casa.web

Class URLVeiwer

java.lang.Object

casa.web.URLVeiwer

public class URLVeiwer
extends Object

Title: CASA Agent Infrastructure

Description:

A simple, static class to display a URL in the system browser.

Under Unix, the system browser is hard-coded to be 'netscape'. Netscape must be in your PATH for this to work. This has been tested with the following platforms: AIX, HP-UX and Solaris.

Under Windows, this will bring up the default browser under windows, usually either Netscape or Microsoft IE. The default browser is determined by the OS. This has been tested under Windows 95/98/NT.

Examples:
BrowserControl.displayURL("http://www.javaworld.com")
BrowserControl.displayURL("file://c:\\docs\\index.html")
BrowserContorl.displayURL("file:///user/joe/index.html");

Note - you must include the url type -- either "http://" or "file://".

This class is adapted from Steven Spencer, JavaWorld.com, 01/01/99 and Ryan Stevens ("Follow-up tips").

Copyright: Copyright 2003-2014, Knowledge Science Group, University of Calgary. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. The Knowledge Science Group makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

Company: Knowledge Science Group, University of Calgary

Version:

0.9

Author:

Rob Kremer

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
private static class	URLVeiwer.PLATFORM

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static String	MAC_ID
private static String	UNIX_FLAG
private static String[]	UNIX_PATH
private static String	WIN_FLAG
private static String	WIN_ID
private static String	WIN_PATH

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
URLVeiwer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	displayURL(String url) Display a file in the system browser.
static URLVeiwer.PLATFORM	getPlatform()
static void	main(String[] args) Simple example.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

WIN_ID

private static final String WIN_ID

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Constant Field Values

MAC_ID

private static final String MAC_ID

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Constant Field Values

WIN_PATH

private static final String WIN_PATH

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Constant Field Values

WIN_FLAG

private static final String WIN_FLAG

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Constant Field Values

UNIX_PATH

private static final String[] UNIX_PATH

UNIX_FLAG

private static final String UNIX_FLAG

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

URLVeiwer

public URLVeiwer()

Method Detail

displayURL

public static void displayURL(String url)

Display a file in the system browser. If you want to display a file, you must include the absolute path name.

Parameters:

url - the file's url (the url must start with either "http://" or "file://").

getPlatform

public static URLVeiwer.PLATFORM getPlatform()

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Simple example.