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javabrowserprocess
scribre
scribre

Reputation: 59

Open browser link in Java

So I've recently wrote code:

Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime(); 
    Process p = null; 
    try 
    {
        p = r.exec("firefox"); 
        p.waitFor(); 
    } catch (Exception e) 
    {
        System.out.println("Error executing app");
    }

And I was wondering if there is a way to for example force the browser not just to open but execute certain commands or just open a link. How do I do that?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 437

Answers (1)

sm3sher
sm3sher

Reputation: 3350

If you want to open the default browser with an URL provided you can use this function. java.awt.Desktop is suitable for windows and xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application in linux environment. If a URL is provided the URL will be opened in the default web browser.

    public void openDefaultBrowser(URI uri) throws BrowserException {
        if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported() && Desktop.getDesktop().isSupported(Desktop.Action.BROWSE)) {
            // windows
            Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
            try {
                desktop.browse(uri);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new BrowserException(e.getLocalizedMessage());
            }
        } else {
            // linux / mac
            Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
            try {
                runtime.exec("xdg-open " + uri.toString());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new BrowserException(e.getLocalizedMessage());
            }
        }
    }

Upvotes: 1

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