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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