editor.util.BrowserUtil Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package editor.util;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class BrowserUtil
{
static final String[] browsers = {"google-chrome", "firefox", "opera",
"epiphany", "konqueror", "conkeror", "midori", "kazehakase", "mozilla"};
static final String errMsg = "Error attempting to launch web browser";
public static void openURL( String url )
{
try
{ //attempt to use Desktop library from JDK 1.6+
Class d = Class.forName( "java.awt.Desktop" );
d.getDeclaredMethod( "browse", new Class[]{java.net.URI.class} ).invoke(
d.getDeclaredMethod( "getDesktop" ).invoke( null ),
new Object[]{java.net.URI.create( url )} );
//above code mimicks: java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse()
}
catch( Exception ignore )
{ //library not available or failed
String osName = System.getProperty( "os.name" );
try
{
if( osName.startsWith( "Mac OS" ) )
{
Class.forName( "com.apple.eio.FileManager" ).getDeclaredMethod(
"openURL", new Class[]{String.class} ).invoke( null,
new Object[]{url} );
}
else if( osName.startsWith( "Windows" ) )
{
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
"rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url );
}
else
{ //assume Unix or Linux
String browser = null;
for( String b : browsers )
{
if( browser == null && Runtime.getRuntime().exec( new String[]
{"which", b} ).getInputStream().read() != -1 )
{
Runtime.getRuntime().exec( new String[]{browser = b, url} );
}
}
if( browser == null )
{
throw new Exception( Arrays.toString( browsers ) );
}
}
}
catch( Exception e )
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, errMsg + "\n" + e.toString() );
}
}
}
}