org.openide.awt

Class HtmlBrowser.URLDisplayer

java.lang.Object

org.openide.awt.HtmlBrowser.URLDisplayer

Enclosing class:

HtmlBrowser

public abstract static class HtmlBrowser.URLDisplayer
extends Object

A manager class which can display URLs in the proper way. Might open a selected HTML browser, knows about embedded vs. external browsers, etc.

Since:

3.14

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	URLDisplayer() Subclass constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static HtmlBrowser.URLDisplayer	getDefault() Get the default URL displayer.
abstract void	showURL(URL u) API clients usage: Call this method to display your URL in some browser.
void	showURLExternal(URL u) Attempts to display given URL in preferred external browser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLDisplayer

protected URLDisplayer()

Subclass constructor.

Method Detail

getDefault

public static HtmlBrowser.URLDisplayer getDefault()

Get the default URL displayer.

Returns:

the default instance from lookup

showURL

public abstract void showURL(URL u)

API clients usage: Call this method to display your URL in some browser. Typically for external browsers this method is non-blocking, doesn't wait until page gets displayed. Also, failures are reported using dialog. However note that as there are other implementations of this method, actual behaviour may be different.

SPI clients usage: Implement this method to display given URL to the user.

Parameters:

u - the URL to show

showURLExternal

public void showURLExternal(URL u)

Attempts to display given URL in preferred external browser. The default implementation just delegates to showURL(URL). The URL may be still rendered using an internal browser implementation if no external browser is available.

Parameters:

u - the URL to show

Since:

7.14