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/*
 * $Id: Executable.java 3373 2008-05-12 16:21:24Z xlv $
 *
 * Copyright 2005 by Bruno Lowagie / Roger Mistelli
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
 *
 * The Original Code is 'iText, a free JAVA-PDF library'.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bruno Lowagie. Portions created by
 * the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie.
 * All Rights Reserved.
 * Co-Developer of the code is Paulo Soares. Portions created by the Co-Developer
 * are Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 by Paulo Soares. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Contributor(s): all the names of the contributors are added in the source code
 * where applicable.
 *
 * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of the
 * LGPL license (the "GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE"), in which case the
 * provisions of LGPL are applicable instead of those above.  If you wish to
 * allow use of your version of this file only under the terms of the LGPL
 * License and not to allow others to use your version of this file under
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 * If you do not delete the provisions above, a recipient may use your version
 * of this file under either the MPL or the GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the MPL as stated above or under the terms of the GNU
 * Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 * either version 2 of the License, or any later version.
 *
 * This library 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 Library general Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * If you didn't download this code from the following link, you should check if
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 * http://www.lowagie.com/iText/
 */
package com.lowagie.tools;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * This class enables you to call an executable that will show a PDF file.
 */
public class Executable {

    /**
     * The path to Acrobat Reader.
     */
    public static String acroread = null;

    /**
     * Performs an action on a PDF document.
     * @param fileName
     * @param parameters
     * @param waitForTermination
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    private static Process action(final String fileName, String parameters, boolean waitForTermination)
            throws IOException {
        Process process = null;
        if (parameters.trim().length() > 0) {
            parameters = " " + parameters.trim();
        } else {
            parameters = "";
        }
        if (acroread != null) {
            process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(acroread + parameters + " \"" + fileName + "\"");
        } else if (isWindows()) {
            if (isWindows9X()) {
                process = Runtime.getRuntime()
                        .exec("command.com /C start acrord32" + parameters + " \"" + fileName + "\"");
            } else {
                process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c start acrord32" + parameters + " \"" + fileName + "\"");
            }
        } else if (isMac()) {
            if (parameters.trim().length() == 0) {
                process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { "/usr/bin/open", fileName });
            } else {
                process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { "/usr/bin/open", parameters.trim(), fileName });
            }
        }
        try {
            if (process != null && waitForTermination)
                process.waitFor();
        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
        }
        return process;
    }

    /**
     * Opens a PDF document.
     * @param fileName
     * @param waitForTermination
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process openDocument(String fileName, boolean waitForTermination) throws IOException {
        return action(fileName, "", waitForTermination);
    }

    /**
     * Opens a PDF document.
     * @param file
     * @param waitForTermination
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process openDocument(File file, boolean waitForTermination) throws IOException {
        return openDocument(file.getAbsolutePath(), waitForTermination);
    }

    /**
     * Opens a PDF document.
     * @param fileName
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process openDocument(String fileName) throws IOException {
        return openDocument(fileName, false);
    }

    /**
     * Opens a PDF document.
     * @param file
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process openDocument(File file) throws IOException {
        return openDocument(file, false);
    }

    /**
     * Prints a PDF document.
     * @param fileName
     * @param waitForTermination
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process printDocument(String fileName, boolean waitForTermination) throws IOException {
        return action(fileName, "/p", waitForTermination);
    }

    /**
     * Prints a PDF document.
     * @param file
     * @param waitForTermination
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process printDocument(File file, boolean waitForTermination) throws IOException {
        return printDocument(file.getAbsolutePath(), waitForTermination);
    }

    /**
     * Prints a PDF document.
     * @param fileName
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process printDocument(String fileName) throws IOException {
        return printDocument(fileName, false);
    }

    /**
     * Prints a PDF document.
     * @param file
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process printDocument(File file) throws IOException {
        return printDocument(file, false);
    }

    /**
     * Prints a PDF document without opening a Dialog box.
     * @param fileName
     * @param waitForTermination
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process printDocumentSilent(String fileName, boolean waitForTermination)
            throws IOException {
        return action(fileName, "/p /h", waitForTermination);
    }

    /**
     * Prints a PDF document without opening a Dialog box.
     * @param file
     * @param waitForTermination
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process printDocumentSilent(File file, boolean waitForTermination) throws IOException {
        return printDocumentSilent(file.getAbsolutePath(), waitForTermination);
    }

    /**
     * Prints a PDF document without opening a Dialog box.
     * @param fileName
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process printDocumentSilent(String fileName) throws IOException {
        return printDocumentSilent(fileName, false);
    }

    /**
     * Prints a PDF document without opening a Dialog box.
     * @param file
     * @return a process
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final Process printDocumentSilent(File file) throws IOException {
        return printDocumentSilent(file, false);
    }

    /**
     * Launches a browser opening an URL.
     *
     * @param url the URL you want to open in the browser
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static final void launchBrowser(String url) throws IOException {
        try {
            if (isMac()) {
                Class macUtils = Class.forName("com.apple.mrj.MRJFileUtils");
                Method openURL = macUtils.getDeclaredMethod("openURL", new Class[] { String.class });
                openURL.invoke(null, new Object[] { url });
            } else if (isWindows())
                Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
            else { //assume Unix or Linux
                String[] browsers = { "firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "mozilla", "netscape" };
                String browser = null;
                for (int count = 0; count < browsers.length && browser == null; count++)
                    if (Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { "which", browsers[count] }).waitFor() == 0)
                        browser = browsers[count];
                if (browser == null)
                    throw new Exception("Could not find web browser.");
                else
                    Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { browser, url });
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new IOException("Error attempting to launch web browser");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Checks the Operating System.
     * 
     * @return true if the current os is Windows
     */
    public static boolean isWindows() {
        String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
        return os.indexOf("windows") != -1 || os.indexOf("nt") != -1;
    }

    /**
     * Checks the Operating System.
     * 
     * @return true if the current os is Windows
     */
    public static boolean isWindows9X() {
        String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
        return os.equals("windows 95") || os.equals("windows 98");
    }

    /**
     * Checks the Operating System.
     * 
     * @return true if the current os is Apple
     */
    public static boolean isMac() {
        String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
        return os.indexOf("mac") != -1;
    }

    /**
     * Checks the Operating System.
     * 
     * @return true if the current os is Linux
     */
    public static boolean isLinux() {
        String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
        return os.indexOf("linux") != -1;
    }
}