How do I execute other applications from Java?
Date: 2010-09-16. Category: java.lang examples. Hits: 6K time(s).
The following program allows you to run / execute other application from Java using the Runtime.exec(...) method.
package org.kodejava.example.lang;
import java.io.IOException;
public class RuntimeExec
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String command = "explorer.exe";
try
{
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
} catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}