DesktopPeer JDK 1.6)

Description

public interface DesktopPeer

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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Methods

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public void browse (URI url) throws IOException

Launches the user default browser to display the given URI.

public void edit (File file) throws IOException

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.

Returns whether the given action is supported on the current platform.
Returns: true if the given action is supported on the current platform; false otherwise.
Parameters:
- action - the action type to be tested if it's supported on the current platform.

public void mail (URI mailtoURL) throws IOException

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) throws IOException

Launches the associated application to open the given file.

public void print (File file) throws IOException

Prints the given file with the native desktop printing facility, using the associated application's print command.