/**
*
* @param location path in the registry
* @param key registry key
* @return registry value or null if not found
*/
public static final String readRegistry(String location, String key)
{
try
{
// Run reg query, then read output with StreamReader (internal class)
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("reg query " +
'"'+ location + "\" /v " + key);
InputStream is = process.getInputStream();
StringBuilder sw = new StringBuilder();
try
{
int c;
while ((c = is.read()) != -1)
sw.append((char)c);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
}
String output = sw.toString();
// Output has the following format:
// \n<Version information>\n\n<key> <registry type> <value>\r\n\r\n
int i = output.indexOf("REG_SZ");
if (i == -1)
{
return null;
}
sw = new StringBuilder();
i += 6; // skip REG_SZ
// skip spaces or tabs
for (;;)
{
if (i > output.length())
break;
char c = output.charAt(i);
if (c != ' ' && c != '\t')
break;
++i;
}
// take everything until end of line
for (;;)
{
if (i > output.length())
break;
char c = output.charAt(i);
if (c == '\r' || c == '\n')
break;
sw.append(c);
++i;
}
return sw.toString();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return null;
}