How to start system default web browser with specific webpage?

[D R Wilkinson]

I have a class that manages an html based help system.

Some of the pages have hyperlinks.

Using the following private class, I have managed to get the links listened for and my firefox webbrowser started but how do I find the users default browser and start it using a specific web page?

/**
     * This class allows hyperlinks in the HTML JEditorPane
     * to display something when clicked. At the moment they
     * display a page off the net but in future, will display
     * the webpage in the system default browser.
     */
    class MyHyperlinkListener implements HyperlinkListener {
        
        public void hyperlinkUpdate( HyperlinkEvent evt ) {
            
            System.out.println( "TutorPanel : MyHyperlinkListener.hyperlinkUpdate()" );
            System.out.println( "... TODO : Run system default browser and display linked webpage." );
            
            if ( evt.getEventType() == HyperlinkEvent.EventType.ACTIVATED ) {
                
                JEditorPane pane = ( JEditorPane ) evt.getSource();
                
                try {
                    
                    // Run browser - firefox.
                    Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe");
                                        
                } catch ( IOException e ) {
                    
                    e.printStackTrace();
                    
                }
            }
        }
    }

[Ilja Preuss]

Take a look at http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip66.html