| java.awt.peer.DesktopPeer
| DesktopPeer | | public interface DesktopPeer (Code) | | The DesktopPeer interface provides methods for the operation
of open, edit, print, browse and mail with the given URL or file, by
launching the associated application.
Each platform has an implementation class for this interface.
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| Method Summary | |
| public void | browse(URI url)
Launches the user default browser to display the given URI. | | public void | edit(File file)
Launches the associated editor and opens the given file for editing. | | public boolean | isSupported(Action action)
Returns whether the given action is supported on the current platform. | | public void | mail(URI mailtoURL)
Launches the mail composing window of the user default mail client,
filling the message fields including to, cc, etc, with the values
specified by the given mailto URL. | | public void | open(File file)
Launches the associated application to open the given file. | | public void | print(File file)
Prints the given file with the native desktop printing facility, using
the associated application's print command. |
| browse | | public void browse(URI url) throws IOException(Code) | | Launches the user default browser to display the given URI.
Parameters:
uri - the given URI.
throws:
IOException - If the user default browser is not found, or it fails to be launched. |
| edit | | public void edit(File file) throws IOException(Code) | | Launches the associated editor and opens the given file for editing. The
associated editor is registered to be the default editor for the file
type of the given file.
Parameters:
file - the given file.
throws:
IOException - If the given file has no associated editor, or the associated application fails to be launched. |
| isSupported | | public boolean isSupported(Action action)(Code) | | Returns whether the given action is supported on the current platform.
Parameters:
action - the action type to be tested if it's supported on the current platform. true if the given action is supported on the current platform; false otherwise. |
| mail | | public void mail(URI mailtoURL) throws IOException(Code) | | Launches the mail composing window of the user default mail client,
filling the message fields including to, cc, etc, with the values
specified by the given mailto URL.
Parameters:
uri - represents a mailto URL with specified values of the message.The syntax of mailto URL is defined by RFC2368: The mailto URL scheme
throws:
IOException - If the user default mail client is not found, or it fails to be launched. |
| open | | public void open(File file) throws IOException(Code) | | Launches the associated application to open the given file. The
associated application is registered to be the default file viewer for
the file type of the given file.
Parameters:
file - the given file.
throws:
IOException - If the given file has no associated application, or the associated application fails to be launched. |
| print | | public void print(File file) throws IOException(Code) | | Prints the given file with the native desktop printing facility, using
the associated application's print command.
Parameters:
file - the given file.
throws:
IOException - If the given file has no associated application that can be used to print it. |
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