org.ceryle.util
Class BrowserLauncher

java.lang.Object
  org.ceryle.util.BrowserLauncher

public class BrowserLauncher
extends Object

BrowserLauncher is a class that provides one static method, openURL, which opens the default web browser for the current user of the system to the given URL. It may support other protocols depending on the system -- mailto, ftp, etc. -- but that has not been rigorously tested and is not guaranteed to work.

This code is Copyright 1999-2001 by Eric Albert (ejalbert@cs.stanford.edu) and may be redistributed or modified in any form without restrictions as long as the portion of this comment from this paragraph through the end of the comment is not removed. The author requests that he be notified of any application, applet, or other binary that makes use of this code, but that's more out of curiosity than anything and is not required. This software includes no warranty. The author is not responsible for any loss of data or functionality or any adverse or unexpected effects of using this software.

Credits:
Steven Spencer, JavaWorld magazine (Java Tip 66)
Thanks also to Ron B. Yeh, Eric Shapiro, Ben Engber, Paul Teitlebaum, Andrea Cantatore, Larry Barowski, Trevor Bedzek, Frank Miedrich, and Ron Rabakukk

Version:

1.4b1 (Released June 20, 2001)

Author:

Eric Albert (ejalbert@cs.stanford.edu)

Method Summary

static void

openURL(String url) Attempts to open the default web browser to the given URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

openURL

public static void openURL(String url)
                    throws IOException

Attempts to open the default web browser to the given URL.

Parameters:

url - The URL to open

Throws:

IOException - If the web browser could not be located or does not run