Launch Web Browser through Java

Some Times Java applications need to present the user with an online resource such as a help tutorial or an interactive web site. web browsers such as Netscape or Internet Explorer have additional advanced capabilities such as supporting HTML scripting languages and various multimedia formats. This tutorial describes how to launch the user's default browser from your Java application.

Code:

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class BrowserControl{
/**
* Method to Open the Broser with Given URL
* @param url
*/
public static void openUrl(String url){
String os = System.getProperty("os.name");
Runtime runtime=Runtime.getRuntime();
try{
// Block for Windows Platform
if (os.startsWith("Windows")){
String cmd = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler "+ url;
Process p = runtime.exec(cmd);
}
//Block for Mac OS
else if(os.startsWith("Mac OS")){
Class fileMgr = Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager");
Method openURL = fileMgr.getDeclaredMethod("openURL", new Class[] {String.class});
openURL.invoke(null, new Object[] {url});
}
//Block for UNIX Platform
else {
String[] browsers = {"firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany", "mozilla", "netscape" };
String browser = null;
for (int count = 0; count < style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">length && browser == null; count++)
if (runtime.exec(new String[] {"which", browsers[count]}).waitFor() == 0)
browser = browsers[count];
if (browser == null)
throw new Exception("Could not find web browser");
else
runtime.exec(new String[] {browser, url});
}
}catch(Exception x){
System.err.println("Exception occurd while invoking Browser!");
x.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

Test the Code:

public static void main(String[] args){
openUrl("http://javaxden.blogspot.com");
}