FIM.Util.WWW
Class BrowserControl
java.lang.Object
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+--FIM.Util.WWW.BrowserControl
- public class BrowserControl
- extends Object
A simple, static class to display a URL in the system browser.
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 under windows,
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://".
Source: Javaworld Tip 66 (http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip66.html)
- Version:
- 1.0.1
- Author:
- Steven Spencer, Michael Sonntag (small modifications)
Constructor Summary |
protected |
BrowserControl()
To avoid getting a public constructor. |
Method Summary |
static void |
displayURL(String url)
Display a file in the system browser. |
static void |
displayURL(URL 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(String[] args)
For testing: Interprets the first parameter as an URL and display it in a browser. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
,
clone,
equals,
finalize,
getClass,
hashCode,
notify,
notifyAll,
toString,
wait,
wait,
wait |
BrowserControl
protected BrowserControl()
- To avoid getting a public constructor.
displayURL
public static void displayURL(URL 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
displayURL
public static void displayURL(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(String[] args)
- For testing: Interprets the first parameter as an
URL
and display it in a browser.
- Parameters:
args
- Parameters (only first used)
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Copyright 2000 Michael Sonntag & Institute for Information Processing and Microprocessor Technology (FIM), Johannes-Kepler-University Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria.