Calling URL Browser From Java Application
Kushal Paudyal August 21st, 2010
This program teaches you how you can call the browser in your OS to open the URL that you are passing from your Java application. This program is fully compiled and tested.
package com.kushal.utilities;
/**
* @author Kushal Paudyal
* www.sanjaal.com/java
* Last Modified On: 26th August, 2008
*/
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class OpenDefaultBrowserFromJava {
private static final String errMsg = "ERROR WHILE ATTEMPTEING TO LUNCH WEB BROWSER";
private static final String errFindingBrowser="COULD NOT FIND THE BROWSER";
public static void main(String args [])
{
String urlToOpen="http://www.sanjaal.com/java";
openURL(urlToOpen);
}
/**
* This method takes URL as a parameter and tries to
* identify Operating system and then lunches the broswer
* with the given URL
*/
public static void openURL(String url) {
String operatingSystem = System.getProperty("os.name");
try {
/*
* Check if it is windows OS
*/
if (operatingSystem.startsWith("Windows"))
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
/*
* If not windows OS, Check if it is a Mac OS
*/
else if (operatingSystem.startsWith("Mac OS")) {
Class fileManager = Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager");
Method openURL = fileManager.getDeclaredMethod("openURL",
new Class[] { String.class });
openURL.invoke(null, new Object[] { url });
}
/*
* Or, it might be some unix or linux OS
*/
else {
/**
* There are different browsers possible.
*/
String[] browsers = { "firefox",
"netscape",
"opera",
"konqueror",
"epiphany",
"mozilla"};
String browser = null;
for (int count = 0; count < browsers.length && browser == null; count++)
if (Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
new String[] { "which", browsers[count] })
.waitFor() == 0)
browser = browsers[count];
if (browser == null)
throw new Exception(errFindingBrowser);
else
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { browser, url });
}
} catch (Exception e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, errMsg + ":\n" + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
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Originally posted 2008-08-26 19:11:38.
