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:

Jean Couteau - couteau@codelutin.com

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DesktopUtil()

Method Summary

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

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

open

public static void open(File file)

Method to open an URI in the user default open client. 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:

file - the file to open

mail

public static void mail(URI uri)

Method to open an URI in the user default mail client. It uses the Java Desktop API on Windows and Gnome environment and xdg-email 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