find-java-home

Find JAVA_HOME on any system

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import findJavaHome from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/find-java-home';
</script>

README

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Returns the location of JAVA_HOME as an absolute path on windows, mac, and linux. It runs asynchronously.

Algorithm

  1. This module will first attempt to check for JAVA_HOME. If that's set it simply returns that value.
  2. On windows the registry is queried.
  3. If neither of the previous methods worked, then the PATH is scanned for javac
  4. On mac, the parent directory of javac is checked for a java_home binary. If that binary exists then it is executed and the result is used
  5. The grandparent directory of javac is used. This is similar to $(dirname $(dirname $(readlink -e $(which javac))))

Example

require('find-java-home')(function(err, home){
  if(err)return console.log(err);
  console.log(home);
});

// OR
import * as findJavaHome from 'find-java-home';
findJavaHome({allowJre: true}, (err, home) => {
  if(err)return console.log(err);
  console.log(home);
});

License

Copyright 2013 Joseph Spencer.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.