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());
}
}
}
}