how to capture the system idle time using java

[ravinderreddy]

want to capture the system idle time. Means if the user did not press any key or did not move the mouse then it is considered as system idle time. I want the code for this in Java on windows operating system. Please help me.

[server_crash]

Please show some effort before asking for help.

[freesoft_2000]

Hi everyone,

There is no easy solution to your question. You will have to use JNI.

But if you want the solution for the idle time for an application then get the first current time and get the current time for the the next event and minus them. That will get you the idle time for an application

Richard west

[zOlive]

I wrote an entry on my blog that shows simple code to get the idle time on Windows in Java, using the JNA library (Java Native Access, not to be confounded with JNI) and the Windows GetLastInputInfo API call.
Hope it helps...