Java Cross-Platform OS detection to declare file path location

Question

I currently comprise the following code which fails to compile. The

else if

statement reports that '

;' expected

. I don't understand why I can't use a

else if

for this scenario?

public class FileConfiguration {



    private String checkOs() {

        String path = "";        

        if (System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows")) {

            // includes: Windows 2000,  Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP

            path = "C://Users//...";            



        }

        elseif (System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Mac")) {

            path = "///Users//...";

        }

        return path;        



    }



    // declare paths for file source and destination 

    String destinationPath = path;

    String sourcePath = path;

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Answer 1

It would be better if you were to use user.name and user.home. You can also get the separator using file.separator. Check this out. Those properties will really help you do this more cleanly without checking the OS.

Then there's also the matter of you needing to change to using else if, not elseif...

Java Cross-Platform OS detection to declare file path location

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