Hi,
I found
this bug filed back in 2006. Why is it that when you call System.getProperty("os.arch") on a 64 bit version of Windows using a 32 bit version of JRE, it returns x86? Can anyone explain to me why this is not considered a bug? I only ask because "os.name" returns the
operating system's name, "os.patch.level" returns the
operating system's service pack level, so why does "os.arch" return the JRE's architecture? It's inconsistent, and very misleading. They shut down this bug report stating that it's "Not a Defect." Then what is it?
EDIT:
While looking through the documentation for OperatingSystemMXBean, I found the getArch() method, which "Returns the operating system architecture. This method is equivalent to System.getProperty("os.arch")." They are blatantly stating that this will return the
operating system's architecture, while clearly it only returns the architecture of the currently running JVM. Sorry to go on such a rant here, but I think this is ridiculous!
