How to find the JVM version from a program?
I want to write a sample Java file in which I want to know the JVM version in which the class is running. Is there a way?
Solution 1:
System.getProperty("java.version") returns what you need.
You can also use JMX if you want:
ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getVmVersion()
Solution 2:
Use:
System.getProperty("java.version");
Where java.version can be replaced with one of the many other system properties related to the current Java version. Here is a table of them:
Property Value (OpenJDK 12) Value (Oracle JRE 8u201) Value (Sun JRE 5u22) Description
------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
java.version "12" "1.8.0_201" "1.5.0_22" Java Runtime Environment version, which may be interpreted as a Runtime.Version
java.version.date "2019-03-19" null null Java Runtime Environment version date, in ISO-8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, which may be interpreted as a LocalDate
java.vendor "Oracle Corporation" "Oracle Corporation" "Sun Microsystems Inc." Java Runtime Environment vendor
java.vendor.version null null null Java vendor version
java.vendor.url "https://java.oracle.com/" "http://java.oracle.com/" "http://java.sun.com/" Java vendor URL
java.vendor.url.bug "https://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/" "http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/" "http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi" Undocumented
java.specification.name "Java Platform API Specification" "Java Platform API Specification" "Java Platform API Specification" Java Runtime Environment specification name
java.specification.vendor "Oracle Corporation" "Oracle Corporation" "Sun Microsystems Inc." Java Runtime Environment specification vendor
java.specification.version "12" "1.8" "1.5" Java Runtime Environment specification version, whose value is the feature element of the runtime version
java.vm.name "OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM" "Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM" "Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM" Java Virtual Machine implementation name
java.vm.vendor "Oracle Corporation" "Oracle Corporation" "Sun Microsystems Inc." Java Virtual Machine implementation vendor
java.vm.version "12+33" "25.201-b09" "1.5.0_22-b03" Java Virtual Machine implementation version which may be interpreted as a Runtime.Version
java.vm.info "mixed mode, sharing" "mixed mode" "mixed mode" Undocumented
java.vm.specification.name "Java Virtual Machine Specification" "Java Virtual Machine Specification" "Java Virtual Machine Specification" Java Virtual Machine specification name
java.vm.specification.vendor "Oracle Corporation" "Oracle Corporation" "Sun Microsystems Inc." Java Virtual Machine specification vendor
java.vm.specification.version "12" "1.8" "1.0" Java Virtual Machine specification version, whose value is the feature element of the runtime version
java.runtime.name "OpenJDK Runtime Environment" "Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment" "Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition" Undocumented
java.runtime.version "12+33" "1.8.0_201-b09" "1.5.0_22-b03" Undocumented
java.class.version "56.0" "52.0" "49.0" Java class format version number
jdk.debug "release" null null Undocumented
sun.java.launcher "SUN_STANDARD" "SUN_STANDARD" "SUN_STANDARD" Undocumented
sun.management.compiler "HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers" "HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers" "HotSpot 64-Bit Server Compiler" Undocumented
Sources:
- Output of
java -XshowSettings:all -versionfor a variety of JVM versions. - Java API Reference documentation for
System.getProperties()
Solution 3:
It seems the java.specification.version is the best one for the job.
E.G.
java.specification.version 1.6
java.version 1.6.0_23
java.vm.version 19.0-b09
java.runtime.version 1.6.0_23-b05