How to invoke a browser via Java coding?

Question

I want to invoke a browser (e.g. Internet Explorer/Firefox/Google Chrome/Opera) via a Java interface. Also I need to pass some web links to this Java process. How to achieve this?

Answer 1

You can use the desktop API:

java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI("http://stackoverflow.com"));

This would launch a browser

Answer 2

You can do that with Desktop#browse(). It would however only launch the system default configured browser.