powershell java,如何在PowerShell中获取Java版本

I'm trying to get the Java version in PowerShell. The version string is printed to stderr, so I'm trying to redirect it to stdout and assign it to a string variable.

I get the following strange error:

PS P:\> & java -version 2>&1

java.exe : java version "1.7.0_25"

At line:1 char:2

+ & <<<< java -version 2>&1

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (java version "1.7.0_25":String) [], RemoteException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_25-b17)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)

Call without redirection (2>&1) gives this:

PS P:\> & java -version

java version "1.7.0_25"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_25-b17)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)

I think that Java here is irrelevant, and the same would happen for any other program printing strings to stderr.

The PowerShell version I use is 2.0.

Questions:

How can I redirect stderr to a variable?

Or, alternatively, how can I check the installed Java version?

Workaround

I can run it like this:

$output = & cmd /c "java -version 2>&1"

But I hate running a cmd.exe where it shouldn't be necessary.

解决方案

One way is using WMI:

$javaver = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name like 'Java(TM)%'" | Select -Expand Version

Another one is redirect to a file with start-process:

start-process java -ArgumentList "-version" -NoNewWindow -RedirectStandardError .\javaver.txt

$javaver = gc .\javaver.txt

del .\javaver.txt

And my last is:

dir "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment" | select -expa pschildname -Last 1

Regarding how redirect stderr in this case you can do:

$out = &"java.exe" -version 2>&1

$out[0].tostring()