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

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void browse(String url, Component msgParent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source 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 {
    /**/*  w w  w .  j  ava  2  s .  co m*/
     * 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);
        }
    }
}

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