tig
Class BrowserControl

java.lang.Object
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public class BrowserControl

extends java.lang.Object

A simple, static class to display a URL in the system browser.

By Steven Spencer, found at http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/f_jw-javatip66.html.

Under Unix, the system browser is hard-coded to be 'netscape'. Netscape must be in your PATH for this to work. This has been tested with the following platforms: AIX, HP-UX and Solaris.

Under Windows, this will bring up the default browser, usually either Netscape or Microsoft IE. The default browser is determined by the OS. This has been tested under Windows 95/98/NT.

Examples :
BrowserControl.displayURL("http://www.javaworld.com") BrowserControl.displayURL("file://c:\\docs\\index.html") BrowserContorl.displayURL("file:///user/joe/index.html");

Note - you must include the url type -- either "http://" or "file://".

Constructor Summary

BrowserControl()

Method Summary

static void	displayURL(java.lang.String url) Display a file in the system browser.
static boolean	isWindowsPlatform() Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Simple example for standalone use.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BrowserControl

public BrowserControl()

Method Detail

displayURL

public static void displayURL(java.lang.String url)

Display a file in the system browser. If you want to display a file, you must include the absolute path name.

Parameters:

url - the file's url (the url must start with either "http://" or "file://").

isWindowsPlatform

public static boolean isWindowsPlatform()

Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.

Returns:

true if this application is running under a Windows OS

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Simple example for standalone use.