Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Desktop API is not supported on the current platform

Troubles with java.awt.Desktop browse() method

PROBLEM: To execute the following class

import java.awt.Desktop;

import java.net.URI;

public class mainclass {

public static void main(String[] args) {

if (Desktop.getDesktop().isSupported(Desktop.Action.BROWSE)) {

try {

Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI("http://www.sun.com"));

}

catch (Exception e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

}

}

Exception:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Desktop API is not supported on the current platform

at java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop(Desktop.java:144)

at com.dropbox.mainclass.main(mainclass.java:12)

Solution:

Step 1: Download BrowserLauncher2.jar from SourceForge.click here.

Step 2: Place BrowserLauncher2.jar in your classpath.

Step 3: Create an instance of BrowserLauncher.BrowserLauncher launcher = new BrowserLauncher();

Step 4: Launch a browser with a url.launcher.openURLinBrowser("http://www.google.com");

Example:

import edu.stanford.ejalbert.BrowserLauncher;

import edu.stanford.ejalbert.exception.BrowserLaunchingInitializingException;

import edu.stanford.ejalbert.exception.UnsupportedOperatingSystemException;

public class mainclass {

public static void main(String[] args)

{

try {

BrowserLauncher launcher = new BrowserLauncher();

launcher.openURLinBrowser("http://www.google.com");

} catch (BrowserLaunchingInitializingException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

} catch (UnsupportedOperatingSystemException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

}