///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Bare Bones Browser Launch // // Version 1.5 (December 10, 2005) // // By Dem Pilafian // // Supports: Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows XP // // Example Usage: // // String url = "http://www.centerkey.com/"; // // BareBonesBrowserLaunch.openURL(url); // // Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 

import java.lang.reflect.Method; 
import java.util.Arrays; 
import javax.swing.JOptionPane; 

public class BareBonesBrowserLaunch { 

    private static final String errMsg = "Error attempting to launch web browser"; 
    public static void openURL(String url) { 
	
	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) { 
	    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, errMsg + ":\n" + e.getLocalizedMessage()); 
	} 
    } 
} 