import java.util.Arrays; public class SpecialVariables { public static void main(String[] args) { //String-Array args contains the command line parameters passed to the program //Note that the "Arrays.toString()"-call is just used for pretty-printing System.out.println(Arrays.toString(args)); //.class might qualify as a special variable, since it always contains a Class-object that //is used in Reflection System.out.println(SpecialVariables.class); //The following are not really "variables", since they are properly encapsulated: //System.getenv() returns a String-String-Map of environment-variables System.out.println(System.getenv()); //System.getProperties() returns a Map of "things somebody might want to know", including OS and architecture // the Java VM runs on, various paths like home direcoty of the user that runs the program, class (library) paths, System.out.println(System.getProperties()); //Runtime.getRuntime() returns a Runtime-Object that contains "changing" data about the running Java VM's // environment, like available processor cores or available RAM System.out.println(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()); } }