Browsering

Stolen from this guy.

public void openURL(String url) 
{
   try 
   {
      String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
      if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS")) 
      {
         Class fileMgr = 
            Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager");
         Method openURL = 
            fileMgr.getDeclaredMethod("openURL", 
                                      new Class[]{String.class});
         openURL.invoke(null, new Object[]{url});
      }
      else if (osName.startsWith("Windows")) 
      {
         String windowsExec = 
            "rundll32 url.dll, FileProtocolHandler " + url;
         Runtime.getRuntime().exec(windowsExec);
      }
      else 
      {
         // assume Unix or Linux
         String[] browsers = 
         {
            "firefox", "opera", "konqueror", 
            "epiphany", "mozilla", "netscape"
         };
         String browser = null;
         for (int i = 0; 
              i < browsers.length && browser == null; i++) 
         {
            String[] candidateBrowser = 
               new String[]{"which", browsers[i]};
            Process exec = 
               Runtime.getRuntime().exec(candidateBrowser);
            if (exec.waitFor() == 0) 
            {
               browser = browsers[i];
            }
         }

         if (browser != null) 
         {
            Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] 
                                      {browser, url});
         }
         else 
         {
            String message = 
               "You sure you have web browser?";
            throw new RuntimeException(message);
         }
      }
   }
   catch (Exception e) 
   {
      // Ha, ha, ha.
      // ClassNotFoundException, SecurityException, 
      // NoSuchMethodException, IOException 
      // InterruptedException, IllegalArgumentException,
      // IllegalAccessException and InvocationTargetException
      LOGGER.error(e);
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
   }
}

Note that the url has to be fully qualified, e.g., http://www.abbablows.blogspot.com.