package fwauth;
public class OpenBrowser {

  public static void main(String args[])
  {
	  OpenBrowserAndCallURL("http://www.google.com");
  }
  
  public static void OpenBrowserAndCallURL(String url)
  {
	
		String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
	        Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
		
		try{

		    if (os.indexOf( "win" ) >= 0) {

		        // this doesn't support showing urls in the form of "page.html#nameLink" 
		        rt.exec( "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);

		    } else if (os.indexOf( "mac" ) >= 0) {

		        rt.exec( "open " + url);

	            } else if (os.indexOf( "nix") >=0 || os.indexOf( "nux") >=0) {

		        // Do a best guess on unix until we get a platform independent way
		        // Build a list of browsers to try, in this order.
		        String[] browsers = {"epiphany", "firefox", "mozilla", "konqueror",
		       			             "netscape","opera","links","lynx"};
		        	
		        // Build a command string which looks like "browser1 "url" || browser2 "url" ||..."
		        StringBuffer cmd = new StringBuffer();
		        for (int i=0; i<browsers.length; i++)
		            cmd.append( (i==0  ? "" : " || " ) + browsers[i] +" \"" + url + "\" ");
		        	
		        rt.exec(new String[] { "sh", "-c", cmd.toString() });

	           } else {
	                return;
	           }
	       }catch (Exception e){
		    return;
	       }
	      return;		
  }
}