Yes it is possible using ProcessBuilder.

ProcessBuilder example:

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class CmdProcessBuilder {
  public static void main(String args[]) 
     throws InterruptedException,IOException 
  {
    List<String> command = new ArrayList<String>();
    command.add(args[0]);


    ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(command);
    Map<String, String> environ = builder.environment();

    final Process process = builder.start();
    InputStream is = process.getInputStream();
    InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
    String line;
    while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
      System.out.println(line);
    }
    System.out.println("Program terminated!");
  }
}

Check these examples:

http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0014.html

http://www.java-tips.org/java-se-tips/java.util/from-runtime.exec-to-processbuilder.html

As of Java 9, we finally have a one liner:

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("pwd");
Process process = pb.start();

String result = new String(process.getInputStream().readAllBytes());