BareBonesBrowserLaunch.java

package org.myrobotlab.net;

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// Thank you Dem Pilafian ! @
// http://www.centerkey.com/java/browser/
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//  Bare Bones Browser Launch                          //
//  Version 3.1 (June 6, 2010)                         //
//  By Dem Pilafian                                    //
//  Supports:                                          //
//     Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows XP/Vista/7   //
//  Example Usage:                                     //
//     String url = "http://www.centerkey.com/";       //
//     BareBonesBrowserLaunch.openURL(url);            //
//  Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like  //
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import java.util.Arrays;

import org.myrobotlab.logging.Logging;

public class BareBonesBrowserLaunch {

  static final String[] browsers = { "google-chrome", "firefox", "opera", "epiphany", "konqueror", "conkeror", "midori", "kazehakase", "mozilla" };

  static final String errMsg = "Error attempting to launch web browser";

  public static void openURL(String url) {
    try { // attempt to use Desktop library from JDK 1.6+
      Class<?> d = Class.forName("java.awt.Desktop");
      d.getDeclaredMethod("browse", new Class[] { java.net.URI.class }).invoke(d.getDeclaredMethod("getDesktop").invoke(null), new Object[] { java.net.URI.create(url) });
      // above code mimicks: java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse()
    } catch (Exception ignore) { // library not available or failed
      String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
      try {
        if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS")) {
          Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager").getDeclaredMethod("openURL", new Class[] { String.class }).invoke(null, new Object[] { url });
        } else if (osName.startsWith("Windows"))
          Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
        else { // assume Unix or Linux
          String browser = null;
          for (String b : browsers)
            if (browser == null && Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { "which", b }).getInputStream().read() != -1)
              Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { browser = b, url });
          if (browser == null)
            throw new Exception(Arrays.toString(browsers));
        }
      } catch (Exception e) {
        // JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, errMsg + "\n" +
        // e.toString());
        Logging.logError(e);
      }
    }
  }

}