package tim.prune.function.browser; import java.net.URI; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; /** * Class to launch a browser window to show an external map * Some code and ideas taken from BareBonesBrowserLaunch at centerkey.com */ public abstract class BrowserLauncher { private static boolean _initialised = false; private static String[] _browserCommand = null; private static boolean _urlNeedsQuotes = false; /** * Init method to set up browser */ private static void init() { _browserCommand = null; // First check if "which" command is available if (commandExists("which")) { // which exists, so try browsers in turn String[] browsersToTry = {"firefox", "iceweasel", "konqueror", "opera", "epiphany", "mozilla", "chromium", "midori", "safari", "lynx"}; String browserFound = null; for (String browser : browsersToTry) { if (commandExists(browser)) { browserFound = browser; break; } } if (browserFound != null) { _browserCommand = new String[] {browserFound, null}; } } if (_browserCommand == null) { // no which command (or none of the browsers found), so check if os name looks like a mac String osName = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(); boolean isMacOsx = osName.indexOf("mac os") >= 0 || osName.indexOf("darwin") >= 0; if (isMacOsx) { // for Mac Osx just use "open" command _browserCommand = new String[] {"open", null}; } else { // assume it's not linux or mac, so try windows method using "start" command _browserCommand = new String[] {"cmd.exe", "/C", "start", "\"\"", null}; _urlNeedsQuotes = true; } } _initialised = true; } /** * Check if the specified command exists on the system * @param inCommand command to check * @return true if the command exists */ private static boolean commandExists(String inCommand) { try { String[] commands = {"which", inCommand}; if (Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commands).waitFor() == 0) { return true; } } catch (Exception e) {} // failed return false; } /** * Launch a browser window to show the given url * @param inUrl url to show */ public static void launchBrowser(String inUrl) { if (inUrl == null) {return;} // First choice is to try the Desktop library from java 6, if available try { Class d = Class.forName("java.awt.Desktop"); d.getDeclaredMethod("browse", new Class[] {URI.class}).invoke( d.getDeclaredMethod("getDesktop").invoke(null), new Object[] {URI.create(inUrl)}); //above code mimics: Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI.create(inUrl)); } catch (Exception ignore) { // The Desktop call failed, need to try backup methods if (!_initialised) {init();} if (_browserCommand == null) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Cannot show url: " + inUrl); } else { try { // enclose url in quotes if necessary String url = inUrl; if (_urlNeedsQuotes) {url = "\"" + url + "\"";} // Fill in url in last element of command array _browserCommand[_browserCommand.length - 1] = url; // execute command to launch browser Runtime.getRuntime().exec(_browserCommand); } catch (Exception e) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Failed to show url: " + inUrl); } } } } }