ucar.unidata.idv.control

Class WebBrowser

java.lang.Object

ucar.unidata.idv.control.WebBrowser

public final class WebBrowser
extends java.lang.Object

A simple utility class for opening a web browser to a given link.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	browse(java.lang.String url) Attempts to use the system default browser to visit url.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
static boolean	useBrowserForUrl(java.lang.String url) Test whether or not a given URL should be opened in a web browser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

browse

public static void browse(java.lang.String url)

Attempts to use the system default browser to visit url. Tries looking for and executing any browser specified by the IDV property "idv.browser.path".

If the property wasn't given or there was an error, try the new (as of Java 1.6) way of opening a browser.

If the previous attempts failed (or we're in 1.5), we finally try some more primitive measures.

Note: if you are trying to use this method with a JTextPane you may need to turn off editing via JTextComponent.setEditable(boolean).

Parameters:

url - URL to visit.

See Also:

tryUserSpecifiedBrowser(String), openNewStyle(String), openOldStyle(String)

useBrowserForUrl

public static boolean useBrowserForUrl(java.lang.String url)

Test whether or not a given URL should be opened in a web browser.

Parameters:

url - URL to test. Cannot be null.

Returns:

true if url begins with either "http:" or "https:".

main

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