001/*
002 * GWTEventService
003 * Copyright (c) 2011 and beyond, strawbill UG (haftungsbeschr?nkt)
004 *
005 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
006 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
007 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of
008 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
009 * Other licensing for GWTEventService may also be possible on request.
010 * Please view the license.txt of the project for more information.
011 *
012 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
015 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
016 *
017 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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020 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
021 */
022package de.novanic.eventservice.util;
023
024/**
025 * Utility class to ensure the platform independency.
026 *
027 * @author sstrohschein
028 *         <br>Date: 11.01.2009
029 *         <br>Time: 15:27:04
030 */
031public final class PlatformUtil
032{
033    private static final String NEW_LINE_CHAR;
034
035    static {
036        NEW_LINE_CHAR = createNewLineChar();
037    }
038
039    private PlatformUtil() {}
040
041    /**
042     * Returns the new line character for the corresponding platform.
043     * @return new line character
044     */
045    public static String getNewLine() {
046        return NEW_LINE_CHAR;
047    }
048
049    /**
050     * Returns the current time in milliseconds.
051     * @return current time in milliseconds
052     */
053    public static long getCurrentTime() {
054        return System.currentTimeMillis();
055    }
056
057    /**
058     * Returns the new line character for the corresponding platform.
059     * @return new line character
060     */
061    private static String createNewLineChar() {
062        String theNewLineChar = System.getProperty("line.separator");
063        if(theNewLineChar == null) {
064            theNewLineChar = "\n";
065        }
066        return theNewLineChar;
067    }
068}