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| $Id: BrowserUtils.java,v 1.1 2010/05/11 15:52:46 aallowat Exp $
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package org.webcat.oda.designer.metadata;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import org.eclipse.ui.PartInitException;
import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* A small class to ease opening an external browser.
*
* @author Tony Allevato (Virginia Tech Computer Science)
* @version $Id: BrowserUtils.java,v 1.1 2010/05/11 15:52:46 aallowat Exp $
*/
public class BrowserUtils
{
//~ Constructor ...........................................................
// ----------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Prevent instantiation.
*/
private BrowserUtils()
{
// Static class; prevent instantiation.
}
//~ Methods ...............................................................
// ----------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Opens an external browser with the specified URL.
*
* @param url
* the URL to open in the browser
*/
public static void openURL(String url)
{
try
{
PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getBrowserSupport().getExternalBrowser()
.openURL(new URL(url));
}
catch (MalformedURLException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (PartInitException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}