Version 3, August 2007

[GpsPrune.git] / tim / prune / ExternalTools.java

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+package tim.prune;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+
+/**
+ * Class to manage interfaces to external tools, like exiftool
+ */
+public abstract class ExternalTools
+{
+
+       /**
+        * Attempt to call Povray to see if it's installed / available in path
+        * @return true if found, false otherwise
+        */
+       public static boolean isPovrayInstalled()
+       {
+               try
+               {
+                       Runtime.getRuntime().exec("povray");
+                       return true;
+               }
+               catch (IOException ioe)
+               {
+                       // exception thrown, povray not found
+                       return false;
+               }
+       }
+
+
+       /**
+        * Attempt to call Exiftool to see if it's installed / available in path
+        * @return true if found, false otherwise
+        */
+       public static boolean isExiftoolInstalled()
+       {
+               try
+               {
+                       Runtime.getRuntime().exec("exiftool -v");
+                       return true;
+               }
+               catch (IOException ioe)
+               {
+                       // exception thrown, exiftool not found
+                       return false;
+               }
+       }
+}