How can I determine the J2ee application server type and version ?

Question

I need to detect information about the Application Server my EJBs are running in. The System.properties contain a lot of information about Java and the Operating system, but I need to know what type of application server and if possible even the version.

Is there a way to get this information in an application independent way (JMX maybe) ?
Alternatively, is there a WebSphere specific way of getting this information ?

Answer 1

You could try ServletContext.getServerInfo(), though I'm not sure what specific information WebSphere will give you with that. On Tomcat I get the string e.g. "Apache Tomcat/6.0.16"

Answer 2

There is no guarantee you are allowed to check system properties.

What is the problem you need to solve?

Answer 3

Take a look through the WAS MBeans that are available. It looks like the Server MBean may have some of the info you're looking for.