javafx.application

Class HostServices

java.lang.Object

javafx.application.HostServices

public final class HostServices
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides HostServices for an Application. This includes methods to get the code base and document base for an Application, and to show a web page in a browser.

Since:

JavaFX 2.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private HostServicesDelegate	delegate

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HostServices(Application app) Package scope constructor to create the HostServices object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getCodeBase() Gets the code base URI for this application.
java.lang.String	getDocumentBase() Gets the document base URI for this application.
java.lang.String	resolveURI(java.lang.String base, java.lang.String rel) Resolves the specified relative URI against the base URI and returns the resolved URI.
void	showDocument(java.lang.String uri) Opens the specified URI in a new browser window or tab.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

delegate

private final HostServicesDelegate delegate

Constructor Detail

HostServices

HostServices(Application app)

Package scope constructor to create the HostServices object.

Parameters:

app - the application class

Method Detail

getCodeBase

public final java.lang.String getCodeBase()

Gets the code base URI for this application. This method returns the directory containing the application jar file. If the application is not packaged in a jar file, this method returns the empty string.

Returns:

the code base URI for this application.

getDocumentBase

public final java.lang.String getDocumentBase()

Gets the document base URI for this application. This method returns the URI of the current directory.

Returns:

the document base URI for this application.

resolveURI

public final java.lang.String resolveURI(java.lang.String base,
                                         java.lang.String rel)

Resolves the specified relative URI against the base URI and returns the resolved URI.

Example:

     HostServices services = getHostServices();
     String myImage = services.resolveURI(services.getDocumentBase(),
                                          "image.jpg");
     Image image = new Image(myImage);
 

Parameters:

base - the base URI against which to resolve the relative URI

rel - the relative URI to be resolved

Returns:

the fully resolved URI.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if either the base or the rel strings are null.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if there is an error parsing either the base or rel URI strings, or if there is any other error in resolving the URI.

showDocument

public final void showDocument(java.lang.String uri)

Opens the specified URI in a new browser window or tab. The determination of whether it is a new browser window or a tab in an existing browser window will be made by the browser preferences. Note that this will respect the pop-up blocker settings of the default browser; it will not try to circumvent them.

Parameters:

uri - the URI of the web page that will be opened in a browser.