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/** * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) * any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for * more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 * Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ package ca.sfu.federation.action; import ca.sfu.federation.ApplicationContext; import java.awt.Desktop; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; import java.net.URI; import java.util.logging.Level; import java.util.logging.Logger; import javax.swing.AbstractAction; import javax.swing.Action; import org.apache.commons.lang.exception.ExceptionUtils; /** * Launch a web browser to show the online help web site. * @author dmarques */ public class ShowHelpWebSiteAction extends AbstractAction { private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ShowHelpWebSiteAction.class.getName()); public ShowHelpWebSiteAction() { super("Online Help Documents", null); this.putValue(Action.LONG_DESCRIPTION, "Online Help Documents"); this.putValue(Action.MNEMONIC_KEY, KeyEvent.VK_H); this.putValue(Action.SHORT_DESCRIPTION, "Online Help Documents"); } /** * Handle action performed event. * @param ae Event */ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) { try { URI uri = new URI(ApplicationContext.PROJECT_HELP_WEBSITE_URL); // open the default web browser for the HTML page logger.log(Level.INFO, "Opening desktop browser to {0}", uri.toString()); Desktop.getDesktop().browse(uri); } catch (Exception ex) { String stack = ExceptionUtils.getFullStackTrace(ex); logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not open browser for help web site {0}\n\n{1}", new Object[] { ApplicationContext.PROJECT_HELP_WEBSITE_URL, stack }); } } }