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/*
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 1999, Institute for MicroTherapy
 *
 *  This software and supporting documentation were developed by
 *
 *    University of Witten/Herdecke
 *    Department of Radiology and MicroTherapy
 *    Institute for MicroTherapy
 *    Medical computer science
 *    
 *    Universitaetsstrasse 142
 *    44799 Bochum, Germany
 *    
 *    http://www.microtherapy.de/go/cs
 *    mailto:computer.science@microtherapy.de
 *
 *  THIS SOFTWARE IS MADE AVAILABLE,  AS IS,  AND THE INSTITUTE MAKES  NO 
 *  WARRANTY REGARDING THE SOFTWARE, ITS PERFORMANCE, ITS MERCHANTABILITY
 *  OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE, FREEDOM FROM ANY COMPUTER DISEASES 
 *  OR ITS CONFORMITY TO ANY SPECIFICATION. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO QUALITY 
 *  AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH THE USER.
 *
 *  Author :      $Author: kleber $
 *  Last update : $Date: 2001/06/06 10:32:29 $
 *  Revision :    $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $
 *  State:        $State: Exp $
*/

package about;

import java.io.*;

/**
 * Display a file in the system browser.  If you want to display a
 * file, you must include the absolute path name.
 * @param url the file's url (the url must start with either "http://" or
 * "file://").
 * 
 * Examples:     
 * 
 *   BrowserControl.displayURL("http://www.javaworld.com")
 *   BrowserControl.displayURL("file://c:\\docs\\index.html")
 *   BrowserContorl.displayURL("file:///user/joe/index.html");
 * 
 * @author Andreas Schroeter
 * @since 30.03
 */
public class BrowserControl
{   

    /**
     * calls the default web browser with the given url.
     * 
     * @param url call browser with this url
     * @since 30.03
     */
    
    public static void displayURL(String url)
    {
        boolean windows = isWindowsPlatform();
        String cmd = null;

        try
        {
            if (windows)
            {
                // cmd = 'rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://...'
                cmd = WIN_PATH + " " + WIN_FLAG + " " + url;
                Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
            }
            else
            {
                // Under Unix, Netscape has to be running for the "-remote"
                // command to work.  So, we try sending the command and
                // check for an exit value.  If the exit command is 0,
                // it worked, otherwise we need to start the browser.

                // cmd = 'netscape -remote openURL(http://www.javaworld.com)'
                cmd = UNIX_PATH + " " + UNIX_FLAG + "(" + url + ")";
                Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

                try
                {
                    // wait for exit code -- if it's 0, command worked,
                    // otherwise we need to start the browser up.
                    int exitCode = p.waitFor();

                    if (exitCode != 0)
                    {
                        // Command failed, start up the browser

                        // cmd = 'netscape http://www.javaworld.com'
                        cmd = UNIX_PATH + " "  + url;
                        p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
                    }
                }
                catch(InterruptedException x)
                {
                    System.err.println("Error Bringing up Browser, cmd='" +
                                       cmd + "'");
                    System.err.println("Caught: " + x);
                }
            }
        }
        catch(IOException x)
        {
            // couldn't exec browser
            System.err.println("Could not invoke browser, command=" + cmd);
            System.err.println("Caught: " + x);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows
     * or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
     * 
     * @return true if this application is running under a Windows OS
     * @since 30.03
     */
    public static boolean isWindowsPlatform()
    {
        String os = System.getProperty("os.name");

        if ( os != null && os.startsWith(WIN_ID))
            return true;
        else
            return false;
    }


    // Used to identify the windows platform.
    private static final String WIN_ID = "Windows";

    // The default system browser under windows.
    private static final String WIN_PATH = "rundll32";

    // The flag to display a url.
    private static final String WIN_FLAG = "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler";

    // The default browser under unix.
    private static final String UNIX_PATH = "netscape";

    // The flag to display a url.
    private static final String UNIX_FLAG = "-remote openURL";
}


/*
 *  CVS Log
 *  $Log: BrowserControl.java,v $
 *  Revision 1.1.1.1  2001/06/06 10:32:29  kleber
 *  Init commit for DICOMscope 3.5
 *  Create new CVS
 *
*/