Open the given URL in the system web browser. - Java java.awt

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Description

Open the given URL in the system web browser.

Demo Code

/**/*  w  ww  .  j a v a 2 s.  c  o  m*/
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 * jerry - Common Java Functionality
 * Copyright (c) 2012-2015, Sandeep Gupta
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 * http://sangupta.com/projects/jerry
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//package com.java2s;
import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.awt.Desktop.Action;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Open the given URL in the system web browser.
     * 
     * @param uri
     *            the {@link URI} to be opened
     * 
     * @return <code>true</code> if call to open was successfully made,
     *         <code>false</code> otherwise. A value of <code>true</code> DOES
     *         NOT guarantee that the {@link URI} was opened, but only that the
     *         call was successfully made.
     */
    public static boolean openURL(URI uri) {
        if (!Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
            return false;
        }

        Desktop d = Desktop.getDesktop();
        if (!d.isSupported(Action.BROWSE)) {
            return false;
        }

        try {
            d.browse(uri);
            return true;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

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