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Java 11 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Nick Samoylov, Mohamed Sanaulla
Book Image

Java 11 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Nick Samoylov, Mohamed Sanaulla

Overview of this book

For more than three decades, Java has been on the forefront of developing robust software that has helped versatile businesses meet their requirements. Being one of the most widely used programming languages in history, it’s imperative for Java developers to discover effective ways of using it in order to take full advantage of the power of the latest Java features. Java 11 Cookbook offers a range of software development solutions with simple and straightforward Java 11 code examples to help you build a modern software system. Starting with the installation of Java, each recipe addresses various problem by explaining the solution and offering insights into how it works. You’ll explore the new features added to Java 11 that will make your application modular, secure, and fast. The book contains recipes on functional programming, GUI programming, concurrent programming, and database programming in Java. You’ll also be taken through the new features introduced in JDK 18.3 and 18.9. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with the skills required to write robust, scalable, and optimal Java code effectively.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Setting the environment variable for a subprocess


Environment variables are just like any other variables that we have in our programming languages. They have a name and hold some value, which can be varied. These are used by the Linux/Windows commands or the shell/batch scripts to perform different operations. These are called environment variables because they are present in the environment of the process/command/script being executed. Generally, the process inherits the environment variables from the parent process. 

They are accessed in different ways in different operating systems. In Windows, they are accessed as %ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAME%, and in Unix-based operating systems, they are accessed as $ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAME.

In Unix-based systems, you can use the printenv command to print all the environment variables available for the process, and in Windows-based systems, you can use the SET command.

In this recipe, we will pass some environment variables to our subprocess and make...