import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* Launches a URL on system default browser. Works on Mac OS X, Windows XP, Unix
* (Solaris) and GNU Linux Command line Usage: java BrowserLauncher URL
*
*/
public class BrowserLauncher {
private static final String errMsg = "Error attempting to launch web browser";
public static void main(String args[]) {
if (args.length < 1) {
System.err.println("Usage: java BrowserLauncher URL");
System.exit(-1);
}
String url = args[0];
String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
try {
if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS")) {
Class fileMgr = Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager");
Method openURL = fileMgr.getDeclaredMethod("openURL",
new Class[] { String.class });
openURL.invoke(null, new Object[] { url });
} else if (osName.startsWith("Windows"))
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
"rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
else { // assume Unix or Linux
String[] browsers = { "firefox", "opera", "konqueror",
"epiphany", "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) {
System.err.println(errMsg + ":" + e.getMessage());
System.exit(-1);
}
}
}
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
How to launch a native browser in java
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