How to get a list of current open windows/process with Java?

Question

Does any one know how do I get the current open windows or process of a local machine using Java?

What I\'m trying to do is: list the current open task, windows or

Answer 1

Using code to parse ps aux for linux and tasklist for windows are your best options, until something more general comes along.

For windows, you can reference: http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0593.html

Linux can pipe the results of ps aux through grep too, which would make processing/searching quick and easy. I'm sure you can find something similar for windows too.