net.sourceforge.helpgui.util
Class BrowserControl

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.helpgui.util.BrowserControl

public class BrowserControl
extends java.lang.Object

A simple, static class to display an URL in the system browser. Under Windows, this will bring up the default browser, usually either Netscape or Microsoft IE. The default browser is determined by the OS. This has been tested under: Windows 95/98/NT/2000. Under MacOS, this will bring up the default browser. The default browser is determined by the OS. This has been tested under: n/a In other cases (and under Unix), the system browser is hard-coded to be 'netscape'. Netscape must be in your PATH for this to work. This has been tested with the following platforms: AIX, HP-UX and Solaris. Examples: * BrowserControl.displayURL("http://www.javaworld.com") BrowserControl.displayURL("file://c:\\docs\\index.html") BrowserContorl.displayURL("file:///user/joe/index.html"); Note - you must include the url type -- either "http://" or "file://".

Field Summary

private static java.lang.String[]	MAC_CMDLINE
private static int	MAC_ID
private static java.lang.String	MAC_PREFIX
private static java.lang.String[][]	OTHER_CMDLINES
private static java.lang.String[][]	OTHER_FALLBACKS
private static int	OTHER_ID
private static java.lang.String	URLTOKEN
private static java.lang.String[]	WIN_CMDLINE
private static int	WIN_ID
private static java.lang.String	WIN_PREFIX

Constructor Summary

BrowserControl()

Method Summary

private static java.lang.String	connectStringArray(java.lang.String[] a)
static boolean	displayURL(java.lang.String url) Display an URL in the system browser.
private static int	getPlatform() Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
private static java.lang.String[]	replaceToken(java.lang.String[] target, java.lang.String token, java.lang.String replacement)
private static boolean	runCmdLine(java.lang.String[] cmdLine)
private static boolean	runCmdLine(java.lang.String[] cmdLine, java.lang.String[] fallBackCmdLine)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

URLTOKEN

private static final java.lang.String URLTOKEN

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Constant Field Values

WIN_ID

private static final int WIN_ID

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Constant Field Values

WIN_PREFIX

private static final java.lang.String WIN_PREFIX

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Constant Field Values

WIN_CMDLINE

private static final java.lang.String[] WIN_CMDLINE

MAC_ID

private static final int MAC_ID

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Constant Field Values

MAC_PREFIX

private static final java.lang.String MAC_PREFIX

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Constant Field Values

MAC_CMDLINE

private static final java.lang.String[] MAC_CMDLINE

OTHER_ID

private static final int OTHER_ID

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Constant Field Values

OTHER_CMDLINES

private static final java.lang.String[][] OTHER_CMDLINES

OTHER_FALLBACKS

private static final java.lang.String[][] OTHER_FALLBACKS

Constructor Detail

BrowserControl

public BrowserControl()

Method Detail

displayURL

public static boolean displayURL(java.lang.String url)

Display an URL in the system browser. If you want to display a file, you must include the absolute path name.

Parameters:

url - the document's url (the url must start with either "http://" or "file://").

getPlatform

private static int getPlatform()

Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.

Returns:

the ID of the platform

connectStringArray

private static java.lang.String connectStringArray(java.lang.String[] a)

replaceToken

private static java.lang.String[] replaceToken(java.lang.String[] target,
                                               java.lang.String token,
                                               java.lang.String replacement)

runCmdLine

private static boolean runCmdLine(java.lang.String[] cmdLine)

runCmdLine

private static boolean runCmdLine(java.lang.String[] cmdLine,
                                  java.lang.String[] fallBackCmdLine)