Package weka.gui

Class BrowserHelper

  • public class BrowserHelper
extends java.lang.Object
    A little helper class for browser related stuff.

    The openURL method is based on Bare Bones Browser Launch, which is placed in the public domain.

    Version:
    $Revision: 12296 $
    Author:
    fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      static java.lang.String[] LINUX_BROWSERS
      Linux/Unix binaries to look for

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      BrowserHelper()  

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static javax.swing.JLabel createLink​(java.lang.String url, java.lang.String text)
      Generates a label with a clickable link.
      static void openURL​(java.awt.Component parent, java.lang.String url)
      opens the URL in a browser.
      static void openURL​(java.awt.Component parent, java.lang.String url, boolean showDialog)
      opens the URL in a browser.
      static void openURL​(java.lang.String url)
      opens the URL in a browser.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

    • Field Detail

      • LINUX_BROWSERS

        public static final java.lang.String[] LINUX_BROWSERS
        Linux/Unix binaries to look for

    • Constructor Detail

      • BrowserHelper

        public BrowserHelper()

    • Method Detail

      • openURL

        public static void openURL​(java.lang.String url)
        opens the URL in a browser.
        Parameters:
        url - the URL to open

      • openURL

        public static void openURL​(java.awt.Component parent,
                           java.lang.String url)
        opens the URL in a browser.
        Parameters:
        parent - the parent component
        url - the URL to open

      • openURL

        public static void openURL​(java.awt.Component parent,
                           java.lang.String url,
                           boolean showDialog)
        opens the URL in a browser.
        Parameters:
        parent - the parent component
        url - the URL to open
        showDialog - whether to display a dialog in case of an error or just print the error to the console

      • createLink

        public static javax.swing.JLabel createLink​(java.lang.String url,
                                            java.lang.String text)
        Generates a label with a clickable link.
        Parameters:
        url - the url of the link
        text - the text to display instead of URL. if null or of length 0 then the URL is used
        Returns:
        the generated label