Package nl.nikhef.browsers

Interface to web browsers installed on the system. This allows one to open an URL in a web browser, and install certificates and keys into their certificate stores.

Each platform (Windows, Mac OS X and Unix/Linux) has its own method of running the web browsers, of detecting which browsers are installed, and of discovering which is the system default. All platforms share a list of known browsers, however, which is defined in browsers.properties. Generally, only these browsers can be invoked.

For client-side SSL authentication, it may be needed to install a certificate and corresponding private key into the browser. This is done by the method IBrowsers.installPKCS12(java.lang.String, java.io.File), which expects a PKCS#12 file to import from. After this, you can use IBrowsers.openUrl(java.lang.String) to open a HTTPS page.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
IBrowsers	Interface to a system web browser.

Class Summary

Class	Description
BrowserFactory	Retrieves the IBrowsers instance for the current platform.
BrowserTool	Command-line tool to open a web browser and install a PKCS#12 file into a browser's certificate store.