Java JOptionPane Message browse(String url, Component msgParent)

Description

Opens the given website in the default browser, or shows a message saying that no default browser could be accessed.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void browse(String url, Component msgParent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright 2011 See AUTHORS file.// w  ww .  jav  a 2  s  .  c  o  m
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (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.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 ******************************************************************************/

import java.awt.Component;

import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.awt.Desktop.Action;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Opens the given website in the default browser, or shows a message saying
     * that no default browser could be accessed.
     */
    public static void browse(String url, Component msgParent) {
        boolean error = false;

        if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported() && Desktop.getDesktop().isSupported(Action.BROWSE)) {
            try {
                Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI(url));
            } catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                error = true;
            }
        } else {
            error = true;
        }

        if (error) {
            String msg = "Impossible to open the default browser from the application.\nSorry.";
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(msgParent, msg);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. alert(Component component, String title, String msg)
2. askPassword(String message)
3. browse(String url, Component msgParent)
4. chooseIndex(String message, String messageTitle, Object[] objects, Object initialObject)
5. chooseObject(String message, String messageTitle, Object[] objects, Object initialObject)
6. copyToClipBoard(String code, boolean displayMessage)