Easiest way to launch a link to the default browser from java?
Is there an easy way to launch a link in the default browser from java? Ideally I would have a graphic in a cell that when clicked on would open a new window/tab in the default browser. This would be done in SWT, but it might be similar to swing, awt, etc. Any ideas?
If you are using Java 1.5 or earlier, I found the browser launch code found here to work fairly well: http://www.centerkey.com/java/browser
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Apologies for the delay but I have been trying to determine why this API is not been working. I have since discovered that, although this API is documented in the JS library, the behaviour has yet to be implemented into Photoshop CC. Offline I will try to determine why this API was included in the library when it was not ready but for the meantime, if you would like to open a browser, here is a workaround:
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to use, compile, then call from your program:
org.newio.utils.BrowserLauncher.openURL("your url here")dfwtc
package org.newio.utils;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.*;
public class BrowserLauncher
private static int jvm;
private static Object browser;
private static boolean loadedWithoutErrors;
private static Class mrjFileUtilsClass;
private static Class mrjOSTypeClass;
private static Class macOSErrorClass;
private static Class aeDescClass;
private static Constructor aeTargetConstructor;
private static Constructor appleEventConstructor;
private static Constructor aeDescConstructor;
private static Method findFolder;
private static Method getFileType;
private static Method makeOSType;
private static Method putParameter;
private static Method sendNoReply;
private static Object kSystemFolderType;
private static Integer keyDirectObject;
private static Integer kAutoGenerateReturnID;
private static Integer kAnyTransactionID;
private static final int MRJ_2_0 = 0;
private static final int MRJ_2_1 = 1;
private static final int WINDOWS_NT = 2;
private static final int WINDOWS_9x = 3;
private static final int OTHER = -1;
private static final String FINDER_TYPE = "FNDR";
private static final String FINDER_CREATOR = "MACS";
private static final String GURL_EVENT = "GURL";
private static final String FIRST_WINDOWS_PARAMETER = "/c";
private static final String SECOND_WINDOWS_PARAMETER = "start";
private static final String NETSCAPE_OPEN_PARAMETER_START = " -remote 'openURL(";
private static final String NETSCAPE_OPEN_PARAMETER_END = ")'";
private static String errorMessage;
private BrowserLauncher()
private static boolean loadClasses()
switch(jvm)
default:
break;
case 0: // '\0'
try
Class aeTargetClass = Class.forName("com.apple.MacOS.AETarget");
macOSErrorClass = Class.forName("com.apple.MacOS.MacOSError");
Class osUtilsClass = Class.forName("com.apple.MacOS.OSUtils");
Class appleEventClass = Class.forName("com.apple.MacOS.AppleEvent");
Class aeClass = Class.forName("com.apple.MacOS.ae");
aeDescClass = Class.forName("com.apple.MacOS.AEDesc");
aeTargetConstructor = aeTargetClass.getDeclaredConstructor(new Class[] {
Integer.TYPE
appleEventConstructor = appleEventClass.getDeclaredConstructor(new Class[] {
Integer.TYPE, Integer.TYPE, aeTargetClass, Integer.TYPE, Integer.TYPE
aeDescConstructor = aeDescClass.getDeclaredConstructor(new Class[] {
java.lang.String.class
makeOSType = osUtilsClass.getDeclaredMethod("makeOSType", new Class[] {
java.lang.String.class
putParameter = appleEventClass.getDeclaredMethod("putParameter", new Class[] {
Integer.TYPE, aeDescClass
sendNoReply = appleEventClass.getDeclaredMethod("sendNoReply", new Class[0]);
Field keyDirectObjectField = aeClass.getDeclaredField("keyDirectObject");
keyDirectObject = (Integer)keyDirectObjectField.get(null);
Field autoGenerateReturnIDField = appleEventClass.getDeclaredField("kAutoGenerateReturnID");
kAutoGenerateReturnID = (Integer)autoGenerateReturnIDField.get(null);
Field anyTransactionIDField = appleEventClass.getDeclaredField("kAnyTransactionID");
kAnyTransactionID = (Integer)anyTransactionIDField.get(null);
break;
catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
errorMessage = cnfe.getMessage();
return false;
catch(NoSuchMethodException nsme)
errorMessage = nsme.getMessage();
return false;
catch(NoSuchFieldException nsfe)
errorMessage = nsfe.getMessage();
return false;
catch(IllegalAccessException iae)
errorMessage = iae.getMessage();
return false;
case 1: // '\001'
try
mrjFileUtilsClass = Class.forName("com.apple.mrj.MRJFileUtils");
mrjOSTypeClass = Class.forName("com.apple.mrj.MRJOSType");
Field systemFolderField = mrjFileUtilsClass.getDeclaredField("kSystemFolderType");
kSystemFolderType = systemFolderField.get(null);
findFolder = mrjFileUtilsClass.getDeclaredMethod("findFolder", new Class[] {
mrjOSTypeClass
getFileType = mrjFileUtilsClass.getDeclaredMethod("getFileType", new Class[] {
java.io.File.class
break;
catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
