uk.ac.gla.terrier.applications.desktop.filehandling
Class MacOSXFileOpener

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.gla.terrier.applications.desktop.filehandling.MacOSXFileOpener

All Implemented Interfaces:

FileOpener

public class MacOSXFileOpener
extends java.lang.Object
implements FileOpener

This class implements the interface FileOpener, using /usr/bin/open to open documents that LaunchServices has associations for.

Version:

$Revision: 1.11 $

Author:

Craig Macdonald, Vassilis Plachouras

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

application Set to /usr/bin/open which is a useful MacOS X application for opening document using their associated application.

Constructor Summary

MacOSXFileOpener()

Method Summary

void	load() Does nothing, not used
void	open(java.lang.String filename) Opens the file with the given name, using either a pre-defined application.
void	save() Does nothing, not used

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

application

public static final java.lang.String application

Set to /usr/bin/open which is a useful MacOS X application for opening document using their associated application.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MacOSXFileOpener

public MacOSXFileOpener()

Method Detail

open

public void open(java.lang.String filename)

Opens the file with the given name, using either a pre-defined application. It assumes that an non-zero exit code means that LaunchServices didn't have an application for it.

Specified by:

open in interface FileOpener

Parameters:

filename - the name of the file to open.

load

public void load()

Does nothing, not used

Specified by:

load in interface FileOpener

save

public void save()

Does nothing, not used

Specified by:

save in interface FileOpener