package org.trianacode.shiwaall.extras; /** * Created by IntelliJ IDEA. * User: Ian Harvey * Date: 01/04/2011 * Time: 17:40 * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates. */ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Bare Bones Browser Launch // // Version 3.1 (June 6, 2010) // // By Dem Pilafian // // Supports: // // Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows XP/Vista/7 // // Example Usage: // // String url = "http://www.centerkey.com/"; // // BareBonesBrowserLaunch.openURL(url); // // Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// import javax.swing.*; import java.util.Arrays; // TODO: Auto-generated Javadoc /** * The Class BareBonesBrowserLaunch. */ public class BareBonesBrowserLaunch { /** The Constant browsers. */ static final String[] browsers = {"google-chrome", "firefox", "opera", "epiphany", "konqueror", "conkeror", "midori", "kazehakase", "mozilla"}; /** The Constant errMsg. */ static final String errMsg = "Error attempting to launch web browser"; /** * Open url. * * @param url the url */ 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) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, errMsg + "\n" + e.toString()); } } } }