de.uni_leipzig.asv.utils

Class BrowserControl

java.lang.Object

de.uni_leipzig.asv.utils.BrowserControl

public class BrowserControl
extends Object

This is the Browser Control. It try to open the html-help with a system specific browser

Author:

Daniel Zimmermann, Torsten Thalheim

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BrowserControl()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	displayURL(String url) Display a file in the system browser.
static boolean	isLinuxPlatform() Try to determine whether this application is running under Linux or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
static boolean	isWindowsPlatform() Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
static void	launch_browser(String oHP) launch the browser, needed to execute this class

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BrowserControl

public BrowserControl()

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://").

isWindowsPlatform

public static boolean isWindowsPlatform()

Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.

Returns:

true if this application is running under a Windows OS

isLinuxPlatform

public static boolean isLinuxPlatform()

Try to determine whether this application is running under Linux or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.

Returns:

true if this application is running under a Linux OS

launch_browser

public static void launch_browser(String oHP)

launch the browser, needed to execute this class