BareBonesBrowserLaunch.java Source code

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//package com.kreative.openxion.util;

import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * <b>Bare Bones Browser Launch for Java</b><br>
 * Utility class to open a web page from a Swing application in the user's
 * default browser.<br>
 * Supports: Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows XP/Vista/7<br>
 * Latest Version: <a
 * href="http://www.centerkey.com/java/browser/">www.centerkey
 * .com/java/browser</a><br>
 * Author: Dem Pilafian<br>
 * Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like
 * 
 * @since OpenXION 1.0
 * @version 3.1, June 6, 2010
 */
public class BareBonesBrowserLaunch {
    static final String[] browsers = { "xdg-open", "sensible-browser", "google-chrome", "firefox", "opera",
            "epiphany", "konqueror", "conkeror", "midori", "kazehakase", "mozilla" };
    static final String errMsg = "Error attempting to launch web browser";

    /**
     * Opens the specified web page in the user's default browser
     * 
     * @param url
     *            A web address (URL) of a web page (ex:
     *            "http://www.google.com/")
     */
    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) {
                throw new RuntimeException(errMsg + "\n" + e.toString());
            }
        }
    }
}