This document is for the Java developer interested in writing Java applications for Mac OS X version 10.4 with J2SE versions 1.4.2 or 5.0. This document is primarily for developers of pure Java applications, but it may also be useful forWebObjects and Cocoa Java development.

Here you will find reference information for the various Java Virtual Machine runtime options and system properties supported by Java on Mac OS X. Additionally, you'll find the keys needed within an Info.plist information property list file, used when packaging your Java application as a double-clickable application for use on Mac OS X.

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Variables

The strings used to designate the values for the keys in the Java dictionary can use two special variables to simplify specifying path names. These variables should be used only in the Java dictionary of the Info.plist file. They are:

$JAVAROOT
The default Java root directory for an application bundle is Contents/Resources/Java. Use this variable to refer to that directory. If you want to change the Java root directory for the application bundle, add $JAVAROOT directory to the JNI search path

$APP_PACKAGE
This variable expands into the path to the root directory of the application bundle.