hi carsten i would use the repository descriptors, namely javax.jcr.Repository#REP_NAME_DESC. the value exposed by the oak repo is "Apache Jackrabbit Oak" and we should probably expose that in a constant somewhere (e.g. o.a.j.oak.api.Descriptors), so you don't have to hard code it in your check.
kind regards angela On 12/03/14 13:47, "Carsten Ziegeler" <cziege...@apache.org> wrote: >Hi, > >what's the best reliable way to detect whether Oak is used as the >implementation for the repository? > >Thanks >Carsten >-- >Carsten Ziegeler >cziege...@apache.org