Package nz.ac.waikato.cms.core

Class BrowserHelper

java.lang.Object

nz.ac.waikato.cms.core.BrowserHelper

public class BrowserHelper
extends Object

A little helper class for browser related stuff.

The openURL method was originally based on Bare Bones Browser Launch, which has been placed in the public domain.

Version:

$Revision: 10824 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String[]	LINUX_BROWSERS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BrowserHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	openURL(Component parent, String url)	Opens the URL in the system's default browser.
static String	openURL(Component parent, String url, boolean showDialog)	Opens the URL in the system's default browser.
static String	openURL(Component parent, String cmd, String url, boolean showDialog)	Opens the URL in a custom browser.
static String	openURL(String url)	Opens the URL in the system's default browser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

LINUX_BROWSERS

public static final String[] LINUX_BROWSERS

Constructor Details

BrowserHelper

public BrowserHelper()

Method Details

openURL

public static String openURL(String url)

Opens the URL in the system's default browser.

Parameters:

url - the URL to open

Returns:

null if executed OK, otherwise error message

openURL

public static String openURL(Component parent,
 String url)

Opens the URL in the system's default browser.

Parameters:

parent - the parent component

url - the URL to open

Returns:

null if executed OK, otherwise error message

openURL

public static String openURL(Component parent,
 String url,
 boolean showDialog)

Opens the URL in the system's default browser.

Parameters:

parent - the parent component

url - the URL to open

showDialog - whether to display a dialog in case of an error or just print the error to the console

Returns:

null if executed OK, otherwise error message

openURL

public static String openURL(Component parent,
 String cmd,
 String url,
 boolean showDialog)

Opens the URL in a custom browser.

Parameters:

parent - the parent component

cmd - the browser command-line

url - the URL to open

showDialog - whether to display a dialog in case of an error or just print the error to the console

Returns:

null if executed OK, otherwise error message