Package weka.gui

Class BrowserHelper

java.lang.Object

weka.gui.BrowserHelper

public class BrowserHelper
extends 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:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Field Summary

Fields

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BrowserHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static JLabel	createLink(String url, String text)	Generates a label with a clickable link.
static void	openURL(Component parent, String url)	opens the URL in a browser.
static void	openURL(Component parent, String url, boolean showDialog)	opens the URL in a browser.
static void	openURL(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 String[] LINUX_BROWSERS

Linux/Unix binaries to look for

Constructor Detail

BrowserHelper

public BrowserHelper()

Method Detail

openURL

public static void openURL(String url)

opens the URL in a browser.

Parameters:

url - the URL to open

openURL

public static void openURL(Component parent,
                           String url)

opens the URL in a browser.

Parameters:

parent - the parent component

url - the URL to open

openURL

public static void openURL(Component parent,
                           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 JLabel createLink(String url,
                                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