OS.java

/*
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    Copyright (C) 2006 The Lobo Project

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

    Contact info: lobochief@users.sourceforge.net
 */
/*
 * Created on May 14, 2005
 */
package org.lobobrowser.util;

/**
 * @author J. H. S.
 */
public class OS {
  /**
   *
   */
  private OS() {
    super();
  }

  public static boolean isWindows() {
    final String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
    return osName.indexOf("Windows") != -1;
  }

  public static void launchBrowser(final String url) throws java.io.IOException {
    String cmdLine;
    if (isWindows()) {
      cmdLine = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url;
    } else {
      cmdLine = "firefox " + url;
    }
    try {
      Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmdLine);
    } catch (final java.io.IOException ioe) {
      Runtime.getRuntime().exec("netscape " + url);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Opens a file a directory with an appropriate program.
   */
  public static void launchPath(final String path) throws java.io.IOException {
    if (isWindows()) {
      Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { "cmd.exe", "/c", "start", "\"title\"", path });
    } else {
      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported");
    }
  }

  public static boolean supportsLaunchPath() {
    return isWindows();
  }
}