Class LaunchExternalProgramUtil

java.lang.Object
  LaunchExternalProgramUtil

public class LaunchExternalProgramUtil

extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to launch external program on supported platform.

Author:

Lulin Song

Constructor Summary

LaunchExternalProgramUtil()

Method Summary

static boolean	isSupportedPlatform() Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
static boolean	launchProgram(java.lang.String progDir, java.lang.String programName) Launch an external program on supported platform.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LaunchExternalProgramUtil

public LaunchExternalProgramUtil()

Method Detail

launchProgram

public static boolean launchProgram(java.lang.String progDir,
                                    java.lang.String programName)

Launch an external program on supported platform.

Parameters:

progDir - external program location.

programName - external program name

isSupportedPlatform

public static boolean isSupportedPlatform()

Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.

Returns:

true if this application is running under Windows, Linux or Mac OS X.