Open an Explorer from Java

Question

How i can open the default explorer from Java and redirect it to an especific URL?

Answer 1

here is a code snippet that might help.
   public StringBuffer getMainPage (String host, String port, boolean sendToBrowser)
      String       url  = "http://" + host + ":" + port;
      String       line = "";
      StringWriter sw   = new StringWriter();
      // send it.
      post(line, url, sw);
      try
         if ( sendToBrowser )
            // send the default browser to the proper page for this host
            String cmd = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url;
            // System.out.println("cmd =" + cmd );
            Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
      catch ( Exception e )
         // e.printStackTrace();
      // System.out.println(" output ='" + sw.toString() + "'" );
      if (sw.toString().length() != 0)
         return sw.getBuffer();
      else
         return null;
   }