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//Bare Bones Browser Launch //
//Version 1.5 (December 10, 2005) //
//By Dem Pilafian //
//Supports: Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows XP //
//Example Usage: //
// String url = "http://www.centerkey.com/"; //
// BareBonesBrowserLaunch.openURL(url); //
//Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like //
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/**
* @author Dem Pilafian
* @author John Kristian
*/
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
class BareBonesBrowserLaunch {
public static void openURL(String url) {
try {
browse(url);
} catch (Exception e) {
// JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error attempting to launch web browser:\n" + e.getLocalizedMessage());
}
}
private static void browse(String url) throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalAccessException,
IllegalArgumentException, InterruptedException, InvocationTargetException, IOException,
NoSuchMethodException {
String osName = System.getProperty("os.name", "");
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 NoSuchMethodException("Could not find web browser");
else
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { browser, url });
}
}
}