org.switchboard.browser
Class BrowserControl

java.lang.Object
  org.switchboard.browser.BrowserControl

public class BrowserControl
extends Object

Constructor Summary

BrowserControl()

Method Summary

static void	displayURL(String url) Display a file in the system browser.
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	main(String[] args) Simple example.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, 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

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Simple example.