info.aduna.platform.desktop.support
Class PosixDesktop

java.lang.Object
  info.aduna.platform.desktop.DesktopBase
      info.aduna.platform.desktop.support.PosixDesktop

All Implemented Interfaces:

Desktop

Direct Known Subclasses:

MacOSXDesktop, PosixGnomeDesktop, PosixKDEDesktop

public class PosixDesktop
extends DesktopBase

Platform implementation for *nix platforms.

Field Summary

static String[]

EXECUTABLE_EXTENSIONS The extensions of executable files

Constructor Summary

PosixDesktop(Platform platform)

Method Summary

protected String	getDefaultApplication(String resource) Tries default applications for the given resource, and returns it or returns null if none was found successfully on the system.
boolean	isExecutable(String resource) Determines whether the specified file is executable.
int	openResource(String resource) Opens the specified resource in the appropriate external application.
protected int	openResource(String resource, boolean forceOpenInApp)

Methods inherited from class info.aduna.platform.desktop.DesktopBase

getPlatform, isExecutable, warnsWhenOpeningExecutable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EXECUTABLE_EXTENSIONS

public static final String[] EXECUTABLE_EXTENSIONS

The extensions of executable files

Constructor Detail

PosixDesktop

public PosixDesktop(Platform platform)

Method Detail

openResource

public int openResource(String resource)
                 throws UnsupportedOperationException,
                        IOException

Description copied from interface: Desktop

Opens the specified resource in the appropriate external application. The resource may have the form of a URL, but this is not required. This method blocks until the external process that actually opens the resource completes, and then returns its exit code.

Returns:

exit code of the external process

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - when the Platform does not know how to handle the specified resource.

IOException - when an I/O error occurs.

openResource

protected int openResource(String resource,
                           boolean forceOpenInApp)
                    throws UnsupportedOperationException,
                           IOException

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException

IOException

getDefaultApplication

protected String getDefaultApplication(String resource)

Tries default applications for the given resource, and returns it or returns null if none was found successfully on the system.

isExecutable

public boolean isExecutable(String resource)
                     throws IOException

Determines whether the specified file is executable.

Throws:

IOException