gistfile1.java

public class OSUtils
{
	private static String cachedUserHome;

	public static enum OS
	{
		WINDOWS, UNIX, MACOSX, OTHER,
	}

	static
	{
		cachedUserHome = System.getProperty("user.home");
	}

	/**
	 * Used to get the dynamic storage location based off OS
	 * 
	 * @return string containing dynamic storage location
	 */
	public static String getDynamicStorageLocation()
	{
		switch (getCurrentOS())
		{
		case WINDOWS:
			return System.getenv("APPDATA") + "/MyGame/";
		case MACOSX:
			return cachedUserHome + "/Library/Application Support/MyGame/";
		case UNIX:
			return cachedUserHome + "/.MyGame/";
		default:
			return getDefInstallPath() + "/temp/";
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Used to get the current operating system
	 * 
	 * @return OS enum representing current operating system
	 */
	public static OS getCurrentOS()
	{
		String osString = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
		if (osString.contains("win"))
		{
			return OS.WINDOWS;
		}
		else
			if (osString.contains("nix") || osString.contains("nux"))
			{
				return OS.UNIX;
			}
			else
				if (osString.contains("mac"))
				{
					return OS.MACOSX;
				}
				else
				{
					return OS.OTHER;
				}
	}
}