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public static String getProperty (String key, String default)

public class MainClass{
  public static void main(String[] args){
     System.out.println(System.getProperty("password","defaultPassword")); 
  }
}
defaultPassword

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.out.println("  OS name: " + System.getProperty("os.name", "not specified"));
      System.out.println("  JVM Version: " + System.getProperty("java.version", "not specified"));
      System.out.println("  user.home: " + System.getProperty("user.home", "not specified"));
      System.out.println("  java.home: " + System.getProperty("java.home", "not specified"));
  }
}
OS name: Windows XP
JVM Version: 1.5.0
user.home: C:\Documents and Settings\yourname
java.home: C:\Java_Dev\sdk\jdk\jre