/* * * created: Wed Aug 3 2004 * * This file is part of Artemis * * Copyright(C) 2000 Genome Research Limited * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or(at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * * A simple, static class to display a URL in the system browser. * * Under Unix, the system browser is hard-coded to be 'netscape'. * Netscape must be in your PATH for this to work. * * 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. * * Taken from: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip66_p.html * */ package uk.ac.sanger.artemis.editor; import java.io.IOException; public class BrowserControl { // The default system browser under windows. private static final String WIN_PATH = "rundll32"; // The flag to display a url. private static final String WIN_FLAG = "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"; private static final String UNIX_FLAG = "-remote openURL"; private static final String MAC_PATH = "/usr/bin/open"; /** * Display a file in the system browser. If you want to display a * file, you must include the absolute path name. * @param url the file's url (the url must start with either "http://" * or "file://"). */ public static void displayURL(String url) { String cmd = null; try { if(isWindowsPlatform()) { // cmd = 'rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://...' cmd = WIN_PATH + " " + WIN_FLAG + " " + url; Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); } else if(isMac()) { cmd = MAC_PATH + " " + url; Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); } else { String[] browsers = { "x-www-browser", "mozilla", "firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany", "netscape" }; String browser = null; for(int count = 0; count < browsers.length && browser == null; count++) { ExternalApplication exApp = new ExternalApplication( new String[] {"which", browsers[count]}, null, null); String stdout = exApp.getProcessStdout(); if(stdout != null && stdout.startsWith("/")) browser = browsers[count]; } if(browser == null) { try { java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(java.net.URI.create(url)); } catch(Exception e) { System.err.println("Could not find web browser"); } } else { if(browser.equals("netscape") || browser.equals("mozilla")) handleNetscapeAndMozilla(url, browser); else Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {browser, url}); } } } catch(IOException x) { // couldn't exec browser System.err.println("Could not invoke browser, command=" + cmd); System.err.println("Caught: " + x); } } private static void handleNetscapeAndMozilla(final String url, final String browser) throws IOException { String cmd = browser + " " + UNIX_FLAG + "(" + url + ")"; Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); try { // wait for exit code -- if it's 0, command worked, // otherwise we need to start the browser up. int exitCode = p.waitFor(); if (exitCode != 0) { // Command failed, start up the browser cmd = browser + " " + url; p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); } } catch (InterruptedException x) { System.err.println("Error bringing up browser, cmd='" + cmd + "'"); System.err.println("Caught: " + x); } } /** * Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows * or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property. * @return true if this application is running under a Windows OS */ public static boolean isWindowsPlatform() { String os = System.getProperty("os.name"); if ( os != null && os.startsWith("Windows")) return true; else return false; } private static boolean isMac() { return System.getProperty("mrj.version") != null || System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().indexOf("mac") >= 0; } /** * Simple example. */ public static void main(String[] args) { displayURL("http://www.google.co.uk"); } }