nl.nikhef.slcshttps.util
Class BareBonesBrowserLaunch

java.lang.Object
  nl.nikhef.slcshttps.util.BareBonesBrowserLaunch

public class BareBonesBrowserLaunch
extends Object

Static class to provide a way to launch a proper default webbrowser from Java. In JDK 1.6 onwards this is done using java.awt.Desktop.browse(), for older JDK versions we provide sensible defaults. Supported platforms are: Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows.

Author:

Dem Pilafian, Willem van Engen (wvengen@nikhef.nl), Mischa Sallé adapted for use by nl.nikhef.slcshttps

Field Summary

private static String[]	browsers Browsers to try for Unix/Linux.
private static String	errMsg error message used upon failure.
private static String	OS_MAC String to identify Mac OS, it should start with "Mac OS".
private static String	OS_WIN String to identify Windows, it should start with "Windows".

Constructor Summary

BareBonesBrowserLaunch()

Method Summary

static void	openURL(String url) opens a webbrowser to a URL, tries first the JDK 1.6 java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI(url)) method, if that fails the action is platform dependent.
static void	openURL(URL url) Opens a webbrowser to a URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

browsers

private static final String[] browsers

Browsers to try for Unix/Linux.

OS_MAC

private static final String OS_MAC

String to identify Mac OS, it should start with "Mac OS".

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Constant Field Values

OS_WIN

private static final String OS_WIN

String to identify Windows, it should start with "Windows".

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Constant Field Values

errMsg

private static final String errMsg

error message used upon failure.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

BareBonesBrowserLaunch

public BareBonesBrowserLaunch()

Method Detail

openURL

public static void openURL(URL url)
                    throws Exception

Opens a webbrowser to a URL.

Parameters:

url - url to open, type URL.

Throws:

Exception - upon error.

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openURL(String)

openURL

public static void openURL(String url)
                    throws Exception

opens a webbrowser to a URL, tries first the JDK 1.6 java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI(url)) method, if that fails the action is platform dependent.

Parameters:

url - url to open, type String

Throws:

Exception - upon error.