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 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", "safari", "lynx"};
+ String[] browsersToTry = {"firefox", "iceweasel", "konqueror", "opera", "epiphany",
+ "mozilla", "chromium", "midori", "safari", "lynx"};
String browserFound = null;
- for (int i=0; i<browsersToTry.length && browserFound == null; i++)
+ for (String browser : browsersToTry)
{
- if (commandExists(browsersToTry[i]))
- browserFound = browsersToTry[i];
+ if (commandExists(browser))
+ {
+ browserFound = browser;
+ break;
+ }
}
if (browserFound != null) {
_browserCommand = new String[] {browserFound, null};
}
}
- else
+
+ if (_browserCommand == null)
{
- // no which command, so check if os name looks like a mac
- boolean isMacOsx = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().indexOf("mac os") >= 0;
+ // 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};
*/
public static void launchBrowser(String inUrl)
{
- if (!_initialised) {init();}
- if (_browserCommand == null) {
- JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Cannot show url: " + inUrl);
+ // 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));
}
- else
+ catch (Exception ignore)
{
- try
- {
- // enclose url in quotes if necessary
- String url = inUrl;
- if (_urlNeedsQuotes) {url = "\"" + url + "\"";}
- // Fill in url in last element of coommand array
- _browserCommand[_browserCommand.length - 1] = url;
- // execute command to launch browser
- Runtime.getRuntime().exec(_browserCommand);
+ // The Desktop call failed, need to try backup methods
+ if (!_initialised) {init();}
+ if (_browserCommand == null) {
+ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Cannot show url: " + inUrl);
}
- catch (Exception e) {
- JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Failed to 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);
+ }
}
}
}