BrowserUtility.java

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 * RHQ Management Platform
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package org.rhq.coregui.client.util;

/**
 * Utility class for dealing with browser quirks.
 * 
 * @author Joseph Marques
 */
public class BrowserUtility {
    private BrowserUtility() {
        // static access only
    }


    //This is a JSNI call out to the third party javascript lib to execute on the data inserted into the DOM.
    public static native void graphSparkLines()
    /*-{
     //find all elements where attribute class contains 'dynamicsparkline' and graph their contents
     $wnd.jQuery('.dynamicsparkline').sparkline();
    }-*/;

    /**
     * Things such as charting are not supported before IE9. So this is a test for browser compat.
     * @return true if the browser is IE and the version is before IE9.
     */
    public static native boolean isBrowserPreIE9()
        /*-{
            var myUserAgent = $wnd.navigator.userAgent;
            if (/MSIE (\d+\.\d+);/.test(myUserAgent)){ //test for MSIE x.x;
                var ieVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1); // capture x.x portion and store as a number
                if (ieVersion < 9){
                    return true;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }-*/;

}