Java Query Windows registry

import java.io.*;

public class RegQuery {

  private static final String REGQUERY_UTIL = "reg query ";
  private static final String REGSTR_TOKEN = "REG_SZ";
  private static final String REGDWORD_TOKEN = "REG_DWORD";

  private static final String PERSONAL_FOLDER_CMD = REGQUERY_UTIL +
    "\"HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\" 
     + "Explorer\\Shell Folders\" /v Personal";
  private static final String CPU_SPEED_CMD = REGQUERY_UTIL +
    "\"HKLM\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\CentralProcessor\\0\"" 
     + " /v ~MHz";
  private static final String CPU_NAME_CMD = REGQUERY_UTIL +
   "\"HKLM\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\CentralProcessor\\0\"" 
     + " /v ProcessorNameString";

  public static String getCurrentUserPersonalFolderPath() {
    try {
      Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(PERSONAL_FOLDER_CMD);
      StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(process.getInputStream());

      reader.start();
      process.waitFor();
      reader.join();

      String result = reader.getResult();
      int p = result.indexOf(REGSTR_TOKEN);

      if (p == -1)
         return null;

      return result.substring(p + REGSTR_TOKEN.length()).trim();
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
      return null;
    }
  }

  public static String getCPUSpeed() {
    try {
      Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(CPU_SPEED_CMD);
      StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(process.getInputStream());

      reader.start();
      process.waitFor();
      reader.join();

      String result = reader.getResult();
      int p = result.indexOf(REGDWORD_TOKEN);

      if (p == -1)
         return null;

      // CPU speed in Mhz (minus 1) in HEX notation, convert it to DEC
      String temp = result.substring(p + REGDWORD_TOKEN.length()).trim();
      return Integer.toString
          ((Integer.parseInt(temp.substring("0x".length()), 16) + 1));
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
      return null;
    }
  }

  public static String getCPUName() {
    try {
      Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(CPU_NAME_CMD);
      StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(process.getInputStream());

      reader.start();
      process.waitFor();
      reader.join();

      String result = reader.getResult();
      int p = result.indexOf(REGSTR_TOKEN);

      if (p == -1)
         return null;

      return result.substring(p + REGSTR_TOKEN.length()).trim();
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
      return null;
    }
  }

  static class StreamReader extends Thread {
    private InputStream is;
    private StringWriter sw;

    StreamReader(InputStream is) {
      this.is = is;
      sw = new StringWriter();
    }

    public void run() {
      try {
        int c;
        while ((c = is.read()) != -1)
          sw.write(c);
        }
        catch (IOException e) { ; }
      }

    String getResult() {
      return sw.toString();
    }
  }

  public static void main(String s[]) {
    System.out.println("Personal directory : " 
       + getCurrentUserPersonalFolderPath());
    System.out.println("CPU Name : " + getCPUName());
    System.out.println("CPU Speed : " + getCPUSpeed() + " Mhz");
  }
}

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.StringWriter;

/**
 * @author Oleg Ryaboy, based on work by Miguel Enriquez 
 */
public class WindowsReqistry {

    /**
     * 
     * @param location path in the registry
     * @param key registry key
     * @return registry value or null if not found
     */
    public static final String readRegistry(String location, String key){
        try {
            // Run reg query, then read output with StreamReader (internal class)
            Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("reg query " + 
                    '"'+ location + "\" /v " + key);

            StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(process.getInputStream());
            reader.start();
            process.waitFor();
            reader.join();
            String output = reader.getResult();

            // Output has the following format:
            // \n<Version information>\n\n<key>\t<registry type>\t<value>
            if( ! output.contains("\t")){
                    return null;
            }

            // Parse out the value
            String[] parsed = output.split("\t");
            return parsed[parsed.length-1];
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }

    }

    static class StreamReader extends Thread {
        private InputStream is;
        private StringWriter sw= new StringWriter();

        public StreamReader(InputStream is) {
            this.is = is;
        }

        public void run() {
            try {
                int c;
                while ((c = is.read()) != -1)
                    sw.write(c);
            }
            catch (IOException e) { 
        }
        }

        public String getResult() {
            return sw.toString();
        }
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Sample usage
        String value = WindowsReqistry.readRegistry("HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\" 
                 + "Explorer\\Shell Folders", "Personal");
        System.out.println(value);
    }
}