A very useful Java code, to open a web browser from Java application in windows or Linux.
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public class StartBrowser { public static void main(String args[]) { String url = "http://www.google.com"; String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(); Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime(); try { if (os.indexOf("win") >= 0) { // this doesn't support showing urls in the form of "page.html#nameLink" rt.exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url); } else if (os.indexOf("mac") >= 0) { rt.exec("open " + url); } else if (os.indexOf("nix") >= 0 || os.indexOf("nux") >= 0) { // Do a best guess on unix until we get a platform independent way // Build a list of browsers to try, in this order. String[] browsers = { "epiphany", "firefox", "mozilla", "konqueror", "netscape", "opera", "links", "lynx" }; // Build a command string which looks like "browser1 "url" || browser2 "url" ||..." StringBuffer cmd = new StringBuffer(); for (int i = 0; i < browsers.length; i++) cmd.append((i == 0 ? "" : " || ") + browsers[i] + " \"" + url + "\" "); rt.exec(new String[] { "sh", "-c", cmd.toString() }); } else { return; } } catch (Exception e) { return; } return; } } |