Browser launch from Servlet

Question

Hi,
In my servlet code, am forming an URL and then launching it in system default browser using below code -
public static void openURL(String url) {
String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
try {
if (osName.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);
else if (osName.startsWith("Windows"))
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
else { //assume Unix or Linux
String[] browsers = {
"firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany", "mozilla", "netscape" };
String browser = null;
for (int count = 0; count < browsers.length && browser == null; count++)
if (Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
new String[] {"which", browsers[count]}).waitFor() == 0)
browser = browsers[count];
if (browser == null)
throw new Exception("Could not find web browser");
else
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {browser, url});
} catch (Exception e) {
Say, servlet is on server A. When i invoke it locally (server A), it launches URL in browser but when i invoke servlet remotely (server B), it still launches url in browser on server A and not on B.
Any idea how can i redirect the response to the remote browser ??
Thanks,
Deepak

Answer 1

Deepak2001 wrote:
What i am interested in knowing is how to redirect the response back to client from where the request originally generated.This question is too vague. Please elaborate. All what I can think about is that you just need HttpServletResponse#sendRedirect().