/** * Copyright 2009 Marc Stogaitis and Mimi Sun * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.gmote.server; ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //Bare Bones Browser Launch // //Version 1.5 (December 10, 2005) // //By Dem Pilafian // //Supports: Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows XP // //Example Usage: // // String url = "http://www.centerkey.com/"; // // BareBonesBrowserLaunch.openURL(url); // //Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// import java.lang.reflect.Method; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; public class BrowserLauncherUtil { private static final String errMsg = "Error attempting to launch web browser"; @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static void openURL(String url) { String osName = System.getProperty("os.name"); try { if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS")) { Class fileMgr = Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager"); Method openURL = fileMgr.getDeclaredMethod("openURL", new Class[] { String.class }); openURL.invoke(null, new Object[] { url }); } else if (osName.startsWith("Windows")) Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url); else { // assume Unix or Linux String[] browsers = { "firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany", "mozilla", "netscape" }; String browser = null; for (int count = 0; count < browsers.length && browser == null; count++) if (Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { "which", browsers[count] }).waitFor() == 0) browser = browsers[count]; if (browser == null) throw new Exception("Could not find web browser"); else Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { browser, url }); } } catch (Exception e) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, errMsg + ":\n" + e.getLocalizedMessage()); } } }