javajvm

Getting Java version at runtime

I need to work around a Java bug in JDK 1.5 which was fixed in 1.6. I'm using the following condition:

if (System.getProperty("java.version").startsWith("1.5.")) {
    ...
} else {
    ...
}

Will this work for other JVMs? Is there a better way to check this?

Solution

  • These articles seem to suggest that checking for 1.5 or 1.6 prefix should work, as it follows proper version naming convention.

    Sun Technical Articles