org.gvsig.utils

Class BrowserControl

java.lang.Object

org.gvsig.utils.BrowserControl

public class BrowserControl
extends Object

A simple, static class to display a URL in the system browser.

Under Unix systems, it will open one of the browser set through the setBrowserCommand(String). The argument of this method must be a fully qualified command or one of the commands returned by getSupportedBrowsers().
By default, the browser is Firefox, which is included in the list of supported browsers.

Under Windows, this will bring up the default browser under windows, usually either Netscape or Microsoft IE. The default browser is determined by the OS so no config is necessary.
This has been tested under Windows 95/98/NT/XP.

Notice that you must include the url type -- either "http://" or "file://".

Under Mac, the usability of this class is pending of test. So probably it does not work

Examples: BrowserControl.displayURL("http://www.javaworld.com") BrowserControl.displayURL("file://c:\\docs\\index.html") BrowserContorl.displayURL("file:///user/joe/index.html");

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	EPIPHANY
static String	FIREFOX
static String	GALEON
static String	KONQUEROR
static String	MOZILLA
static String	NETSCAPE
static String	OPERA

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BrowserControl()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	displayURL(String url) Display a file in the system browser.
static ArrayList	getSupportedBrowsers() Returns a list of supported browsers.
static boolean	isWindowsPlatform() Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
static void	setBrowserCommand(String browserCommand)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

OPERA

public static final String OPERA

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NETSCAPE

public static final String NETSCAPE

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MOZILLA

public static final String MOZILLA

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GALEON

public static final String GALEON

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EPIPHANY

public static final String EPIPHANY

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FIREFOX

public static final String FIREFOX

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KONQUEROR

public static final String KONQUEROR

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Constructor Detail

BrowserControl

public BrowserControl()

Method Detail

displayURL

public static void displayURL(String url)

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

Parameters:

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

isWindowsPlatform

public static boolean isWindowsPlatform()

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

Returns:

true if this application is running under a Windows OS

setBrowserCommand

public static void setBrowserCommand(String browserCommand)

getSupportedBrowsers

public static ArrayList getSupportedBrowsers()

Returns a list of supported browsers.

Returns: