package com.centerkey.utils; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import java.util.Arrays; /** * Bare Bones Browser Launch for Java
* Utility class to open a web page from a Swing application * in the user's default browser.
* Supports: Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows XP/Vista/7
* Example Usage:
    * String url = "http://www.google.com/";
    * BareBonesBrowserLaunch.openURL(url);
* Latest Version: www.centerkey.com/java/browser
* Author: Dem Pilafian
* Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like * @version 3.0, February 7, 2010 */ public class BareBonesBrowserLaunch { static final String[] browsers = { "google-chrome", "firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany", "seamonkey", "galeon", "kazehakase", "mozilla" }; static final String errMsg = "Error attempting to launch web browser"; /** * Opens the specified web page in the user's default browser * @param url A web address (URL) of a web page (ex: "http://www.google.com/") */ public static void openURL(String url) { try { //attempt to use Desktop library from JDK 1.6+ (even if on 1.5) 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 mimics: // java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(java.net.URI.create(url)); } 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 boolean found = false; for (String browser : browsers) if (!found) { found = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( new String[] {"which", browser}).waitFor() == 0; if (found) Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {browser, url}); } if (!found) throw new Exception(Arrays.toString(browsers)); } } catch (Exception e) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, errMsg + "\n" + e.toString()); } } } }