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Java- get user home on user machine not on server

I came across System.getProperty("user.home") and System.getProperty("user.dir") in java, but those are returning paths from the server. I have an applet and want to create a folder based on the user directory on the client, is there any way to get that information?

Solution

  • I solved this by placing the following code inside jar file and sign the jar

    import java.applet.Applet;
import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;

public class UserHomeApplet
  extends Applet
{
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;




  public String getUserHome()
  {

     AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction()
      {
        public Object run()
        {
          return System.getProperty("user.home");
        }
      }).toString();
  }


}