net.java.html.boot

Class BrowserBuilder

java.lang.Object

net.java.html.boot.BrowserBuilder

public final class BrowserBuilder
extends Object

Use this builder to launch your Java/HTML based application. Typical usage in a main method of your application looks like this:

 
 public static void main(String... args) {
     BrowserBuilder.newBrowser().
          loadClass(YourMain.class).
          loadPage("index.html").
          locale(Locale.getDefault()).
          invoke("initialized", args).
          showAndWait();
     System.exit(0);
 }
 

The above will load YourMain class via a special classloader, it will locate an index.html (relative to YourMain class) and show it in a browser window. When the initialization is over, a public static method initialized in YourMain will be called with provided string parameters.

This module provides only API for building browsers. To use it properly one also needs an implementation on the classpath of one's application. For example use:

 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.netbeans.html</groupId>
   <artifactId>net.java.html.boot.fx</artifactId>
   <scope>runtime</scope>
 </dependency>
 

Author:

Jaroslav Tulach

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
BrowserBuilder	classloader(ClassLoader l) Loader to use when searching for classes to initialize.
BrowserBuilder	invoke(String methodName, String... args) Specifies callback method to notify the application that the browser is ready.
BrowserBuilder	loadClass(Class<?> mainClass) The class to load when the browser is initialized.
BrowserBuilder	loadFinished(Runnable r) Allows one to specify a runnable that should be invoked when a load of a page is finished.
BrowserBuilder	loadPage(String page) Page to load into the browser.
BrowserBuilder	locale(Locale locale) Locale to use when searching for an initial page to load.
static BrowserBuilder	newBrowser(Object... context) Entry method to obtain a new browser builder.
void	showAndWait() Shows the browser, loads specified page in and executes the initialization method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newBrowser

public static BrowserBuilder newBrowser(Object... context)

Entry method to obtain a new browser builder. Follow by calling its instance methods like loadClass(java.lang.Class) and loadPage(java.lang.String).

Parameters:

context - any instances that should be available to the builder - implementation dependant

Returns:

new browser builder

loadClass

public BrowserBuilder loadClass(Class<?> mainClass)

The class to load when the browser is initialized. This class is loaded by a special classloader (that supports JavaScriptBody and co.).

Parameters:

mainClass - the class to load and resolve when the browser is ready

Returns:

this builder

loadFinished

public BrowserBuilder loadFinished(Runnable r)

Allows one to specify a runnable that should be invoked when a load of a page is finished. This method may be used in addition or instead of loadClass(java.lang.Class) and invoke(java.lang.String, java.lang.String...) methods.

Parameters:

r - the code to run when the page is loaded

Returns:

this builder

Since:

0.8.1

loadPage

public BrowserBuilder loadPage(String page)

Page to load into the browser. If the page represents a URL known to the Java system, the URL is passed to the browser. If system property browser.rootdir is specified, then a file page relative to this directory is used as the URL. If no such file exists, the system seeks for the resource via Class.getResource(java.lang.String) method (relative to the specified class). If such resource is not found, a file relative to the location JAR that contains the main class is searched for.

The search honors provided locale, if specified. E.g. it will prefer index_cs.html over index.html if the locale is set to cs_CZ.

Parameters:

page - the location (relative, absolute, or URL) of a page to load

Returns:

this builder

locale

public BrowserBuilder locale(Locale locale)

Locale to use when searching for an initial page to load. Localization is best done by providing different versions of the initial page with appropriate suffixes (like index_cs.html). Then one can call this method with value of Locale.getDefault() to instruct the builder to use the user's current locale.

Parameters:

locale - the locale to use or null if no suffix search should be performed

Returns:

this builder

Since:

1.0

invoke

public BrowserBuilder invoke(String methodName,
                             String... args)

Specifies callback method to notify the application that the browser is ready. There should be a public static method in the class specified by loadClass(java.lang.Class) which takes an array of String argument. The method is called on the browser dispatch thread one the browser finishes loading of the HTML page.

Parameters:

methodName - name of a method to seek for

args - parameters to pass to the method

Returns:

this builder

classloader

public BrowserBuilder classloader(ClassLoader l)

Loader to use when searching for classes to initialize. If specified, this loader is going to be used to load Fn.Presenter and fill BrwsrCtx in. Specifying special classloader may be useful in modular systems, like OSGi, where one needs to load classes from many otherwise independent modules.

Parameters:

l - the loader to use (or null)

Returns:

this builder

Since:

0.9

showAndWait

public void showAndWait()

Shows the browser, loads specified page in and executes the initialization method. The method returns when the browser is closed.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if some of essential parameters (like page or class have not been specified