// The MIT License // // Copyright (c) 2004 Evren Sirin // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy // of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to // deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the // rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or // sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is // furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in // all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR // IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, // FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE // AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER // LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS // IN THE SOFTWARE. package org.mindswap.utils; import java.io.IOException; public class BrowserControl { public static void displayURL(String url) { boolean windows = isWindowsPlatform(); String cmd = null; try { if (windows) { // cmd = 'rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://...' cmd = WIN_PATH + " " + WIN_FLAG + " " + url; Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); } else { cmd = UNIX_PATH + " " + UNIX_FLAG + "(" + url + ")"; Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); try { int exitCode = p.waitFor(); if (exitCode != 0) { cmd = UNIX_PATH + " " + url; p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); } } catch(InterruptedException x) { System.err.println("Error bringing up browser, cmd='" +cmd + "'"); System.err.println("Caught: " + x); } } } catch(IOException x) { // couldn't exec browser System.err.println("Could not invoke browser, command=" + cmd); System.err.println("Caught: " + x); } } public static boolean isWindowsPlatform() { String os = System.getProperty("os.name"); if ( os != null && os.startsWith(WIN_ID)) return true; else return false; } // Used to identify the windows platform. private static final String WIN_ID = "Windows"; // The default system browser under windows. private static final String WIN_PATH = "rundll32"; // The flag to display a url. private static final String WIN_FLAG = "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"; // The default browser under unix. private static final String UNIX_PATH = "netscape"; // The flag to display a url. private static final String UNIX_FLAG = "-remote openURL"; }