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Bare Bones Browser Launch for Java
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//package com.kreative.openxion.util;
import java.util.Arrays;
/**
* <b>Bare Bones Browser Launch for Java</b><br>
* Utility class to open a web page from a Swing application in the user's
* default browser.<br>
* Supports: Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows XP/Vista/7<br>
* Latest Version: <a
* href="http://www.centerkey.com/java/browser/">www.centerkey
* .com/java/browser</a><br>
* Author: Dem Pilafian<br>
* Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like
*
* @since OpenXION 1.0
* @version 3.1, June 6, 2010
*/
public class BareBonesBrowserLaunch {
static final String[] browsers = { "xdg-open", "sensible-browser",
"google-chrome", "firefox", "opera", "epiphany", "konqueror",
"conkeror", "midori", "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+
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) {
throw new RuntimeException(errMsg + "\n" + e.toString());
}
}
}
}
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