How can I launch VI from within Java under commons-exec?

Question

I would like to be able to launch VI from within my Java program and wait for the user to quit VI before proceeding. Here\'s the code snippet that I have currently:

Answer 1

However since Java 1.7 you can use the next example to transparently redirect and have full console functionality

System.out.println("STARTING VI");
 ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder("/usr/bin/vi");
 processBuilder.redirectOutput(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.INHERIT);
 processBuilder.redirectError(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.INHERIT);
 processBuilder.redirectInput(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.INHERIT);

 Process p = processBuilder.start();
  // wait for termination.
  p.waitFor();
System.out.println("Exiting VI");

This will allow you to open VI transparently for JVM 1.7+.