com.plumtree.uiinfrastructure.activityspace.utils
Class BrowserType

java.lang.Object
  com.plumtree.uiinfrastructure.activityspace.utils.BrowserType

public class BrowserType
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for client browser type information.

Author:

DavidP, NaveenP

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	CHROME
static java.lang.String	FIREFOX
static java.lang.String	LINUX
static java.lang.String	MACINTOSH
static java.lang.String	MOZILLA
static java.lang.String	MSIE Constants used by this class.
static java.lang.String	NETSCAPE
static java.lang.String	OPERA
static java.lang.String	SAFARI
static java.lang.String	SUNOS
static java.lang.String	UNIX
static java.lang.String	UNKNOWN
static java.lang.String	WINDOWS

Constructor Summary

BrowserType(IXPRequest request)
Constructor

Method Summary

java.lang.String	GetBrowserName()
float	GetBrowserVersion() NOTE: This only includes the major and minor versions of the browser.
protected float	GetVersionNumber(java.lang.String _strAgent) This helper function attempts to convert the user agent string into a float major/minor version number.
boolean	IsChrome()
boolean	IsDragDropLayoutCompliant()
boolean	IsECMAScriptOK()
boolean	IsFirefox()
boolean	IsIE()
boolean	IsJSPortalMenuCompliant()
boolean	IsJSPortletCompliant()
boolean	IsMac()
boolean	IsMozilla()
boolean	IsNetscape()
boolean	IsNetscape4()
boolean	IsNetscape67()
boolean	IsOpera()
boolean	IsSafari()
boolean	IsSunOS()
boolean	IsWindows()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MSIE

public static final java.lang.String MSIE

Constants used by this class.

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OPERA

public static final java.lang.String OPERA

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MOZILLA

public static final java.lang.String MOZILLA

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NETSCAPE

public static final java.lang.String NETSCAPE

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FIREFOX

public static final java.lang.String FIREFOX

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SAFARI

public static final java.lang.String SAFARI

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CHROME

public static final java.lang.String CHROME

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WINDOWS

public static final java.lang.String WINDOWS

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UNIX

public static final java.lang.String UNIX

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SUNOS

public static final java.lang.String SUNOS

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LINUX

public static final java.lang.String LINUX

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MACINTOSH

public static final java.lang.String MACINTOSH

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UNKNOWN

public static final java.lang.String UNKNOWN

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Constructor Detail

BrowserType

public BrowserType(IXPRequest request)

Constructor

Method Detail

GetVersionNumber

protected float GetVersionNumber(java.lang.String _strAgent)

This helper function attempts to convert the user agent string into a float major/minor version number.

Parameters:

_strAgent - The browser user agent string.

Returns:

The major/minor version number as a float.

Throws:

XPFormatException - If the agent string cannot be converted to a float.

IsECMAScriptOK

public boolean IsECMAScriptOK()

Returns:

true if the current client browser can handle javascript, else false

IsJSPortalMenuCompliant

public boolean IsJSPortalMenuCompliant()

Returns:

true if the current client browser can handle javascript, else false

IsJSPortletCompliant

public boolean IsJSPortletCompliant()

Returns:

true if the current client browser can handle javascript, else false

IsDragDropLayoutCompliant

public boolean IsDragDropLayoutCompliant()

Returns:

true if the current client browser can handle javascript, else false

IsIE

public boolean IsIE()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is an Internet Explorer browser, else false

IsSafari

public boolean IsSafari()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is a Safari browser, else false

IsFirefox

public boolean IsFirefox()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is a Firefox browser, else false

IsMozilla

public boolean IsMozilla()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is a Mozilla browser, else false

IsOpera

public boolean IsOpera()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is a Mozilla browser, else false

IsNetscape

public boolean IsNetscape()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is a Netscape browser, else false

IsNetscape4

public boolean IsNetscape4()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is a Netscape 4.x browser, else false

IsNetscape67

public boolean IsNetscape67()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is a Netscape 6.x or 7.x browser, else false

IsChrome

public boolean IsChrome()

IsWindows

public boolean IsWindows()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is a browser for Windows OS, else false

IsMac

public boolean IsMac()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is a browser for Mac OS, else false

IsSunOS

public boolean IsSunOS()

Returns:

true if the current client browser is running on Solaris

GetBrowserName

public java.lang.String GetBrowserName()

Returns:

the browser's name

GetBrowserVersion

public float GetBrowserVersion()

NOTE: This only includes the major and minor versions of the browser. I.E. "1.3.1" will be returned as "1.3".

Returns:

the browser's version number, returns 1.0 if it was not found