weka.gui

Class BrowserHelper

java.lang.Object

weka.gui.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.

Field Summary

Fields

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BrowserHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and 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