errorMessage = cnfe.getMessage();
return false;
catch(NoSuchFieldException nsfe)
errorMessage = nsfe.getMessage();
return false;
catch(NoSuchMethodException nsme)
errorMessage = nsme.getMessage();
return false;
catch(SecurityException se)
errorMessage = se.getMessage();
return false;
catch(IllegalAccessException iae)
errorMessage = iae.getMessage();
return false;
return true;
private static Object locateBrowser()
if(browser != null)
return browser;
switch(jvm)
case 0: // '\0'
try
Integer finderCreatorCode = (Integer)makeOSType.invoke(null, new Object[] {
"MACS"
Object aeTarget = aeTargetConstructor.newInstance(new Object[] {
finderCreatorCode
Integer gurlType = (Integer)makeOSType.invoke(null, new Object[] {
"GURL"
Object appleEvent = appleEventConstructor.newInstance(new Object[] {
gurlType, gurlType, aeTarget, kAutoGenerateReturnID, kAnyTransactionID
return appleEvent;
catch(IllegalAccessException iae)
browser = null;
errorMessage = iae.getMessage();
return browser;
catch(InstantiationException ie)
browser = null;
errorMessage = ie.getMessage();
return browser;
catch(InvocationTargetException ite)
browser = null;
errorMessage = ite.getMessage();
return browser;
case 1: // '\001'
File systemFolder;
try
systemFolder = (File)findFolder.invoke(null, new Object[] {
kSystemFolderType
catch(IllegalArgumentException iare)
browser = null;
errorMessage = iare.getMessage();
return browser;
catch(IllegalAccessException iae)
browser = null;
errorMessage = iae.getMessage();
return browser;
catch(InvocationTargetException ite)
browser = null;
errorMessage = ite.getTargetException().getClass() + ": " + ite.getTargetException().getMessage();
return browser;
String systemFolderFiles[] = systemFolder.list();
for(int i = 0; i < systemFolderFiles.length; i++)
try
File file = new File(systemFolder, systemFolderFiles);
if(file.isFile())
Object fileType = getFileType.invoke(null, new Object[] {
file
if("FNDR".equals(fileType.toString()))
browser = file.toString();
return browser;
catch(IllegalArgumentException iare)
browser = browser;
errorMessage = iare.getMessage();
return null;
catch(IllegalAccessException iae)
browser = null;
errorMessage = iae.getMessage();
return browser;
catch(InvocationTargetException ite)
browser = null;
errorMessage = ite.getTargetException().getClass() + ": " + ite.getTargetException().getMessage();
return browser;
browser = null;
break;
case 2: // '\002'
browser = "cmd.exe";
break;
case 3: // '\003'
browser = "command.com";
break;
case -1:
default:
browser = "netscape";
break;
return browser;
public static void openURL(String url)
throws IOException
if(!loadedWithoutErrors)
throw new IOException("Exception in finding browser: " + errorMessage);
Object browser = locateBrowser();
if(browser == null)
throw new IOException("Unable to locate browser: " + errorMessage);
switch(jvm)
case 0: // '\0'
Object aeDesc = null;
try
try
aeDesc = aeDescConstructor.newInstance(new Object[] {
url
putParameter.invoke(browser, new Object[] {
keyDirectObject, aeDesc
sendNoReply.invoke(browser, new Object[0]);
catch(InvocationTargetException ite)
throw new IOException("InvocationTargetException while creating AEDesc: " + ite.getMessage());
catch(IllegalAccessException iae)
throw new IOException("IllegalAccessException while building AppleEvent: " + iae.getMessage());
catch(InstantiationException ie)
throw new IOException("InstantiationException while creating AEDesc: " + ie.getMessage());
break;
finally
aeDesc = null;
browser = null;
case 1: // '\001'
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {
(String)browser, url
break;
case 2: // '\002'
case 3: // '\003'
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {
(String)browser, "/c", "start", url
break;
case -1:
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec((String)browser + " -remote 'openURL(" + url + ")'");
try
int exitCode = process.waitFor();
if(exitCode != 0)
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {
(String)browser, url
catch(InterruptedException ie)
throw new IOException("InterruptedException while launching browser: " + ie.getMessage());
break;
default:
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {
(String)browser, url
break;
static
loadedWithoutErrors = true;
String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
if("Mac OS".equals(osName))
String mrjVersion = System.getProperty("mrj.version");
String majorMRJVersion = mrjVersion.substring(0, 3);
try
double version = Double.valueOf(majorMRJVersion).doubleValue();
if(version == 2D)
jvm = 0;
} else
if(version >= 2.1000000000000001D)
jvm = 1;
} else
loadedWithoutErrors = false;
errorMessage = "Unsupported MRJ version: " + version;
catch(NumberFormatException numberformatexception)
loadedWithoutErrors = false;
errorMessage = "Invalid MRJ version: " + mrjVersion;
} else
if(osName.startsWith("Windows"))
if(osName.indexOf("9") != -1)
jvm = 3;
} else
jvm = 2;
} else
jvm = -1;
if(loadedWithoutErrors)
loadedWithoutErrors = loadClasses();
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