code: private Properties getEnvironmentVariables() throws Throwable {
  		Properties environmentVariables = new Properties();
  		String operatingSystem = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
  		Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
  		Process process = null;
  		if (operatingSystem.startsWith("windows 95")
  				|| operatingSystem.startsWith("windows 98")
  				|| operatingSystem.startsWith("me")) {
  			process = runtime.exec("command.com /c set");
  		} else if (operatingSystem.startsWith("windows")) {
  			// Modern windows
  			process = runtime.exec("cmd.exe /c set");
  		} else {
  			process = runtime.exec("env");
  		}
  		BufferedReader environmentStream = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
  		String inputLine = "";
  		int idx = -1;
  		while ((inputLine = environmentStream.readLine()) != null) {
  			idx = inputLine.indexOf('=');
  			environmentVariables.setProperty(inputLine.substring(0, idx),
  					inputLine.substring(idx + 1));
  		}
  		return environmentVariables;
  	}
docs: Utility method to load the environment variables.
  
  @return Properties object with environment variable information
  @throws Throwable
  
  @since 2.0.8