tim/prune/ExternalTools.java

   1 package tim.prune;
   2
   3 import java.io.IOException;
   4
   5
   6 /**
   7  * Class to manage interfaces to external tools, like exiftool
   8  */
   9 public abstract class ExternalTools
  10 {
  11
  12         /**
  13          * Attempt to call Povray to see if it's installed / available in path
  14          * @return true if found, false otherwise
  15          */
  16         public static boolean isPovrayInstalled()
  17         {
  18                 try
  19                 {
  20                         Runtime.getRuntime().exec("povray");
  21                         return true;
  22                 }
  23                 catch (IOException ioe)
  24                 {
  25                         // exception thrown, povray not found
  26                         return false;
  27                 }
  28         }
  29
  30
  31         /**
  32          * Attempt to call Exiftool to see if it's installed / available in path
  33          * @return true if found, false otherwise
  34          */
  35         public static boolean isExiftoolInstalled()
  36         {
  37                 try
  38                 {
  39                         Runtime.getRuntime().exec("exiftool -v");
  40                         return true;
  41                 }
  42                 catch (IOException ioe)
  43                 {
  44                         // exception thrown, exiftool not found
  45                         return false;
  46                 }
  47         }
  48 }