/* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ package bradswebdavclient.util; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; /** * * http://www.centerkey.com/java/browser/ */ public class BareBonesBrowserLaunch { private static final String errMsg = "Error attempting to launch web browser"; public static void openURL(String url) { String osName = System.getProperty("os.name"); try { if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS")) { Class fileMgr = Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager"); Method openURL = fileMgr.getDeclaredMethod("openURL", new Class[]{String.class}); openURL.invoke(null, new Object[]{url}); } else if (osName.startsWith("Windows")) { Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url); } else { //assume Unix or Linux String[] browsers = {"firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany", "mozilla", "netscape"}; String browser = null; for (int count = 0; count < browsers.length && browser == null; count++) { if (Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"which", browsers[count]}).waitFor() == 0) { browser = browsers[count]; } } if (browser == null) { throw new Exception("Could not find web browser"); } else { Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{browser, url}); } } } catch (Exception e) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, errMsg + ":\n" + e.getLocalizedMessage()); } } }