Method Detail

• getCodeBase

  public final String getCodeBase()

  Gets the code base URI for this application. This method returns the directory containing the application jar file. If the application is not packaged in a jar file, this method returns the empty string.

  Returns:

  the code base URI for this application.

• getDocumentBase

  public final String getDocumentBase()

  Gets the document base URI for this application. This method returns the URI of the current directory.

  Returns:

  the document base URI for this application.

• resolveURI

  public final String resolveURI​(String base,
                                 String rel)

  Resolves the specified relative URI against the base URI and returns the resolved URI.

  Example:

       HostServices services = getHostServices();
       String myImage = services.resolveURI(services.getDocumentBase(),
                                            "image.jpg");
       Image image = new Image(myImage);
   

  Parameters:

  base - the base URI against which to resolve the relative URI

  rel - the relative URI to be resolved

  Returns:

  the fully resolved URI.

  Throws:

  NullPointerException - if either the base or the rel strings are null.

  IllegalArgumentException - if there is an error parsing either the base or rel URI strings, or if there is any other error in resolving the URI.

• showDocument

  public final void showDocument​(String uri)

  Opens the specified URI in a new browser window or tab. The determination of whether it is a new browser window or a tab in an existing browser window will be made by the browser preferences. Note that this will respect the pop-up blocker settings of the default browser; it will not try to circumvent them.

  Parameters:

  uri - the URI of the web page that will be opened in a browser.