Mega Code Archive
A simple class to load an URL in a browser
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/* This code is part of Freenet. It is distributed under the GNU General
* Public License, version 2 (or at your option any later version). See
* http://www.gnu.org/ for further details of the GPL. */
//package freenet.utils;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.net.URL;
/**
* A simple class to load an URL in a browser
*
* @author Florent Daignière <nextgens@freenetproject.org>
*/
public class BrowserLaunch {
private final static boolean isMacos;
private final static boolean isWindows;
private static String BROWSER = null;
static {
String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
isMacos = osName.startsWith("Mac OS");
isWindows = osName.startsWith("Windows");
if(!isMacos && !isWindows) {
//assume Unix or Linux
String[] browsers = {"firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany", "mozilla", "netscape", "seamonkey"};
try {
for(int count = 0; count < browsers.length && BROWSER == null; count++)
if(Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"which", browsers[count]}).waitFor() == 0)
BROWSER = browsers[count];
} catch (Exception e) {}
}
}
public static void main(String arg[]) {
launch(arg[0]);
}
public static void launch(URL url) {
launch(url.toString());
}
public static void launch(String url) {
try {
if (isMacos) {
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 (isWindows)
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
else {
if (BROWSER == null)
throw new Exception("Could not find web browser");
else
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { BROWSER, url });
}
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Unable to detect/startup your browser... please go to " + url + " for futher instructions");
}
}
}
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