Package uk.ac.gla.terrier.applications.desktop.filehandling

Provides the functionality of opening arbitrary files from the Java Swing-based desktop search application.

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Description

Interface Summary

FileOpener

This interface is used for encapsulatign the platform-dependent process of opening a file with an arbitrary extension.

Class Summary

ApplicationSelector	A dialog that selects an application to use for opening files with a given extension.
AssociationFileOpener	This class implements the interface FileOpener, using a properties file for storing the file associations.
MacOSXFileOpener	This class implements the interface FileOpener, using /usr/bin/open to open documents that LaunchServices has associations for.
WindowsFileOpener	This class implements the interface FileOpener for Windows, using native code and JNI to call the method ShellExecuteEx.

Package uk.ac.gla.terrier.applications.desktop.filehandling Description

Provides the functionality of opening arbitrary files from the Java Swing-based desktop search application. It provides the required classes for both Microsoft Windows environments, as well as for other environments such as Linux or Mac OS X.