Thread: Sending commands through Java to Terminal

Hello,
I am creating a .jar that will compile and run java programs through terminal. I have gotten the command to compile the java file that filePath refers to, but cannot figure out how to pass commands or text to an open Terminal.app window.
I am using a mac.
How I got my terminal window to open is by doing this:

public static void main(String[] args) {
		Desktop d = Desktop.getDesktop();
		File f = new File("/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app");
		try {
			d.open(f);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
 
	}

How do I pass code to the open window.
I have tried using process builders and runtime execs but none of those would open the terminal window. I need the window open in case the user's .class file uses System.out and System.in commands so that they can interact with it.

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Why bother opening a terminal? Why not just sent the commands using the exec function of Runtime? Or a more advanced approach perhaps.

Chris

Originally Posted by Norm

Are you asking how to tell the mac OS to open a terminal window? Have you asked on a mac forum?

The above code already opens a terminal window on mac, I am trying to send commands to it.

Originally Posted by Freaky Chris

Why bother opening a terminal? Why not just sent the commands using the exec function of Runtime? Or a more advanced approach perhaps.

Because I need to use the "java [path]"command. The goal of this java project is to have the user select a file and then the class will run through a series of commands that determine the type of file, will compile it if necessary, and then pass it to the terminal to run the file.

But my point is that you can call "java [path]" from Runtime.exec or a more advanced method. Rather than needing to launch a terminal and the send commands to the terminal.

Originally Posted by Freaky Chris

But my point is that you can call "java [path]" from Runtime.exec or a more advanced method. Rather than needing to launch a terminal and the send commands to the terminal.

But if the user has a file that sends and receives from the console, how are they to be able to see that if they don't have a terminal window. I have heard of sending the console to a text view or text area but I haven't found any working code.

Please look at the links below, the first is to Java 7 Runtime, which includes the exec function. This returns a Prcoess object (shown in the second link) from this you can retrieve input and output streams from the application and do as you like with them, i.e. forward them to stdio, or print them in a JTextArea or whatever you like.

Runtime (Java Platform SE 7 )
Process (Java Platform SE 7 )


Regards,

Chris