org.apache.uima.internal.util
Class BrowserUtil

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.uima.internal.util.BrowserUtil

public class BrowserUtil
extends java.lang.Object

The BrowserUtil class provides one static method - openUrlInDefaultBrowser, which opens the given URL in the default web browser for the current user of the system. Current implementation supports Windows, Linux and some Unix systems.


Method Summary
static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
          For testing only.
static java.lang.Process openUrlInDefaultBrowser(java.lang.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

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
For testing only.

Parameters:
args - [url_to_open]

openUrlInDefaultBrowser

public static java.lang.Process openUrlInDefaultBrowser(java.lang.String url)
                                                 throws java.lang.Exception
Attempts to open the default web browser to the given URL.

Parameters:
url - The URL to open
Returns:
Returns the process browser object or null if no browser could be found. On MacOs null is returned in any case.
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - If the available web browser does not run


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