FIM.Util.WWW
Class BrowserControl

java.lang.Object
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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 (Minor 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

Constructor Detail

BrowserControl

protected BrowserControl()

To avoid getting a public constructor.

Method Detail

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)