According to javadoc, there is no constructor for this class, and each
application has always its own Runtime class.

Regards,
Pacior

On Aug 7, 7:22 pm, chEveLLe <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Java Programmer,
>
> I'm wondering isn't there any constructor for the Runtime class? I've
> noticed the new keyword isn't used at all, just the getRuntime()
> static method.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> class RunOSProgram {
>
>     public static void main(String args[]) {
>
>         Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
>         Process proc;
>
>         try {
>
>             if (System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows")){
>                 // Run a OS specific program
>                 proc = rt.exec("notepad");
>             }
>             else{
>                 proc = rt.exec("gedit");
>             }
>
>             proc.waitFor();    //try removing this line
>         } catch (Exception e) {
>             System.out.println("notepad is an unknown command.");
>         }
>     }
>
> }
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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