffixed with a dot ('.') character.

      Parameters:
      e - the exception
      Returns:
      a modified message text, or null if e was null.
    • copyToClipboard

      public static void copyToClipboard(String text)
      Copies the given text to the system clipboard.
      Parameters:
      text - the text to copy
    • copyToClipboard

      public static void copyToClipboard(Image image)
      Copies the given image to the system clipboard.
      Parameters:
      image - the image to copy
    • loadServices

      public static <S> Iterable<S> loadServices(Class<S> serviceType)
      Loads services from all META-INF/services/ resources.
      Parameters:
      serviceType - the type of the service to be loaded.
      Returns:
      the services of type serviceType found.
    • loadServices

      public static <S> Iterable<S> loadServices(Class<S> serviceType, ClassLoader classLoader)
      Loads services from all META-INF/services/ resources.
      Parameters:
      serviceType - the type of the service to be loaded.
      classLoader - the class loader.
      Returns:
      the services of type serviceType found.
    • init3rdPartyLibs

      public static void init3rdPartyLibs(Class<?> cls)
      Initialize third party libraries of SNAP.
      Parameters:
      cls - The most useful class.
      Since:
      BEAM 4.8
    • init3rdPartyLibsByCl

      public static void init3rdPartyLibsByCl(ClassLoader cl)
      Initialize third party libraries of SNAP.
      Parameters:
      cl - The most useful class loader.
      Since:
      SNAP 8.0
    • initGeoTools

      public static void initGeoTools()
    • initJAI

      public static void initJAI(Class<?> cls)
    • initJAI

      public static void initJAI(ClassLoader cl)
    • getApplicationRemoteVersionUrl

      public static String getApplicationRemoteVersionUrl()
    • loadModuleMetadata

      public static ModuleMetadata loadModuleMetadata(Class<?> aClass)
      Tries to load the metadata from META-INF/MANIFEST.MF contained in the module jar of the specified class.
      Parameters:
      aClass - The module jar which contains this specified class will be used to look-up the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
      Returns:
      the module metadata, or null if a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF could not be found.
    • getReleaseVersion

      public static String getReleaseVersion()
      Returns the version string. It'S the version uf the last major release.
      Returns:
      the version string
    • freeAllMemory

      public static void freeAllMemory()
      Empty all tiles from cache and garbage collect
    • getMemoryUsed

      public static double getMemoryUsed()
    • tileCacheFreeOldTiles

      public static void tileCacheFreeOldTiles()
      tell tileCache that some old tiles can be removed