How to launch a web browser from a MAC java app

I know, this topic has been brought up over, and over, however I couldn't find info regarding MAC environments. I don't have any former experience with MAC, but now I'm getting desperate for a solution. I need to be able to pop up the default browser showing a certain URL on MAC/OS from a java application. Any clue would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
michael berdan

I wrote libraies that will do this:
http://ostermiller.org/utils/Browser.html
I also keep a list of other resources to help you out:
http://dmoz.org/Bookmarks/D/deadsea/Java_Help/Web_Browser/
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