Acquiring drive names (as opposed to drive letters) in Java

Question

On my Windows machine, my main hard drive has the letter C: and the name \"Local disk\".

To list the drive letters in Java on Windows, the File object has the stati

Answer 1

Actually to get the drive name (ex. Local Disk) you need to use getSystemTypeDescription. getSystemDisplayName returns the volume name.

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;

public class Test2 {
    public static void main(String args[]){

      List files = Arrays.asList(File.listRoots());
      for (File f : files) {
        String s1 = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView().getSystemDisplayName (f);
        String s2 = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView().getSystemTypeDescription(f);
        System.out.println("getSystemDisplayName : " + s1);
        System.out.println("getSystemTypeDescription : " + s2);
      }
      /* output (French WinXP)

          getSystemDisplayName : 
          getSystemTypeDescription : Disquette 3½ pouces

          getSystemDisplayName : REGA1 (C:)
          getSystemTypeDescription : Disque local

          getSystemDisplayName : 
          getSystemTypeDescription : Lecteur CD

          getSystemDisplayName : My Book (F:)
          getSystemTypeDescription : Disque local
      */
    }
}