source: trunk/gsdl3/src/java/org/greenstone/gsdl3/util/Misc.java@ 10899

 /*
 *    Misc.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2002 New Zealand Digital Library, http://www.nzdl.org
 *
 *    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 *    (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *    GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */

package org.greenstone.gsdl3.util;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;

/** contains miscellaneous functions */
public class Misc {
    
    public static void printHash(HashMap map) {
    Set entries = map.entrySet();
    Iterator i = entries.iterator();
    while (i.hasNext()) {
        Map.Entry m = (Map.Entry)i.next();
        String name = (String)m.getKey();
        String value = (String)m.getValue();
    }  
    }
    
    /** Method to determine if the host system is Windows based.
     * @return a boolean which is true if the platform is Windows, 
     * false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean isWindows() {
    Properties props = System.getProperties();
    String os_name = props.getProperty("os.name","");
    if(os_name.startsWith("Windows")) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
    }
    
    /** Method to determine if the host system is MacOS based.
     * @return a boolean which is true if the platform is MacOS, false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean isMac() {
        Properties props = System.getProperties();
        String os_name = props.getProperty("os.name","");
        if(os_name.startsWith("Mac OS")) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
    public static boolean isBigEndian() {

    System.err.println(System.getProperty("sun.cpu.endian"));
    if (System.getProperty("sun.cpu.endian").equals("big")) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;

    }

    public static BufferedReader makeHttpConnection(String url_string)
    throws java.net.MalformedURLException, java.io.IOException {
    BufferedReader reader = null;
    URL url = new URL(url_string);
    HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
    InputStream input = connection.getInputStream();
    reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(input));  
    return reader;
    }

    public static void main(String [] args) {
    isBigEndian();
    }

}