org.nuiton.util

Class DesktopUtil

java.lang.Object

org.nuiton.util.DesktopUtil

public class DesktopUtil
extends Object

Utility class for methods to interact with Desktop Environment

Since:

2.4.3

Author:

jcouteau

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DesktopUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	browse(URI uri) Method to open an URI in the user default web browser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DesktopUtil

public DesktopUtil()

Method Detail

browse

public static void browse(URI uri)

Method to open an URI in the user default web browser. It uses the Java Desktop API on Windows and Gnome environment and xdg-open on other platforms (non-gnome linux distribution for example).

A Bug report have been opened in 2006 so that java.awt.Desktop can support all environments but it is not fixed yet : http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6486393 this utility method should be removed when the bug is fixed.

Parameters:

uri - the URI to open