html - Getting java gui to open a webpage in web browser

Question

I am trying to get a java gui to open a web page. So the gui runs some code that does things and then produces a html file. I then want this file to open in a web browser (preferrably Firefox) as soon as it is created. How would I go about doing that?

Answer 1

If you're using Java 6 or above, see the Desktop API, in particular browse. Use it like this (not tested):

// using this in real life, you'd probably want to check that the desktop
// methods are supported using isDesktopSupported()...

String htmlFilePath = "path/to/html/file.html"; // path to your new file
File htmlFile = new File(htmlFilePath);

// open the default web browser for the HTML page
Desktop.getDesktop().browse(htmlFile.toURI());

// if a web browser is the default HTML handler, this might work too
Desktop.getDesktop().open(htmlFile);