read the output from java exec

Question

Hello i have some question about java. here is my code:

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Process pr = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("java -version");

    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(pr.getInputStream()));
    String line;
    while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
        System.out.println(line);
    }
    pr.waitFor();
    System.out.println("ok!");

    in.close();
    System.exit(0);
}

in that code i'am trying to get a java version command execute is ok, but i can't read the output it just return null. Why?

Answer 1

Use getErrorStream().

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(pr.getErrorStream()));

EDIT:

You can use ProcessBuilder (and also read the documentation)

ProcessBuilder   ps=new ProcessBuilder("java.exe","-version");

//From the DOC:  Initially, this property is false, meaning that the 
//standard output and error output of a subprocess are sent to two 
//separate streams
ps.redirectErrorStream(true);

Process pr = ps.start();  

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(pr.getInputStream()));
String line;
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
    System.out.println(line);
}
pr.waitFor();
System.out.println("ok!");

in.close();
System.exit(0);