io.starter.toolkit

Class BrowserLauncher

java.lang.Object

io.starter.toolkit.BrowserLauncher

public class BrowserLauncher
extends Object

Launches the user's default browser to display a web page.

Author:

Dem Pilafian, Sam Hanes

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String[]	browsers List of potential browsers on systems without a default mechanism.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BrowserLauncher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	open(String url) Opens the specified web page in the user's default browser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

browsers

public static final String[] browsers

List of potential browsers on systems without a default mechanism.

Constructor Detail

BrowserLauncher

public BrowserLauncher()

Method Detail

open

public static void open(String url)
                 throws Exception

Opens the specified web page in the user's default browser.

Parameters:

url - the URL of the page to be opened

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurred attempting to launch the browser. If the browser is successfully started but later fails for some reason, no exception will be thrown.