package com.mkyong;
 
public class StartBrowser {
 
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		String url = "http://www.google.com";
		String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
	    Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
	    try{
	        if (os.indexOf( "win" ) >= 0) {
	        	// this doesn't support showing urls in the form of "page.html#nameLink" 
	            rt.exec( "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
	        } else if (os.indexOf( "mac" ) >= 0) {
	            rt.exec( "open " + url);
	        } else if (os.indexOf( "nix") >=0 || os.indexOf( "nux") >=0) {
	        	// Do a best guess on unix until we get a platform independent way
	        	// Build a list of browsers to try, in this order.
	        	String[] browsers = {"epiphany", "firefox", "mozilla", "konqueror",
	        			"netscape","opera","links","lynx"};
 
	        	// Build a command string which looks like "browser1 "url" || browser2 "url" ||..."
	        	StringBuffer cmd = new StringBuffer();
	        	for (int i=0; i<browsers.length; i++)
	        		cmd.append( (i==0  ? "" : " || " ) + browsers[i] +" \"" + url + "\" ");
 
	        	rt.exec(new String[] { "sh", "-c", cmd.toString() });
	        } else {
	        	return;
	        }
	    }catch (Exception e){
	    	return;
	    }
	    return;	
 
	}
 
}